spec:
  profile: minimal
```

If you don't specify a configuration profile, Istio is installed using the `default` configuration profile. All
profiles listed in istio.io are available by default, or `profile:` can point to a local file path to reference a custom
profile base to use as a starting point for customization. See the [API reference](https://github.com/istio/api/blob/master/operator/v1alpha1/operator.proto)
for details.

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