ext:    ext,
		nlDeps: nlDeps,
		cfg:    cfg,
	}

	// By detecting iptables versions *here* once-for-all we are
	// committing to using the same binary/variant (legacy or nft)
	// within all pods as we do on the host.
	//
	// This should be fine, as the host binaries are all we have to work with here anyway,
	// as we are running within a privileged container - and we don't want to take the time to

	// If set to true, the user is not prompted and a Yes response is assumed in all cases.
	SkipConfirmation bool
	// Force proceeds even if there are validation errors
	Force bool
	// Verify after installation
	Verify bool
	// Set is a string with element format "path=value" where path is an IstioOperator path and the value is a
	// value to set the node at that path to.
	Set []string

		result = multierror.Append(result, client.AdmissionregistrationV1().MutatingWebhookConfigurations().Delete(ctx, wh.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})).ErrorOrNil()
	}
	return result
}

// PreviousInstallExists checks whether there is an existing Istio installation. Should be used in installer when deciding
// whether to make an installation the default.
func PreviousInstallExists(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface) bool {

			// still alive. As ztunnel shouldn't send anything unless we send
			// something first, we expect to get an os.ErrDeadlineExceeded error
			// here if the connection is still alive.
			// note that unlike tcp connections, reading is a good enough test here.
			_, err := conn.readMessage(time.Second / 100)
			switch {
			case !errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded):
				log.Debugf("ztunnel keepalive failed: %v", err)

		messages = append(messages, msg)
	}
	// Lock log message printing to prevent log messages from different CNI
	// processes interleave.
	l.mu.Lock()
	defer l.mu.Unlock()
	for _, m := range messages {
		// There is no fatal log from CNI plugin
		switch m.Level {
		case "debug":
			pluginLog.LogWithTime(log.DebugLevel, m.Msg, m.Time)
		case "info":
			pluginLog.LogWithTime(log.InfoLevel, m.Msg, m.Time)
		case "warn":

	if clientConfig.GetGenericXdsConfigs() != nil {
		configs = clientConfig.GetGenericXdsConfigs()
		return configs
	}

	// FIXME: currently removing the deprecated code below may result in functions not working
	// if there is a mismatch of versions between istiod and istioctl
	// nolint: staticcheck
	for _, config := range clientConfig.GetXdsConfig() {
		var typeURL string
		switch config.PerXdsConfig.(type) {

	kubeClient, client, err := kubeClients(cliClient, l)
	if err != nil {
		l.LogAndFatal(err)
	}
	if oiArgs.common.revision == "default" {
		oiArgs.common.revision = ""
	}
	// Error here likely indicates Deployment is missing. If some other K8s error, we will hit it again later.
	already, _ := isControllerInstalled(kubeClient.Kube(), oiArgs.common.operatorNamespace, oiArgs.common.revision)
	if already {

	err := netServer.DelPodFromMesh(ctx, pod)
	assert.NoError(t, err)
	assert.Equal(t, ztunnelServer.deletedPods.Load(), 1)
	// with delete iptables is not called, as there is no need to delete the iptables rules
	// from a pod that's gone from the cluster.
	assert.Equal(t, nlDeps.DelInpodMarkIPRuleCnt.Load(), 0)
	assert.Equal(t, nlDeps.DelLoopbackRoutesCnt.Load(), 0)

	K8sServiceProtocol string
	// KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST
	K8sServiceHost string
	// KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT
	K8sServicePort string
	// KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME
	K8sNodeName string

	// Directory from where the CNI binaries should be copied
	CNIBinSourceDir string
	// Directories into which to copy the CNI binaries
	CNIBinTargetDirs []string

	// The HTTP port for monitoring
	MonitoringPort int

	}
	statsConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputFormat, "output", "o", summaryOutput, "Output format: one of json|yaml|short|prom|prom-merged")
	statsConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&statsType, "type", "t", "server", "Where to grab the stats: one of server|clusters")
	statsConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(&proxyAdminPort, "proxy-admin-port", defaultProxyAdminPort, "Envoy proxy admin port")

	return statsConfigCmd
}