"Default values for istioctl flags").Get()

	LoggingOptions = defaultLogOptions()

	// scope is for dev logging.  Warning: log levels are not set by --log_output_level until command is Run().
	Scope = log.RegisterScope("cli", "istioctl")
)

func defaultLogOptions() *log.Options {
	o := log.DefaultOptions()
	// Default to warning for everything; we usually don't want logs in istioctl

        - it connects to K8S using the kubeconfig and JWT token copied from install-cni to get Pod and Namespace. Since this is a short-running command, each invocation creates a new connection.
        - If so, calls `istio-iptables` with params to setup pod netns
        - If ambient, sets up the ambient logic.

- `istio-iptables`

					},
				}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
				assert.NoError(t, err)
			}
			verifyExecTestOutput(t, XdsStatusCommand(ctx), c)
		})
	}
}

func verifyExecTestOutput(t *testing.T, cmd *cobra.Command, c execTestCase) {
	t.Helper()

	var out bytes.Buffer
	cmd.SetArgs(c.args)
	cmd.SilenceUsage = true
	cmd.SetOut(&out)
	cmd.SetErr(&out)

	fErr := cmd.Execute()
	output := out.String()

# Output control
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Invoke make VERBOSE=1 to enable echoing of the command being executed
export VERBOSE ?= 0
# Place the variable Q in front of a command to control echoing of the command being executed.
Q = $(if $(filter 1,$VERBOSE),,@)
# Use the variable H to add a header (equivalent to =>) to informational output
H = $(shell printf "\033[34;1m=>\033[0m")

	MessageWriter io.Writer

	// XdsViaAgents accesses Istiod via the tap service of each agent.
	// This is only used in `proxy-status` command.
	XdsViaAgents bool

	// XdsViaAgentsLimit is the maximum number of pods being visited by istioctl,
	// when `XdsViaAgents` is true. This is only used in `proxy-status` command.
	// 0 means that there is no limit.
	XdsViaAgentsLimit int
}

var DefaultOptions = Options{
	MessageWriter:     os.Stdout,

)

var configDumpFile string

func checkCmd(ctx cli.Context) *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "check [<type>/]<name>[.<namespace>]",
		Short: "Check AuthorizationPolicy applied in the pod.",
		Long: `Check prints the AuthorizationPolicy applied to a pod by directly checking
the Envoy configuration of the pod. The command is especially useful for inspecting

	manifestsPath string
}

func addProfileDiffFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, args *profileDiffArgs) {
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&args.manifestsPath, "charts", "", "", ChartsDeprecatedStr)
	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&args.manifestsPath, "manifests", "d", "", ManifestsFlagHelpStr)
}

func profileDiffCmd(pfArgs *profileDiffArgs) *cobra.Command {
	return &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "diff <profile|file1.yaml> <profile|file2.yaml>",

    - --stsPort={{ .Values.global.sts.servicePort }}
  {{- end }}
  {{- if .Values.global.logAsJson }}
    - --log_as_json
  {{- end }}
    lifecycle:
      postStart:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - wait
          - --url=http://localhost:15020/healthz/ready
    env:
    - name: ISTIO_META_GENERATOR
      value: grpc
    - name: OUTPUT_CERTS

)

func Cmd(ctx cli.Context) *cobra.Command {
	cmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "metrics <workload name>...",
		Short: "Prints the metrics for the specified workload(s) when running in Kubernetes.",
		Long: `
Prints the metrics for the specified service(s) when running in Kubernetes.

This command finds a Prometheus pod running in the specified istio system

    lifecycle:
      postStart:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - wait
  {{- else if $nativeSidecar }}
    {{- /* preStop is called when the pod starts shutdown. Initialize drain. We will get SIGTERM once applications are torn down. */}}
    lifecycle:
      preStop:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - request