-- multiple versions of the ingress can be used, to minimize upgrade risks

- the new chart uses the default namespace service account, and doesn't require
additional RBAC permissions.

- simplified label and chart structure.
- ability to run a pilot dedicated for the gateway, isolated from the main pilot. This is more robust, safer on upgrades
and allows a bit more flexibility.

  // DryRun indicates that modifications will definitely not be persisted for this request.
  // Defaults to false.
  // +optional
  optional bool dryRun = 11;

  // Options is the operation option structure of the operation being performed.
  // e.g. `meta.k8s.io/v1.DeleteOptions` or `meta.k8s.io/v1.CreateOptions`. This may be
  // different than the options the caller provided. e.g. for a patch request the performed

  //  1. certificate must contain one or more PEM blocks.
  //  2. All PEM blocks must have the "CERTIFICATE" label, contain no headers, and the encoded data
  //   must be a BER-encoded ASN.1 Certificate structure as described in section 4 of RFC5280.
  //  3. Non-PEM content may appear before or after the "CERTIFICATE" PEM blocks and is unvalidated,
  //   to allow for explanatory text as described in section 5.2 of RFC7468.
  //

# Architecture of Istiod

This document describes the high level architecture of the Istio control plane, Istiod.
Istiod is structured as a modular monolith, housing a wide range of functionality from certificate signing, proxy configuration (XDS), traditional Kubernetes controllers, and more.

## Proxy Configuration

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	}
	return vs, nil
}

// Because we are placing into an Unstructured, place as a map instead
// of structured Istio types.  (The go-client can handle the structured data, but the
// fake go-client used for mocking cannot.)
func unstructureIstioType(spec any) (map[string]any, error) {
	b, err := yaml.Marshal(spec)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err

## IstioOperatorSpec API

The `IstioOperatorSpec` API is intended to replace the installation and K8s parts of Helm values.yaml.

### Features and components

The operator has a very similar structure to istio/installer: components are grouped into features.
`IstioOperatorSpec` defines functional settings at the feature level. Functional settings are those that performs some