# The ambient profile enables ambient mode. The Istiod, CNI, and ztunnel charts must be deployed
meshConfig:
  defaultConfig:
    proxyMetadata:
      ISTIO_META_ENABLE_HBONE: "true"
global:
  variant: distroless
pilot:
  env:
    PILOT_ENABLE_AMBIENT: "true"
    CA_TRUSTED_NODE_ACCOUNTS: "istio-system/ztunnel,kube-system/ztunnel"
cni:
  ambient:
    enabled: true

enables ambient mode. The Istiod, CNI, and ztunnel charts must be deployed meshConfig: defaultConfig: proxyMetadata: ISTIO_META_ENABLE_HBONE: "true" variant: distroless pilot: variant: distroless env: # Setup more secure default that is off in 'default' only for backwards compatibility VERIFY_CERTIFICATE_AT_CLIENT: "true" ENABLE_AUTO_SNI: "true" PILOT_ENABLE_HBONE: "true" CA_TRUSTED_NODE_ACCOUNTS: "istio-system/ztunnel,kube-system/ztunnel" PILOT_ENABLE_AMBIENT_CONTROLLERS: "true" cni: logLevel: info...