1. Set env $WATCH_NAMESPACE (default value is "istio-system") and $LEADER_ELECTION_NAMESPACE (default value is "istio-operator")

1. Create the `WATCH_NAMESPACE` and `LEADER_ELECTION_NAMESPACE` if they are not created yet.

```bash
kubectl create ns $WATCH_NAMESPACE --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
kubectl create ns $LEADER_ELECTION_NAMESPACE --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
```

  optional int64 observedGeneration = 1;

  // replicas is the number of Pods created by the StatefulSet controller.
  optional int32 replicas = 2;

  // readyReplicas is the number of pods created by this StatefulSet controller with a Ready Condition.
  optional int32 readyReplicas = 3;

  // currentReplicas is the number of Pods created by the StatefulSet controller from the StatefulSet version
  // indicated by currentRevision.

  compressDashboard "istio-extension-dashboard.json"
  echo -e "\n---\n"
  kubectl create configmap -n istio-system istio-grafana-dashboards \
    --dry-run=client -oyaml \
    --from-file=pilot-dashboard.json="${TMP}/pilot-dashboard.json" \
    --from-file=istio-performance-dashboard.json="${TMP}/istio-performance-dashboard.json"

  echo -e "\n---\n"
  kubectl create configmap -n istio-system istio-services-grafana-dashboards \

	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating kube client: %v", err)
	}

	return client, nil
}

// createHostsideProbeIpset creates an ipset. This is designed to be called from the host netns.
// Note that if the ipset already exist by name, Create will not return an error.
//
// We will unconditionally flush our set before use here, so it shouldn't matter.

rules:
  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
    verbs: [ "get", "watch", "list", "update", "patch", "create", "delete" ]
    resources: [ "deployments" ]
  - apiGroups: [""]
    verbs: [ "get", "watch", "list", "update", "patch", "create", "delete" ]
    resources: [ "services" ]
  - apiGroups: [""]
    verbs: [ "get", "watch", "list", "update", "patch", "create", "delete" ]
    resources: [ "serviceaccounts"]
{{- end }}

		_, localhostDst, err := net.ParseCIDR(fullCIDR)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("parse CIDR: %v", err)
		}

		netlinkRoutes := []*netlink.Route{
			// In routing table ${INBOUND_TPROXY_ROUTE_TABLE}, create a single default rule to route all traffic to
			// the loopback interface.
			// Equiv: "ip route add local 0.0.0.0/0 dev lo table 100"
			{
				Dst:       localhostDst,
				Scope:     netlink.SCOPE_HOST,

	if err != nil {
		log.Errorf("Failed setting up kubernetes client with kubeconfig %s", kubeconfig)
		return nil, err
	}

	log.Debugf("istio-cni set up kubernetes client with kubeconfig %s", kubeconfig)

	// Create the client
	return kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
}

// getK8sPodInfo returns information of a POD
func getK8sPodInfo(client kubernetes.Interface, podName, podNamespace string) (*PodInfo, error) {

Tests of istioctl use the auto-generated manifests to ensure that the istioctl binary has the correct version of the charts.
To regenerate the manifests, run:

```bash
$ make copy-templates update-golden
```

## Step 5. Create a PR using outputs from Steps 1 to 4

  // "" (empty) means "all" for namespace scoped resources from a SubjectAccessReview or SelfSubjectAccessReview
  // +optional
  optional string namespace = 1;

  // Verb is a kubernetes resource API verb, like: get, list, watch, create, update, delete, proxy.  "*" means all.
  // +optional
  optional string verb = 2;

  // Group is the API Group of the Resource.  "*" means all.
  // +optional
  optional string group = 3;

        path: "/validate"
      {{- end }}
      {{- if .Values.base.validationCABundle }}
      caBundle: "{{ .Values.base.validationCABundle }}"
      {{- end }}
    rules:
      - operations:
          - CREATE
          - UPDATE
        apiGroups:
          - security.istio.io
          - networking.istio.io
          - telemetry.istio.io
          - extensions.istio.io
        apiVersions:
          - "*"