# Istio operator code overview

## Introduction

This document covers primarily the code, with some background on how the design maps to it.
See the
[design doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/11j9ZtYWNWnxQYnZy8ayZav1FMwTH6F6z6fkDYZ7V298/edit#heading=h.qex63c29z2to)
for a more complete design description. The operator code is divided roughly into five areas:

1. [IstioOperatorSpec API](#istiooperatorspec-api) and related infrastructure, which is expressed as a

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