Installing Istio

There are multiple methods to deploy Istio. The most common methods today are to use either istioctl or Helm, but there are additional options depending on your organization. You may elect to use one of the alternative installation methods of creating manifests via istoctl or Helm.

A brief list of advantages and disadvantages for each method is detailed in Table 16.1:

Deployment method	Advantages	Disadvantages
istioctl	Configuration validation and health checks Does not require any privileged pods, increasing cluster security Multiple configuration options	Each Istio version requires a new binary
Istio operator	Configuration...