The istio module: configuration

Schema version: 2

• settings

  object
  • settings.additionalVersions

    array of strings

    Additional versions of Istio control plane to install. You can use specific namespace labels (istio.io/rev=) to switch between installed revisions.

    Default: []

    • Element of the array

      string

      Pattern: ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$

  • settings.alliance

    object

    Available in editions: EE

    Common options both for federation and multicluster.

    • settings.alliance.ingressGateway

      object

      Available in editions: EE

      ingressgateway settings.

      • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.advertise

        array of objects

        Available in editions: EE

        The actual addresses that will be announced to remote clusters for organizing intercluster application requests. If not specified, the addresses will be discovered automatically.

        Default: []

        Example:

        advertise:
        - ip: 172.16.0.5
          port: 15443
        

        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.advertise.address

          string

          Required value

          Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$

          Example:

          address: 172.16.0.5
          

        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.advertise.port

          integer

          Required value

          Allowed values: 1024 <= X <= 65535

      • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.inlet

        string

        Available in editions: EE

        The method for exposing ingressgateway.

        • LoadBalancer — is a recommended method if you have a cloud-based cluster and it supports Load Balancing.
        • NodePort — for installations that do not have the LB.

        Default: "LoadBalancer"

        Allowed values: LoadBalancer, NodePort

        Example:

        inlet: LoadBalancer
        

      • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.nodePort

        object

        Available in editions: EE

        Special settings for NodePort inlet.

        Examples:

        nodePort: {}
        

        nodePort:
          port: 30001
        

        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.nodePort.port

          integer

          Static port number for NodePort-type Service. Must be in range, set by kube-apiserver –service-node-port-range argument (default is 30000-32767).

          Allowed values: 1024 <= X <= 65535

      • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.nodeSelector

        object

        Available in editions: EE

        ingressgateway DaemonSet nodeSelector.

        The same as the spec.nodeSelector pod parameter in Kubernetes.

        Example:

        nodeSelector:
          type: ingress
        

      • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.serviceAnnotations

        object

        Available in editions: EE

        Additional service annotations. They can be used, e.g., for configuring a local LB in the Yandex Cloud (using the yandex.cpi.flant.com/listener-subnet-id annotation).

        Example:

        serviceAnnotations:
          yandex.cpi.flant.com/listener-subnet-id: xyz-123
        

      • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.tolerations

        array of objects

        Available in editions: EE

        ingressgateway DaemonSet tolerations.

        The same as spec.tolerations for the Kubernetes pod.

        Example:

        tolerations:
        - operator: Exists
        

        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.tolerations.effect

          string
        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.tolerations.key

          string
        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.tolerations.operator

          string
        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.tolerations.tolerationSeconds

          integer
        • settings.alliance.ingressGateway.tolerations.value

          string
  • settings.auth

    object

    Options related to authentication or authorization in the application.

    Example:

    auth:
      externalAuthentication:
        authURL: https://dex.d8.svc.cluster.local/dex/auth
        authSignInURL: https://example.com/dex/sign_in
      allowedUserGroups:
      - admins
    

    • settings.auth.allowedUserGroups

      array of strings

      An array of user groups that can access module’s public web interfaces.

      This parameter is used if the user-authn module is enabled or the externalAuthentication parameter is set.

      Caution! Note that you must add those groups to the appropriate field in the DexProvider config if this module is used together with the user-authn one.

    • settings.auth.externalAuthentication

      object

      Parameters to enable external authentication based on the NGINX Ingress external-auth mechanism that uses the Nginx auth_request module.

      External authentication is enabled automatically if the user-authn module is enabled.

      • settings.auth.externalAuthentication.authSignInURL

        string

        The URL to redirect the user for authentication (if the authentication service returned a non-200 HTTP response code).

        Example:

        authSignInURL: https://example.com/dex/sign_in
        

      • settings.auth.externalAuthentication.authURL

        string

        The URL of the authentication service.

        If the user is authenticated, the service should return an HTTP 200 response code.

        Example:

        authURL: https://example.com/dex/auth
        

    • settings.auth.satisfyAny

      boolean

      Enables single authentication.

      If used together with the whitelistSourceRanges parameter, it authorizes all the users from above networks (no need to enter a username and password).

      Default: false

      Example:

      satisfyAny: true
      

    • settings.auth.whitelistSourceRanges

      array of strings

      An array if CIDRs that are allowed to authenticate in module’s public web interfaces.

      Example:

      whitelistSourceRanges:
      - 1.1.1.1/32
      

  • settings.ca

    object

    Explicitly specified root certificate. It signs individual service certificates to use in mutual TLS connections.

    • settings.ca.cert

      string

      The root or intermediate certificate in PEM format.

    • settings.ca.chain

      string

      A certificate chain in PEM format if cert is an intermediate certificate.

    • settings.ca.key

      string

      The key to the root certificate in PEM format.

    • settings.ca.root

      string

      The root certificate in PEM format if cert is an intermediate certificate.

  • settings.controlPlane

    object

    istiod specific settings.

    • settings.controlPlane.nodeSelector

      object

      Optional nodeSelector for istiod. The same as the spec.nodeSelector pod parameter in Kubernetes.

      If the parameter is omitted or false, it will be determined automatically.

    • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement

      object

      Replication management settings and scaling of istiod.

      Examples:

      replicasManagement:
        mode: Standard
      

      replicasManagement:
        mode: Static
        static:
          replicas: 3
      

      replicasManagement:
        mode: HPA
        hpa:
          minReplicas: 2
          maxReplicas: 5
          metrics:
          - type: CPU
            targetAverageUtilization: 80
      

      • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.hpa

        object

        Options for replicas management for the HPA mode.

        • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.hpa.maxReplicas

          number

          Required value

          The upper limit for the number of replicas to which the HPA can scale up. It cannot be less that minReplicas.

          Allowed values: 1 <= X

        • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.hpa.metrics

          array of objects

          Required value

          The HPA will use these metrics to decide whether to increase or decrease the number of replicates.

          • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.hpa.metrics.targetAverageUtilization

            number

            Required value

            The target value of the average of the resource metric across all relevant pods, represented as a percentage of the requested value of the resource for the pods.

            Allowed values: 1 <= X <= 100

          • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.hpa.metrics.type

            string

            Required value

            Metric type.

            Allowed values: CPU

        • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.hpa.minReplicas

          number

          Required value

          The lower limit for the number of replicas to which the HPA can scale down.

          Allowed values: 1 <= X

      • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.mode

        string

        Replicas management mode:

        • Standard — replicas management and scaling mode according to the global fault tolerance mode (the highAvailability parameter);
        • Static — the mode, where the number of replicas is specified explicitly (the static.replicas parameter);
        • HPA — the mode, where the number of replicas is calculated automatically using HPA based on CPU usage. You can configure this mode by modifying parameters in the hpa parameter section.

        Default: "Standard"

        Allowed values: Standard, Static, HPA

      • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.static

        object

        Options for replicas management for the Static mode.

        • settings.controlPlane.replicasManagement.static.replicas

          number

          Required value

          Desired number of replicas.

          Allowed values: 1 <= X

    • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement

      object

      Settings for CPU and memory requests and limits by istiod pods.

      Examples:

      resourcesManagement:
        mode: VPA
        vpa:
          mode: Auto
          cpu:
            min: 50m
            max: 2
            limitRatio: 1.5
          memory:
            min: 256Mi
            max: 2Gi
            limitRatio: 1.5
      

      resourcesManagement:
        mode: Static
        static:
          requests:
            cpu: 55m
            memory: 256Mi
          limits:
            cpu: '2'
            memory: 2Gi
      

      • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.mode

        string

        Resource management mode:

        • Static — allows you to specify requests/limits. The parameters of this mode are defined in the static parameter section;
        • VPA — uses VPA. You can configure this mode by modifying parameters in the vpa parameter section.

        Default: "VPA"

        Allowed values: VPA, Static

      • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.static

        object

        Resource management options for the Static mode.

        • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.static.limits

          object

          Configuring CPU and memory limits.

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.static.limits.cpu

            string

            Configuring CPU limits.

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.static.limits.memory

            Configuring memory limits.

        • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.static.requests

          object

          Resource requests settings for pods.

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.static.requests.cpu

            string

            Configuring CPU requests.

            Pattern: ^[0-9]+m?$

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.static.requests.memory

            Configuring memory requests.

      • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa

        object

        Resource management options for the VPA mode.

        • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.cpu

          object

          CPU-related VPA settings.

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.cpu.limitRatio

            number

            The CPU limits/requests ratio.

            This ratio is used for calculating the initial CPU limits for a pod.

            If this parameter is set, the VPA will recalculate the CPU limits while maintaining the specified limits/requests ratio.

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.cpu.max

            The maximum value that the VPA can set for the CPU requests.

            Default: 2

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.cpu.min

            The minimum value that the VPA can set for the CPU requests.

            Default: 50m

        • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.memory

          object

          Memory-related VPA settings.

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.memory.limitRatio

            number

            The memory limits/requests ratio.

            This ratio is used for calculating the initial memory limits for a pod.

            If this parameter is set, the VPA will recalculate the memory limits while maintaining the specified limits/requests ratio.

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.memory.max

            The maximum memory requests the VPA can set.

            Default: 2Gi

          • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.memory.min

            The minimum memory requests the VPA can set.

            Default: 256Mi

        • settings.controlPlane.resourcesManagement.vpa.mode

          string

          VPA operating mode.

          Default: "Auto"

          Allowed values: Initial, Auto

    • settings.controlPlane.tolerations

      array of objects

      Optional tolerations for istiod. The same as spec.tolerations for the Kubernetes pod.

      If the parameter is omitted or false, it will be determined automatically.

      • settings.controlPlane.tolerations.effect

        string
      • settings.controlPlane.tolerations.key

        string
      • settings.controlPlane.tolerations.operator

        string
      • settings.controlPlane.tolerations.tolerationSeconds

        integer
      • settings.controlPlane.tolerations.value

        string
  • settings.dataPlane

    object
    • settings.dataPlane.trafficRedirectionSetupMode

      string

      Managing the redirection mode of application traffic to be forwarded under Istio control in the Pod’s network namespace.

      • CNIPlugin — in this mode, the configuration is performed by a CNI plugin when creating a Pod on a node. This mode does not require additional permissions for Pods and is recommended. This mode has limitations when using application init-containers that perform network communication with other services.
      • InitContainer — classic mode, each application Pod is automatically injected with a special init-container that configures the network environment of the Pod. In order to perform this configuration, the init-container is given additional permissions, which may not meet the security requirements of individual installations.

      Default: "InitContainer"

      Allowed values: CNIPlugin, InitContainer

      Examples:

      trafficRedirectionSetupMode: CNIPlugin
      

      trafficRedirectionSetupMode: InitContainer
      

  • settings.enableHTTP10

    boolean

    Whether to handle HTTP/1.0 requests in istio-sidecars or deny them with 426 Upgrade Required response.

    Default: false

    Example:

    enableHTTP10: true
    

  • settings.federation

    object

    Available in editions: EE

    Parameters for federating with other clusters.

    • settings.federation.enabled

      boolean

      Designate this cluster as a federation member (see Enabling federation).

      Default: false

      Example:

      enabled: true
      

  • settings.globalVersion

    string

    Specific version of Istio control-plane which handles unspecific versions of data plane (namespaces with istio-injection=enabled label, not istio.io/rev=).

    Default: "1.21"

    Pattern: ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$

  • settings.highAvailability

    boolean

    Manually enable the high availability mode.

    By default, Deckhouse automatically decides whether to enable the HA mode. Click here to learn more about the HA mode for modules.

    Example:

    highAvailability: true
    

  • settings.https

    object

    What certificate type to use with module’s public web interfaces.

    This parameter completely overrides the global.modules.https settings.

    Examples:

    https:
      mode: CustomCertificate
      customCertificate:
        secretName: foobar
    

    https:
      mode: CertManager
      certManager:
        clusterIssuerName: letsencrypt
    

    • settings.https.certManager

      object
      • settings.https.certManager.clusterIssuerName

        string

        What ClusterIssuer to use for Kiali/metadata-exporter (including SPIFFE endpoint)/api-proxy.

        Currently, letsencrypt, letsencrypt-staging, selfsigned are available. Also, you can define your own.

        Default: "letsencrypt"

    • settings.https.customCertificate

      object
      • settings.https.customCertificate.secretName

        string

        The name of the secret in the d8-system namespace to use with Kiali/metadata-exporter (including SPIFFE endpoint)/api-proxy.

        This secret must have the kubernetes.io/tls format.

        Default: "false"

    • settings.https.mode

      string

      The HTTPS usage mode:

      • CertManager — Kiali/metadata-exporter (including SPIFFE endpoint)/api-proxy will use HTTPS and get a certificate from the clusterissuer defined in the certManager.clusterIssuerName parameter.
      • CustomCertificate — Kiali/metadata-exporter (including SPIFFE endpoint)/api-proxy will use HTTPS using the certificate from the d8-system namespace.
      • OnlyInURI — Kiali/metadata-exporter (including SPIFFE endpoint)/api-proxy will work over HTTP (thinking that there is an external HTTPS load balancer in front that terminates HTTPS traffic). All the links in the user-authn will be generated using the HTTPS scheme. Load balancer should provide a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS.

      Caution! Unlike other modules, Istio doesn’t support non-secured HTTP (mode: Disabled).

      Default: "CertManager"

      Allowed values: CertManager, CustomCertificate, OnlyInURI

  • settings.ingressClass

    string

    The class of the Ingress controller used for Kiali, metadata-exporter and proxy-api.

    Optional. By default, the modules.ingressClass global value is used.

    Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(\.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*$

  • settings.multicluster

    object

    Available in editions: EE

    Multicluster parameters.

    • settings.multicluster.enabled

      boolean

      Designate this cluster as a multicluster member (see Enabling multicluster).

      Default: false

      Example:

      enabled: true
      

  • settings.nodeSelector

    object

    Optional nodeSelector for istio-operator, metadata-exporter and Kiali. The same as the spec.nodeSelector pod parameter in Kubernetes.

    If the parameter is omitted or false, it will be determined automatically.

  • settings.outboundTrafficPolicyMode

    string

    How to handle requests directed to external services which aren’t registered in service mesh.

    • AllowAny — allow.
    • RegistryOnly — deny. In this case to work with external services you need to register them with ServiceEntry custom resource or to organize egressgateway.

    Default: "AllowAny"

    Allowed values: AllowAny, RegistryOnly

    Example:

    outboundTrafficPolicyMode: AllowAny
    

  • settings.proxyConfig

    object

    Mesh-wide defaults for ProxyConfig configurations.

    • settings.proxyConfig.holdApplicationUntilProxyStarts

      boolean

      With this feature, the sidecar-injector injects the sidecar at the first place of Pod’s container list and adds a postStart hook to be sure if the Envoy proxy is initialized before the application. So the Envoy is able to handle requests without application network errors.

      This global flag can be overriden per Pod by an annotation — proxy.istio.io/config: '{ "holdApplicationUntilProxyStarts": true }'.

      Default: false

      Example:

      holdApplicationUntilProxyStarts: true
      

    • settings.proxyConfig.idleTimeout

      string

      Timeout for connections without application activity established between the client’s istio-sidecar and the service. When the timeout expires, the connection between the sidecar and the service is closed, but the connection between the application and the sidecar is not closed. If set to 0s, the timeout is disabled.

      This global flag can be overriden per Pod by an annotation:

          proxy.istio.io/config: |-
            proxyMetadata:
              ISTIO_META_IDLE_TIMEOUT: "12h"
      

      Warning! Disabling this timeout (setting the value to 0s) is very likely to result in leaky connections due to TCP FIN packet loss, etc. Warning! After changing this setting, a restart of the client pods is required.

      Default: "1h"

      Pattern: ^[0-9]+(s|m|h)$

      Example:

      idleTimeout: 24h
      

  • settings.sidecar

    object

    Network settings for traffic capture by istio sidecar.

    • settings.sidecar.excludeInboundPorts

      array of strings

      The range of inbound ports whose traffic is guaranteed not to flow through Istio.

      You can redefine this parameter for single Pod using the traffic.sidecar.istio.io/excludeInboundPorts annotation.

      Default: []

      Example:

      excludeInboundPorts:
      - '8080'
      - '8443'
      

      • Element of the array

        string

        Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,5}$

    • settings.sidecar.excludeOutboundIPRanges

      array of strings

      Traffic to these IP ranges is guaranteed not to flow through Istio.

      You can redefine this parameter for single Pod using the traffic.sidecar.istio.io/excludeOutboundIPRanges annotation.

      Default: []

      Example:

      excludeOutboundIPRanges:
      - 10.1.1.0/24
      

      • Element of the array

        string

        Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}/[0-9]{1,2}$

    • settings.sidecar.excludeOutboundPorts

      array of strings

      The range of outbound ports whose traffic is guaranteed not to flow through Istio.

      You can redefine this parameter for single Pod using the traffic.sidecar.istio.io/excludeOutboundPorts annotation.

      Default: []

      Example:

      excludeOutboundPorts:
      - '8080'
      - '8443'
      

      • Element of the array

        string

        Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,5}$

    • settings.sidecar.includeOutboundIPRanges

      array of strings

      Traffic to these IP ranges is forcibly routed through Istio.

      You can redefine this parameter for single Pod using the traffic.sidecar.istio.io/includeOutboundIPRanges annotation.

      Default: ["0.0.0.0/0"]

      Example:

      includeOutboundIPRanges:
      - 10.1.1.0/24
      

      • Element of the array

        string

        Pattern: ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}/[0-9]{1,2}$

    • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement

      object

      Manages Istio sidecar container resources.

      Caution! The setting only applies to new Pods with istio-proxy.

      Example:

      resourcesManagement:
        static:
          requests:
            cpu: 100m
            memory: 128Mi
          limits:
            cpu: 2000m
            memory: 1Gi
      

      • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.mode

        string

        Resource management mode:

        • Static — allows you to specify requests/limits. The parameters of this mode are defined in the static parameter section;

        Default: "Static"

        Allowed values: Static

      • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.static

        object

        Resource management options for the Static mode.

        • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.static.limits

          object

          Configuring CPU and memory limits.

          • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.static.limits.cpu

            string

            Configuring CPU limits.

            Default: "2000m"

            Pattern: ^[0-9]+m?$

          • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.static.limits.memory

            Configuring memory limits.

            Default: 1Gi

        • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.static.requests

          object

          Resource requests settings for pods.

          • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.static.requests.cpu

            string

            Configuring CPU requests.

            Default: "100m"

            Pattern: ^[0-9]+m?$

          • settings.sidecar.resourcesManagement.static.requests.memory

            Configuring memory requests.

            Default: 128Mi

  • settings.tolerations

    array of objects

    Optional tolerations for istio-operator, metadata-exporter and Kiali. The same as spec.tolerations for the Kubernetes pod.

    If the parameter is omitted or false, it will be determined automatically.

    • settings.tolerations.effect

      string
    • settings.tolerations.key

      string
    • settings.tolerations.operator

      string
    • settings.tolerations.tolerationSeconds

      integer
    • settings.tolerations.value

      string
  • settings.tracing

    object

    Tracing parameters.

    • settings.tracing.collector

      object

      Tracing collection settings.

      • settings.tracing.collector.zipkin

        object

        Zipkin protocol parameters used by Istio for sending traces. Jaeger supports this protocol.

        If tracing is enabled, this settings section is mandatory.

        • settings.tracing.collector.zipkin.address

          string

          Network address of zipkin collector in <IP of FQDN>:<port> format.

          Pattern: [0-9a-zA-Z\.-]+

          Example:

          address: zipkin.myjaeger.svc:9411
          

    • settings.tracing.enabled

      boolean

      Turn on or off tracing collection and displaying in Kiali.

      Default: false

      Example:

      enabled: true
      

    • settings.tracing.kiali

      object

      Span displaying settings for Kiali.

      When not configured, Kiali won’t show any tracing dashboards.

      Examples:

      kiali: {}
      

      kiali:
        jaegerURLForUsers: https://tracing-service:4443/jaeger
        jaegerGRPCEndpoint: http://tracing.myjaeger.svc:16685/
      

      • settings.tracing.kiali.jaegerGRPCEndpoint

        string

        Accessible from cluster address of jaeger GRPC interface for system queries by Kiali.

        When not configured, Kiali will only show external links using the jaegerURLForUsers config without interpretationing.

        Example:

        jaegerGRPCEndpoint: http://tracing.myjaeger.svc:16685/
        

      • settings.tracing.kiali.jaegerURLForUsers

        string

        Jaeger UI address for users. Mandatory parameter if Kiali is enabled.

        Example:

        jaegerURLForUsers: https://tracing-service:4443/jaeger
        

    • settings.tracing.sampling

      number

      The sampling rate option can be used to control what percentage of requests get reported to your tracing system.

      This should be configured depending upon your traffic in the mesh and the amount of tracing data you want to collect.

      It is possible to override this option with the following Pod annotation:

      proxy.istio.io/config: |
        tracing:
          sampling: 100.0
      

      Default: 1.0

      Allowed values: 0.01 <= X <= 100.0

      Example:

      sampling: 50.05