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Kops	Instructions to set up Kops for use with Istio.	33	true	platform-setup kubernetes kops	istio/wg-environments-maintainers	no

{{< tip >}} No special configuration is required to run Istio on Kubernetes clusters version 1.22 or newer. For prior Kubernetes versions, you will need to continue to perform these steps. {{< /tip >}}

If you wish to run Istio Secret Discovery Service (SDS) for your mesh on Kops managed clusters, you must add extra configurations to enable service account token projection volumes in the api-server.

1. Open the configuration file:

   {{< text bash >}} $ kops edit cluster $YOURCLUSTER {{< /text >}}

2. Add the following in the configuration file:

   {{< text yaml >}} kubeAPIServer: apiAudiences: - api - istio-ca serviceAccountIssuer: kubernetes.default.svc {{< /text >}}

3. Perform the update:

   {{< text bash >}} $ kops update cluster $ kops update cluster --yes {{< /text >}}

4. Launch the rolling update:

   {{< text bash >}} $ kops rolling-update cluster $ kops rolling-update cluster --yes {{< /text >}}