istio.io/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/platform-setup/docker-for-desktop/index.md

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Docker For Desktop	Instructions to setup Docker For Desktop for use with Istio.	15	true	platform-setup kubernetes docker-for-desktop

If you want to run istio under docker for desktop's built-in Kubernetes, you may need to increase docker's memory limit under the Advanced pane of docker's preferences. Pilot by default requests 2048Mi of memory, which is docker's default limit.

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Alternatively, you may reduce Pilot's memory reservation by passing the helm argument --set pilot.resources.requests.memory="512Mi". Otherwise Pilot may refuse to start due to insufficient resources. See Installation Options for more information.