p>
'>remote cluster</span> of an
<a href=/v1.19/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/>external control plane</a> or a <a href=/v1.19/docs/setup/install/multicluster/>multicluster</a>
Istio deployment, some of the commands will not work by default. For example, <code>istioctl proxy-status</code> requires access to
the <code>istiod</code> service to retrieve the status and configuration of the proxies it&rsquo;s managing. If you try running it on a
remote cluster, you&rsquo;ll get an error message like th