nfigure <code>istioctl</code>, we first need to deploy the proxy service next to the running <code>istiod</code> pods.
In our installation, we&rsquo;ve deployed the control plane in the <code>external-istiod</code> namespace, so we start the proxy
service on the external cluster using the following command:</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ kubectl apply -n external-istiod --context=&#34;${CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER}&#34; \
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