 of installing, running, and
upgrading Istio by &ldquo;embracing the monolith&rdquo; and consolidating our control plane
into a single new binary - Istiod. Operators&rsquo; lives will get much easier with
fewer moving parts which are easier to debug and understand. For mesh users,
Istiod doesn’t change any of their experience: all APIs and runtime
characteristics are consistent with the previous components.</p><p>Keep your eyes out for a blog post in the coming days devoted to Istiod, and
the benefits of 