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instances managing the mesh, which are unavailable when the control plane is running outside of the mesh cluster.
To address this issue, <code>istioctl</code> was configured to delegate to a proxy server, running along side the external control
plane, which accesses the <code>istiod</code> instances on its behalf.</p></div><nav class=pagenav><div class=left><a title href=/v1.19/blog/2022/istio-has-applied-to-join-the-cncf/ class=next-link><svg class="icon left-arrow"><use xlink:href="/v1.19/img/icons.