esting a number of files within your
working directory.</p></li></ol><h2 id=customizing-istio>Customizing Istio</h2><p>Preparing the mesh above created a file called <code>base.yaml</code> in your working directory. This file defines the
basic <a href=/v1.4/docs/reference/config/istio.operator.v1alpha12.pb/#IstioControlPlane><code>IstioControlPlane</code></a> configuration that will be used when deploying Istio in your clusters (which will happen below). You
can <a href=/v1.4/docs/setup/install/istioctl/#co