ervice/istioctl-proxy 9090:9090 --context=&#34;${CTX_EXTERNAL_CLUSTER}&#34;
</code></pre><p>We now configure <code>istioctl</code> to use <code>localhost:9090</code> to access the proxy by setting the <code>ISTIOCTL_XDS_ADDRESS</code> environment
variable:</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ export ISTIOCTL_XDS_ADDRESS=localhost:9090
$ export ISTIOCTL_ISTIONAMESPACE=external-istiod
$ export ISTIOCTL_PREFER_EXPERIMENTAL=true
</code></pre><p>Because our control plane is r