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(<a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/25154>Issue #25154</a>)</li></ul><h2 id=installation>Installation</h2><ul><li><strong>Added</strong> RPM packages for running the Istio sidecar on a VM to the release.
(<a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/9117>Issue #9117</a>)</li><li><strong>Added</strong> experimental <a href=/v1.18/blog/2020/new-deployment-model/>external Istiod</a> support.</li><li><strong>Fixed</strong> an issue preventing <code>NodePort</code> services from being used as th