ges>Install distroless images</h2><p>Follow the <a href=/v1.7/docs/setup/install/istioctl/>Installation Steps</a> to setup Istio.
Add the option <code>--set tag=1.7.4-distroless</code> to use the <em>distroless images</em>.</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ istioctl install --set tag=1.7.4-distroless
</code></pre><h2 id=benefits>Benefits</h2><p>Non-essential executables and libraries are no longer part of the images when using the distroless variant.</p><ul><li>The at