access to
the <code>istiod</code> service to retrieve the status and configuration of the proxies it&rsquo;s managing. If you try running it on a
remote cluster, you&rsquo;ll get an error message like this:</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ istioctl proxy-status
Error: unable to find any Istiod instances
</code></pre><p>Notice that the error message doesn&rsquo;t just say that it&rsquo;s unable to access the <code>istiod</code> service, it specifically mentions
its in