eparation between service mesh control and data planes. Mesh operators can run the control plane in their own clusters or other environments, providing the control plane as a service to mesh admins. Mesh operators can run multiple Istiod control planes in a single cluster, deploying their own Istio mesh and using <code>istio-ingress</code> gateways to control access to these Istiod control planes. Through the examples provided here, mesh operators can explore different implementation choices and choose what