se instructions to prepare an GKE cluster for Istio.</p><ol><li><p>Create a new cluster.</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true>$ gcloud container clusters create &lt;cluster-name&gt; \
  --cluster-version latest \
  --num-nodes 4 \
  --zone &lt;zone&gt; \
  --project &lt;project-id&gt;
</code></pre><div><aside class="callout warning"><div class=type><svg class="large-icon"><use xlink:href="/v1.1/img/icons.svg#callout-warning"/></svg></div><div class=content>To use the Istio CNI feature, th