nal control plane was previously done by disabling the <code>base</code> and <code>pilot</code>
components and enabling the <code>istiodRemote</code> component in the IOP:</p><pre><code class=language-yaml data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>components:
  base:
    enabled: false
  pilot:
    enabled: false
  istiodRemote:
    enabled: true
values:
  global:
    externalIstiod: true
</code></pre><p>If the remote cluster also serves as the config cluster for the external control plane,
the <code>base</code