pilot-agent

Istio Pilot agent runs in the sidecar or gateway container and bootstraps Envoy.

FlagsDescription
--log_as_jsonWhether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format
--log_caller <string>Comma-separated list of scopes for which to include caller information, scopes can be any of [all, default, model, rbac] (default ``)
--log_output_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level of messages to output, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope>:<level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:info`)
--log_rotate <string>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)
--log_rotate_max_age <int>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)
--log_rotate_max_backups <int>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)
--log_rotate_max_size <int>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)
--log_stacktrace_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level at which stack traces are captured, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope:level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:none`)
--log_target <stringArray>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)

pilot-agent proxy

Envoy proxy agent

pilot-agent proxy [flags]
FlagsDescription
--applicationPorts <stringSlice>Ports exposed by the application. Used to determine that Envoy is configured and ready to receive traffic. (default `[]`)
--binaryPath <string>Path to the proxy binary (default `/usr/local/bin/envoy`)
--concurrency <int>number of worker threads to run (default `0`)
--configPath <string>Path to the generated configuration file directory (default `/etc/istio/proxy`)
--connectTimeout <duration>Connection timeout used by Envoy for supporting services (default `1s`)
--controlPlaneAuthPolicy <string>Control Plane Authentication Policy (default `NONE`)
--controlPlaneBootstrapProcess bootstrap provided via templateFile to be used by control plane components.
--customConfigFile <string>Path to the custom configuration file (default ``)
--datadogAgentAddress <string>Address of the Datadog Agent (default ``)
--disableInternalTelemetryDisable internal telemetry
--discoveryAddress <string>Address of the discovery service exposing xDS (e.g. istio-pilot:8080) (default `istio-pilot:15010`)
--dnsRefreshRate <string>The dns_refresh_rate for bootstrap STRICT_DNS clusters (default `300s`)
--domain <string>DNS domain suffix. If not provided uses ${POD_NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local (default ``)
--drainDuration <duration>The time in seconds that Envoy will drain connections during a hot restart (default `45s`)
--envoyAccessLogService <string>Settings of an Envoy gRPC Access Log Service API implementation (default ``)
--envoyMetricsServiceAddress <string>Host and Port of an Envoy Metrics Service API implementation (e.g. metrics-service:15000) (default ``)
--id <string>Proxy unique ID. If not provided uses ${POD_NAME}.${POD_NAMESPACE} from environment variables (default ``)
--ip <string>Proxy IP address. If not provided uses ${INSTANCE_IP} environment variable. (default ``)
--lightstepAccessToken <string>Access Token for LightStep Satellite pool (default ``)
--lightstepAddress <string>Address of the LightStep Satellite pool (default ``)
--lightstepCacertPath <string>Path to the trusted cacert used to authenticate the pool (default ``)
--lightstepSecureShould connection to the LightStep Satellite pool be secure
--log_as_jsonWhether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format
--log_caller <string>Comma-separated list of scopes for which to include caller information, scopes can be any of [all, default, model, rbac] (default ``)
--log_output_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level of messages to output, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope>:<level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:info`)
--log_rotate <string>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)
--log_rotate_max_age <int>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)
--log_rotate_max_backups <int>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)
--log_rotate_max_size <int>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)
--log_stacktrace_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level at which stack traces are captured, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope:level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:none`)
--log_target <stringArray>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)
--mixerIdentity <string>The identity used as the suffix for mixer's spiffe SAN. This would only be used by pilot all other proxy would get this value from pilot (default ``)
--parentShutdownDuration <duration>The time in seconds that Envoy will wait before shutting down the parent process during a hot restart (default `1m0s`)
--pilotIdentity <string>The identity used as the suffix for pilot's spiffe SAN (default ``)
--proxyAdminPort <uint16>Port on which Envoy should listen for administrative commands (default `15000`)
--proxyComponentLogLevel <string>The component log level used to start the Envoy proxy (default `misc:error`)
--proxyLogLevel <string>The log level used to start the Envoy proxy (choose from {trace, debug, info, warning, error, critical, off}) (default `warning`)
--serviceCluster <string>Service cluster (default `istio-proxy`)
--serviceregistry <string>Select the platform for service registry, options are {Kubernetes, Consul, Mock} (default `Kubernetes`)
--statsdUdpAddress <string>IP Address and Port of a statsd UDP listener (e.g. 10.75.241.127:9125) (default ``)
--statusPort <uint16>HTTP Port on which to serve pilot agent status. If zero, agent status will not be provided. (default `0`)
--templateFile <string>Go template bootstrap config (default ``)
--trust-domain <string>The domain to use for identities (default ``)
--zipkinAddress <string>Address of the Zipkin service (e.g. zipkin:9411) (default ``)

pilot-agent request

Makes an HTTP request to the Envoy admin API

pilot-agent request <method> <path> [<body>] [flags]
FlagsDescription
--log_as_jsonWhether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format
--log_caller <string>Comma-separated list of scopes for which to include caller information, scopes can be any of [all, default, model, rbac] (default ``)
--log_output_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level of messages to output, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope>:<level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:info`)
--log_rotate <string>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)
--log_rotate_max_age <int>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)
--log_rotate_max_backups <int>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)
--log_rotate_max_size <int>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)
--log_stacktrace_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level at which stack traces are captured, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope:level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:none`)
--log_target <stringArray>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)

pilot-agent version

Prints out build version information

pilot-agent version [flags]
FlagsShorthandDescription
--log_as_jsonWhether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format
--log_caller <string>Comma-separated list of scopes for which to include caller information, scopes can be any of [all, default, model, rbac] (default ``)
--log_output_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level of messages to output, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope>:<level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:info`)
--log_rotate <string>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)
--log_rotate_max_age <int>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)
--log_rotate_max_backups <int>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)
--log_rotate_max_size <int>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)
--log_stacktrace_level <string>Comma-separated minimum per-scope logging level at which stack traces are captured, in the form of <scope>:<level>,<scope:level>,... where scope can be one of [all, default, model, rbac] and level can be one of [debug, info, warn, error, fatal, none] (default `default:none`)
--log_target <stringArray>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)
--output <string>-oOne of 'yaml' or 'json'. (default ``)
--short-sUse --short=false to generate full version information

Environment variables

These environment variables affect the behavior of the pilot-agent command.
Variable NameTypeDefault ValueDescription
INSTANCE_IPString
ISTIO_BOOTSTRAPString
ISTIO_BOOTSTRAP_OVERRIDEString
ISTIO_GPRC_MAXSTREAMSInteger100000Sets the maximum number of concurrent grpc streams.
ISTIO_KUBE_APP_PROBERSString
ISTIO_META_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_CHAINString/etc/certs/cert-chain.pem
ISTIO_META_TLS_CLIENT_KEYString/etc/certs/key.pem
ISTIO_META_TLS_CLIENT_ROOT_CERTString/etc/certs/root-cert.pem
ISTIO_META_TLS_SERVER_CERT_CHAINString/etc/certs/cert-chain.pem
ISTIO_META_TLS_SERVER_KEYString/etc/certs/key.pem
ISTIO_META_TLS_SERVER_ROOT_CERTString/etc/certs/root-cert.pem
ISTIO_NAMESPACEString
PILOT_CERT_DIRString
PILOT_DEBOUNCE_AFTERTime Duration100msThe delay added to config/registry events for debouncing. This will delay the push by at least this internal. If no change is detected within this period, the push will happen, otherwise we'll keep delaying until things settle, up to a max of PILOT_DEBOUNCE_MAX.
PILOT_DEBOUNCE_MAXTime Duration10sThe maximum amount of time to wait for events while debouncing. If events keep showing up with no breaks for this time, we'll trigger a push.
PILOT_DEBUG_ADSZ_CONFIGBooleanfalse
PILOT_DISABLE_XDS_MARSHALING_TO_ANYBooleanfalse
PILOT_ENABLE_EDS_DEBOUNCEBooleantrueIf enabled, Pilot will include EDS pushes in the push debouncing, configured by PILOT_DEBOUNCE_AFTER and PILOT_DEBOUNCE_MAX. EDS pushes may be delayed, but there will be fewer pushes. By default this is enabled
PILOT_ENABLE_FALLTHROUGH_ROUTEBooleantrueEnableFallthroughRoute provides an option to add a final wildcard match for routes. When ALLOW_ANY traffic policy is used, a Passthrough cluster is used. When REGISTRY_ONLY traffic policy is used, a 502 error is returned.
PILOT_ENABLE_HEADLESS_SERVICE_POD_LISTENERSBooleanfalseIf enabled, for a headless service/stateful set in Kubernetes, pilot will generate an outbound listener for each pod in a headless service. This feature should be disabled if headless services have a large number of pods.
PILOT_ENABLE_MYSQL_FILTERBooleanfalseEnableMysqlFilter enables injection of `envoy.filters.network.mysql_proxy` in the filter chain.
PILOT_ENABLE_PROTOCOL_SNIFFING_FOR_INBOUNDBooleanfalseIf enabled, protocol sniffing will be used for inbound listeners whose port protocol is not specified or unsupported
PILOT_ENABLE_PROTOCOL_SNIFFING_FOR_OUTBOUNDBooleantrueIf enabled, protocol sniffing will be used for outbound listeners whose port protocol is not specified or unsupported
PILOT_ENABLE_REDIS_FILTERBooleanfalseEnableRedisFilter enables injection of `envoy.filters.network.redis_proxy` in the filter chain.
PILOT_HTTP10BooleanfalseEnables the use of HTTP 1.0 in the outbound HTTP listeners, to support legacy applications.
PILOT_INBOUND_PROTOCOL_DETECTION_TIMEOUTTime Duration1sProtocol detection timeout for inbound listener
PILOT_INITIAL_FETCH_TIMEOUTTime Duration0sSpecifies the initial_fetch_timeout for config. If this time is reached without a response to the config requested by Envoy, the Envoy will move on with the init phase. This prevents envoy from getting stuck waiting on config during startup.
PILOT_PUSH_THROTTLEInteger100Limits the number of concurrent pushes allowed. On larger machines this can be increased for faster pushes
PILOT_RESPECT_DNS_TTLBooleantrueIf enabled, DNS based clusters will respect the TTL of the DNS, rather than polling at a fixed rate. This option is only provided for backward compatibility purposes and will be removed in the near future.
PILOT_RESTRICT_POD_UP_TRAFFIC_LOOPBooleantrueIf enabled, this will block inbound traffic from matching outbound listeners, which could result in an infinite loop of traffic. This option is only provided for backward compatibility purposes and will be removed in the near future.
PILOT_SCOPE_GATEWAY_TO_NAMESPACEBooleanfalseIf enabled, a gateway workload can only select gateway resources in the same namespace. Gateways with same selectors in different namespaces will not be applicable.
PILOT_SCOPE_PUSHESBooleantrueIf enabled, pilot will attempt to limit unnecessary pushes by determining what proxies a config or endpoint update will impact.
PILOT_SIDECAR_USE_REMOTE_ADDRESSBooleanfalseUseRemoteAddress sets useRemoteAddress to true for side car outbound listeners.
PILOT_SKIP_VALIDATE_TRUST_DOMAINBooleanfalseSkip validating the peer is from the same trust domain when mTLS is enabled in authentication policy
PILOT_TRACE_SAMPLINGFloating-Point100Sets the mesh-wide trace sampling percentage. Should be 0.0 - 100.0. Precision to 0.01. Default is 100, not recommended for production use.
POD_NAMEString
POD_NAMESPACEString
SDS_ENABLEDBooleanfalse
SDS_UDS_PATHStringunix:/var/run/sds/uds_pathSDS address
TERMINATION_DRAIN_DURATION_SECONDSInteger5The amount of time allowed for connections to complete on pilot-agent shutdown. On receiving SIGTERM or SIGINT, pilot-agent tells the active Envoy to start draining, preventing any new connections and allowing existing connections to complete. It then sleeps for the TerminationDrainDuration and then kills any remaining active Envoy processes.
USE_ISTIO_JWT_FILTERBooleanfalseUse the Istio JWT filter for JWT token verification.
V2_REFRESHTime Duration0s

Exported metrics

Metric NameTypeDescription
endpoint_no_podLastValueEndpoints without an associated pod.
istio_buildLastValueIstio component build info
pilot_conflict_inbound_listenerLastValueNumber of conflicting inbound listeners.
pilot_conflict_outbound_listener_http_over_current_tcpLastValueNumber of conflicting wildcard http listeners with current wildcard tcp listener.
pilot_conflict_outbound_listener_tcp_over_current_httpLastValueNumber of conflicting wildcard tcp listeners with current wildcard http listener.
pilot_conflict_outbound_listener_tcp_over_current_tcpLastValueNumber of conflicting tcp listeners with current tcp listener.
pilot_destrule_subsetsLastValueDuplicate subsets across destination rules for same host
pilot_discovery_callsSumIndividual method calls in Pilot
pilot_discovery_errorsSumErrors encountered during a given method call within Pilot
pilot_discovery_resourcesDistributionReturned resource counts per method by Pilot
pilot_duplicate_envoy_clustersLastValueDuplicate envoy clusters caused by service entries with same hostname
pilot_eds_no_instancesLastValueNumber of clusters without instances.
pilot_endpoint_not_readyLastValueEndpoint found in unready state.
pilot_jwks_resolver_network_fetch_fail_totalSumTotal number of failed network fetch by pilot jwks resolver
pilot_jwks_resolver_network_fetch_success_totalSumTotal number of successfully network fetch by pilot jwks resolver
pilot_no_ipLastValuePods not found in the endpoint table, possibly invalid.
pilot_total_rejected_configsSumTotal number of configs that Pilot had to reject or ignore.
pilot_virt_servicesLastValueTotal virtual services known to pilot.
pilot_vservice_dup_domainLastValueVirtual services with dup domains.