README.md

# install-cni

```
# Download the tarball from the Iron Bank repository and navigate to the 
# download directory. Run the following commands to run the container
# (using istio-cni.tar.gz as example tarball name):
podman load -i istio-cni.tar.gz
podman container run istio-cni
```

Use the Istio Container Network Interface to configure and install an 
Istio service mesh plugin. 

For application pods in the Istio service mesh, all traffic to/from the pods 
needs to go through the sidecar proxies (istio-proxy containers). This istio-cni 
Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin will set up the pods' networking to 
fulfill this requirement

In the event that you wish to implement this with a helm chart, you must ensure 
that the chart is modified to utilize the install-cni image from the Iron Bank.

## Notes

The container is configured to run as user 1001.