# Istio Operator API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/istio/operator-api/  
**Provider:** Istio — https://apis.io/providers/istio/  
**Documentation:** https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/config/istio.operator.v1alpha1/

Istio Operator API is one of 14 APIs that [Istio](https://apis.io/providers/istio/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Installations, Kubernetes, Operator, and Service Mesh. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The Istio Operator API (istio.operator.v1alpha1) defines the IstioOperator custom resource used to install, configure, and upgrade Istio on Kubernetes clusters. It provides a declarative interface for selecting Istio profiles, enabling or disabling components such as ingress and egress gateways, and customizing the control plane configuration without editing raw Helm values.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/config/istio.operator.v1alpha1/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/istio/istio/tree/master/operator

## Other Istio APIs (12)

- [Istio Telemetry API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/telemetry-api/)
- [Istio Mesh Config API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/mesh-config-api/)
- [Istio AuthorizationPolicy API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-authorizationpolicy-api/)
- [Istio DestinationRule API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-destinationrule-api/)
- [Istio Gateway API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-gateway-api/)
- [Istio PeerAuthentication API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-peerauthentication-api/)
- [Istio RequestAuthentication API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-requestauthentication-api/)
- [Istio ServiceEntry API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-serviceentry-api/)
- [Istio Sidecar API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-sidecar-api/)
- [Istio VirtualService API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-virtualservice-api/)
- [Istio WasmPlugin API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-wasmplugin-api/)
- [Istio WorkloadEntry API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-workloadentry-api/)

## Tags

Installations, Kubernetes, Operator, Service Mesh

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