Control Plane

# Control Plane

The central component of a Kubernetes cluster, acting as the brain of the system. It is responsible for making global decisions like scheduling and responding to various cluster events.

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The central management unit of Istio, specifically implemented via Istiod. This layer is responsible for converting high-level configuration resources, such as VirtualServices and DestinationRules, into actionable instructions.