Manually install gateway proxies
Manually deploy Istio gateways to workload clusters for use in a production Gloo Gateway environment.
In Gloo Gateway, you install an Istio control plane and Istio gateways to allow incoming traffic to your cluster environment. If you use Gloo Mesh Enterprise, you can also add Istio sidecars to your workloads to create a managed service mesh.
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Manually deploy gateway proxies: Manually deploy Istio gateway proxies for use in a production Gloo Gateway environment.
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Upgrade gateway proxies: Upgrade your unmanaged gateway proxies in each workload cluster without downtime.
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Switch from unmanaged to managed gateways: Use the Istio lifecycle manager to switch from your existing, unmanaged Istio installation to a Gloo-managed Istio installation.