Using distroless images in Istio on Azure Kubernetes Service
Looking at Docker Hub Istio provides the option using distroless images since version 1.3.0.
As it is always a good idea on a Kubernetes cluster to reduce the attack surface, especially when running a managed Kubernetes cluster like Azure Kubernetes Service, using distroless images is one option of it.
Per default Istio does not use the distroless image versions. So, you need to opt in for Read more [...]