<commit_before>---
title: Kops
description: Instructions to setup Kops for use with Istio.
weight: 33
skip_seealso: true
keywords: [platform-setup,kubernetes,kops]
owner: istio/wg-environments-maintainers
test: no
---

If you wish to run Istio [Secret Discovery Service](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/security/secret#sds-configuration) (SDS) for your mesh on Kops managed clusters, you must add [extra configurations](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/#service-account-token-volume-projection) to enable service account token projection volumes in the api-server.

1. Open the configuration file:

    {{< text bash >}}
    $ kops edit cluster $YOURCLUSTER
    {{< /text >}}
<commit_msg>Update platform setup for kops 1.22+ (#10500)<commit_after>---
title: Kops
description: Instructions to setup Kops for use with Istio.
weight: 33
skip_seealso: true
keywords: [platform-setup,kubernetes,kops]
owner: istio/wg-environments-maintainers
test: no
---

{{< tip >}}
No special configuration is required to run Istio on Kubernetes clusters version 1.22 or newer. For prior Kubernetes versions, you will need to continue to perform these steps.
{{< /tip >}}

If you wish to run Istio [Secret Discovery Service](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/security/secret#sds-configuration) (SDS) for your mesh on Kops managed clusters, you must add [extra configurations](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/#service-account-token-volume-projection) to enable service account token projection volumes in the api-server.

1. Open the configuration file:

    {{< text bash >}}
    $ kops edit cluster $YOURCLUSTER
    {{< /text >}}

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