diff --git a/content/en/docs/Installation/installation-guide/advanced-install-options.md b/content/en/docs/Installation/installation-guide/advanced-install-options.md index 6115ea06..6fb7d9af 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/Installation/installation-guide/advanced-install-options.md +++ b/content/en/docs/Installation/installation-guide/advanced-install-options.md @@ -4,17 +4,13 @@ description: "Advanced installation options." weight: 60 --- -## Multiple Istio control planes in the same cluster +## Canary upgrades -Currently, Kiali can manage only one Istio control plane. However, there are -certain cases where you may have more than one Istio control plane in your -cluster. One of such cases is when performing a -[Canary upgrade of Istio](https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/upgrade/canary/). - -In these cases, you will need to configure in Kiali which control plane you -want to manage. This is done by configuring the name of the components of the -control plane. This is configured in the Kiali CR and the default values are -the following: +During a canary upgrade where multiple controlplanes are present, Kiali will automatically +detect both controlplanes. You can visit the [mesh page](/docs/features/istio-component-status/#mesh-page) +to visualize your controlplanes during a canary upgrade. You can also manually +specify a controlplane you want Kiali to connect to through the Kiali CR however +if you do this then you will need to update these settings during each canary upgrade. ```yaml spec: @@ -25,9 +21,6 @@ spec: istio_sidecar_injector_config_map_name: "istio-sidecar-injector" ``` -If you want to manage both Istio control planes, simply install two Kiali -instances and point each one to a different Istio control plane. - ## Installing a Kiali Server of a different version than the Operator When you install the Kiali Operator, it will be configured to install a Kiali