Ops Development & AI Practice

Feb 19, 2025 · Cloud Native

Why Does Istio Ingress Gateway Show EXTERNAL-IP Pending on EKS? Solutions Explained

This guide explains why an Istio Ingress Gateway on AWS EKS often remains in EXTERNAL-IP pending state, analyzes root causes such as subnet tags, IAM permissions, and resource quotas, and provides step‑by‑step remediation to get a functional load balancer.