Istioctl : applying manifest for component pilot hangs

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I have been trying to install istio using the istioctl approach outlined. However, the following command hangs and never recovers .

istioctl manifest apply --set profile=demo

Detected that your cluster does not support third party JWT authentication. Falling back to less secure first party JWT. See https://istio.io/docs/ops/best-practices/security/#configure-third-party-service-account-tokens for details.

  • Applying manifest for component Base…
    :heavy_check_mark: Finished applying manifest for component Base.
  • Applying manifest for component Pilot…
    2020-04-28T02:37:43.837397Z error installer error running kubectl: exit status 1
    ✘ Finished applying manifest for component Pilot.
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Environment: A 3 node kubernetes set-up.
CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)

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use --set values.global.jwtPolicy=first-party-jwt if on minikube

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Not its not a minikube, its a 3 node cluster of kubernetes. I applied the setting , still the same issue persists.