lass=toc-inlined aria-label="Table of Contents"><div><hr><ol><li role=none aria-label=Components><a href=#components>Components</a><ol><li role=none aria-label=Envoy><a href=#envoy>Envoy</a><li role=none aria-label=Istiod><a href=#istiod>Istiod</a></ol></li></ol><hr></div></nav><p>An Istio service mesh is logically split into a <strong>data plane</strong> and a <strong>control
plane</strong>.</p><ul><li><p>The <strong>data plane</strong> is composed of a set of intelligent proxies
(<a href=https://www.envoy