le="Traffic to external MongoDB by-passing the sidecar"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.5/pt-br/blog/2019/egress-performance/case1_sidecar_bypass3.png alt="Traffic to external MongoDB by-passing the sidecar"></a></div><figcaption>Traffic to external MongoDB by-passing the sidecar</figcaption></figure><h3 id=case-2-through-the-sidecar-with-service-entry>Case 2: Through the sidecar, with service entry</h3><p>This is the default configuration when the sidecar is injected into the application pod. All mes