le=width:100%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:47.926329500847174%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.11/blog/2020/new-deployment-model/single-cluster-external-Istiod.svg title="Single cluster Istio mesh with Istiod outside"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.11/blog/2020/new-deployment-model/single-cluster-external-Istiod.svg alt="Istio mesh in a single cluster with Istiod outside"></a></div><figcaption>Single cluster Istio mesh with Istiod in an external control plane cluste