h src=/v1.8/blog/2018/egress-mongo/bookinfo-ratings-v2-mongodb-external.svg alt="The Bookinfo application with ratings v2 and an external MongoDB database"></a></div><figcaption>The Bookinfo application with ratings v2 and an external MongoDB database</figcaption></figure><p>Note that the MongoDB database is outside the Istio service mesh, or more precisely outside the Kubernetes cluster. The
boundary of the service mesh is marked by a dashed line.</p><h3 id=access-the-webpage>Access the webpage</h3><p>Acce