t are configured together, instead of individually.</li><li>Clear separation of routing from post-routing behaviors.</li></ul><h2 id=configuration-resources-in-v1alpha3>Configuration resources in v1alpha3</h2><p>A typical mesh will have one or more load balancers (we call them gateways)
that terminate TLS from external networks and allow traffic into the mesh.
Traffic then flows through internal services via sidecar gateways.
It is also common for applications to consume external
services (e.g., Google Maps