e has been promoted to Beta. <a href=/v1.12/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/>Learn how you can set up a mesh with an external control plane</a>.</p><h2 id=gateway-injection>Gateway injection</h2><p>Istio provides gateways as a way to interface with the outside world. You can deploy <a href=/v1.12/docs/tasks/traffic-management/ingress/ingress-control/>ingress gateways</a>, for incoming traffic originating outside your cluster, and <a href=/v1.12/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/egress-gateway/>e