xtensibility and meets diverse deployment needs. It does this by intercepting and configuring mesh traffic as shown in the following diagram:</p><figure style=width:80%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:69.87505512273997%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.9/docs/ops/deployment/architecture/arch.svg title="Istio Architecture"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.9/docs/ops/deployment/architecture/arch.svg alt="The overall architecture of an Istio-based application."></a></div><fi