om the configmap:</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ kubectl -n istio-system get configmap istio-sidecar-injector -o=jsonpath=&#39;{.data.config}&#39; &gt; inject-config.yaml
$ istioctl kube-inject -f deployment.yaml -o deployment-injected.yaml --injectConfigFile inject-config.yaml
$ kubectl apply -f deployment-injected.yaml
</code></pre></li></ol></li></ol><h2 id=operational-details>Operational details</h2><p>The Istio CNI plugin handles Kubernetes pod create and dele