ns
if some of the <a href=/v1.9/docs/ops/deployment/requirements/>Istio requirements for pods</a>
are not met.</p><p>For example, the following command produces a warning indicating a <code>kube-dns</code>
pod is not part of the service mesh because it has no sidecar:</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ export KUBE_POD=$(kubectl -n kube-system get pod -l k8s-app=kube-dns -o jsonpath=&#39;{.items[0].metadata.name}&#39;)
$ istioctl x describe pod -n kube-system $KUBE_POD
