external services</h2><p>If you want to completely bypass Istio for a specific IP range,
you can configure the Envoy sidecars to prevent them from
<a href=/v1.2/docs/concepts/traffic-management/#traffic-routing-and-configuration>intercepting</a>
external requests. To set up the bypass, change either the <code>global.proxy.includeIPRanges</code>
or the <code>global.proxy.excludeIPRanges</code> <a href=/v1.2/docs/reference/config/installation-options/>configuration option</a> and
update the <code>istio-sideca