class="large-icon"><use xlink:href="/v1.15/img/icons.svg#callout-quote"/></svg></div><div class=content><p>An Istio service mesh is logically split into a data plane and a control plane.</p><p>The data plane is composed of a set of intelligent proxies (Envoy) deployed as sidecars. These proxies mediate and control all network communication between microservices along with Mixer, a general-purpose policy and telemetry hub.</p><p>The control plane manages and configures the proxies to route traffic. Additiona