menu-close"><use xlink:href="/v1.25/img/icons.svg#menu-close"/></svg></button></form></nav></header><div class=banner-container></div><article class=post itemscope itemtype=http://schema.org/BlogPosting><div class=header-content><h1>Demystifying Istio's Sidecar Injection Model</h1><p>De-mystify how Istio manages to plugin its data-plane components into an existing deployment.</p></div><p class=post-author>Jan 31, 2019 <span>| </span>By Manish Chugtu</p><div><aside class="callout warning"><div class=type><sv