hlighter-rouge">kubectl</code> command instead. See the <a href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/request-routing.html">configuring request routing task</a> for examples.</p><p>There are three kinds of traffic management rules in Istio: <strong>Route Rules</strong>, <strong>Destination Policies</strong> (these are not the same as Mixer policies), and <strong>Egress Rules</strong>. All three kinds of rules control how requests are routed to a destination service.</p><h2 id="route-rules">Route Rules</h2><p