quot; -x templates/sidecar-injector-configmap.yaml</code>.</p><h3 id=access-the-external-services>Access the external services</h3><p>Because the bypass configuration only affects new deployments, you need to redeploy the <code>sleep</code>
application as described in the <a href=#before-you-begin>Before you begin</a> section.</p><p>After updating the <code>istio-sidecar-injector</code> configmap and redeploying the <code>sleep</code> application,
the Istio sidecar will only intercept and manage internal re