f the actual application container. In this case, <code>istio-init</code> does just that and sets up the <code>iptables</code> rules.</p><p><code>istio-proxy</code>
This is the actual sidecar proxy (based on Envoy).</p><h3 id=manual-injection>Manual injection</h3><p>In the manual injection method, you can use <a href=/v1.25/docs/reference/commands/istioctl/><code>istioctl</code></a> to modify the pod template and add the configuration of the two containers previously mentioned. For both manual as well as au