class="large-icon"><use xlink:href="/v1.9/img/icons.svg#callout-quote"/></svg></div><div class=content>Yes! <code>Istio 1.8.0</code> introduced the possibility to have fine-grained control over the objects that Operator deploys. This gives you the opportunity to patch them as you wish. Exactly what you need to proxy legacy services using Istio egress gateways.</div></aside></div><p>In the following section you will deploy an egress gateway to connect to an upstream service: <code>httpbin</code> (<a href=htt