log/2020/deploy-wasm-declarative/how-it-works.png title="Understanding how wasme operator works"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.8/blog/2020/deploy-wasm-declarative/how-it-works.png alt="How the wasme operator works"></a></div><figcaption>Understanding how wasme operator works</figcaption></figure><p>At the moment, the Wasm image needs to be published into a registry for the operator to correctly cache it. The cache pods run as DaemonSet on each node so that the cache can be mounted into the Envoy con