work interface, and are provided by the cluster operator</li>
<li><em>chained</em> plugins, which can configure the created interface, and can be provided by software installed on the cluster</li>
</ul>
<p>Istio works with all CNI implementations that follow the CNI standard, in both sidecar and ambient mode.</p>
<p>In order to configure mesh traffic redirection, Istio includes a <a href="/docs/setup/additional-setup/cni/">CNI node agent</a>. This agent installs a chained CNI plugin, which runs after all co