>Understanding Istio and the adapter</h2><p><a href=/v1.24/about/service-mesh/>Istio</a> is an open source service mesh that
transparently layers onto distributed applications and seamlessly integrates
with Kubernetes. To reduce the complexity of deployments Istio provides
behavioral insights and operational control over the service mesh as a whole.
See the <a href=/v1.24/docs/ops/deployment/architecture/>Istio Architecture</a> for more details.</p><p>Istio uses <a href=/v1.24/blog/2019/data-plane-setup/>En