gle.com/books/docs/v1/getting_started>Google Books APIs</a>). I show how
to enable egress HTTPS traffic in Istio by using <em>mesh-external service entries</em>. I provide two options for egress
HTTPS traffic and describe the pros and cons of each of the options.</p><h2 id=initial-setting>Initial setting</h2><p>To demonstrate the scenario of consuming an external web service, I start with a Kubernetes cluster with <a href=/v1.9/docs/setup/getting-started/>Istio installed</a>. Then I deploy
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