- currently implemented for k8s only
    - on pod add, determines whether pod should have netns setup to redirect to Istio proxy. See [cmdAdd](#cmdadd-workflow) for detailed logic.
        - it connects to K8S using the kubeconfig and JWT token copied from install-cni to get Pod and Namespace. Since this is a short-running command, each invocation creates a new connection.

- [service spec](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/)
- [pod securityContext](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-pod)

All of these K8s settings use the K8s API definitions, so [K8s documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/) can

## Introduction

[Istio](https://istio.io/latest/docs/concepts/what-is-istio/) is an open platform for providing a uniform way to [integrate
microservices](https://istio.io/latest/docs/examples/microservices-istio/), manage [traffic flow](https://istio.io/latest/docs/concepts/traffic-management/) across microservices, enforce policies