func (s *NetServer) AddPodToMesh(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod, podIPs []netip.Addr, netNs string) error {
	log.Infof("in pod mode - adding pod %s/%s to ztunnel ", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
	// make sure the cache is aware of the pod, even if we don't have the netns yet.
	s.currentPodSnapshot.Ensure(string(pod.UID))
	openNetns, err := s.getOrOpenNetns(pod, netNs)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

# (2) in the VERSION file, in which we will append "-dev" to it
ifeq ($(VERSION),)
VERSION_FROM_FILE := $(shell cat VERSION)
ifeq ($(VERSION_FROM_FILE),)
$(error VERSION not detected. Make sure it's stored in the VERSION file or defined in VERSION variable)
endif
VERSION := $(VERSION_FROM_FILE)-dev
endif

export VERSION

# Base version of Istio image to use
BASE_VERSION ?= master-2024-05-08T18-51-53

	assert.NoError(t, err)
	assert.Equal(t, ztunnelServer.deletedPods.Load(), 1)
	assert.Equal(t, nlDeps.DelInpodMarkIPRuleCnt.Load(), 1)
	assert.Equal(t, nlDeps.DelLoopbackRoutesCnt.Load(), 1)
	// make sure the uid was taken from cache and netns closed
	netns := fixture.podNsMap.Take(string(pod.UID))
	assert.Equal(t, nil, netns)

	// run gc to clean up ns:

	err := iptConfigurator.CreateInpodRules(&probeSNATipv4)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	compareToGolden(t, false, tt.name, ext.ExecutedAll)

	*ext = dep.DependenciesStub{}
	// run another time to make sure we are idempotent
	err = iptConfigurator.CreateInpodRules(&probeSNATipv4)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	compareToGolden(t, false, tt.name, ext.ExecutedAll)
}

func ipstr(ipv6 bool) string {

      {{- with .Values.cni.affinity }}
      affinity:
        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
      {{- end }}
      tolerations:
        # Make sure istio-cni-node gets scheduled on all nodes.
        - effect: NoSchedule
          operator: Exists
        # Mark the pod as a critical add-on for rescheduling.
        - key: CriticalAddonsOnly
          operator: Exists

	envName := strings.Replace(strings.ToUpper(name), "-", "_", -1)
	// Note: we do not rely on istio env package to retrieve configuration. We relies on viper.
	// This is just to make sure the reference doc tool can generate doc with these vars as env variable at istio.io.
	env.Register(envName, defaultValue, usage)
	bindViper(name)
}

func bindViper(name string) {