"net.core.somaxconn": "500"
      },
      "type": "tuning"
    },
    {
      "kubernetes": {
        "cni_bin_dir": "/path/cni/bin",
        "kubeconfig": "/path/to/kubeconfig"
      },
      "name": "istio-cni",
      "plugin_log_level": "debug",
      "type": "istio-cni"
    }
  ]

      "dns": {},
      "exclude_namespaces": [
        ""
      ],
      "ipam": {},
      "name": "istio-cni",
      "plugin_log_level": "debug",
      "type": "istio-cni"
    }
  ]

      "cni_agent_run_dir": "/path/to/kubeconfig",
      "dns": {},
      "exclude_namespaces": [
        ""
      ],
      "ipam": {},
      "name": "istio-cni",
      "plugin_log_level": "debug",
      "type": "istio-cni"
    }
  ]

      "cni_agent_run_dir": "/path/to/kubeconfig",
      "dns": {},
      "exclude_namespaces": [
        ""
      ],
      "ipam": {},
      "name": "istio-cni",
      "plugin_log_level": "debug",
      "type": "istio-cni"
    }
  ]

At a high level, the relevant components look as such:

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    CNIP["CNI Plugin"]
    CNI["CNI Agent"]
    Z["Ztunnel"]
    Pods["Pods"]
    CNI --Programs--> Z
    CNI --Watches--> Pods
    Z --Runs Within--> Pods
    CNIP --Calls--> CNI
```

The CNI Plugin is a binary installed as a [CNI plugin](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/compute-storage-net/network-plugins/) on the node.

{
  "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
  "name": "istio-cni",
  "type": "istio-cni",
  "ipam": {},
  "dns": {},
  "plugin_log_level": "debug",
  "cni_agent_run_dir": "/path/to/kubeconfig",
  "ambient_enabled": false,
  "exclude_namespaces": [
    ""
  ]

FROM ${BASE_DISTRIBUTION:-debug}

LABEL description="Istio CNI plugin installer."

ARG TARGETARCH
COPY ${TARGETARCH:-amd64}/istio-cni /opt/cni/bin/istio-cni
COPY ${TARGETARCH:-amd64}/install-cni /usr/local/bin/install-cni

ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/cni/bin
WORKDIR /opt/cni/bin

	if err != nil {
		log.Errorf("Failed to unmarshal CNI plugin event: %v", err)
		return msg, err
	}

	log.Debugf("Deserialized CNI plugin event: %+v", msg)
	return msg, nil
}

func (s *CniPluginServer) ReconcileCNIAddEvent(ctx context.Context, addCmd CNIPluginAddEvent) error {
	log := log.WithLabels("cni-event", addCmd)

	log.Debugf("netns: %s", addCmd.Netns)

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"strings"
	"testing"

	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/skel"
	cniv1 "github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types/100"

	"istio.io/istio/cni/pkg/constants"
	"istio.io/istio/cni/pkg/nodeagent"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/test/util/assert"
)

func fakeCNIEventClient(address string) CNIEventClient {
	c := http.DefaultClient

{
  "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
  "name": "istio-cni",
  "type": "prefix-istio-cni",
  "plugin_log_level": "debug",
  "kubernetes": {
      "kubeconfig": "/path/to/kubeconfig",
      "cni_bin_dir": "/path/cni/bin"
  }