verbs: ["create", "patch"]
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources: ["pods"]
    verbs: ["watch", "get", "list"]
{{- if .Values.cni.repair.repairPods }}
{{- /*  No privileges needed*/}}
{{- else if .Values.cni.repair.deletePods }}
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources: ["pods"]
    verbs: ["delete"]
{{- else if .Values.cni.repair.labelPods }}
  - apiGroups: [""]

	for _, excludeNs := range conf.Kubernetes.ExcludeNamespaces {
		if podNamespace == excludeNs {
			log.Infof("pod namespace excluded")
			return nil
		}
	}

	// Begin ambient plugin logic
	// For ambient pods, this is all the logic we need to run
	if conf.AmbientEnabled {
		log.Debugf("istio-cni ambient cmdAdd podName: %s - checking if ambient enabled", podName)
		podIsAmbient, err := isAmbientPod(kClient, podName, podNamespace)

		ext:    ext,
		nlDeps: nlDeps,
		cfg:    cfg,
	}

	// By detecting iptables versions *here* once-for-all we are
	// committing to using the same binary/variant (legacy or nft)
	// within all pods as we do on the host.
	//
	// This should be fine, as the host binaries are all we have to work with here anyway,
	// as we are running within a privileged container - and we don't want to take the time to