})
			if err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create ambient nodeagent service: %v", err)
			}

			ambientAgent.Start()
			defer ambientAgent.Stop()

			log.Info("Ambient node agent started, starting installer...")

		} else {
			// Ambient not enabled, so this readiness flag is no-op'd
			watchServerReady.Store(true)
		}

			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)
		if err != nil {
			log.Errorf("istio-cni cmdAdd failed to check ambient: %s", err)
		}

# PeerAuthentication Implementation in Ambient

			// If they don't, the user will be warned and be presented with the command to label their namespace as ambient if they
			// choose to do so.
			//
			// NOTE: This is a warning and not an error because the user may not intend to label their namespace as ambient.
			//
			// e.g. Users are handling ambient redirection per workload rather than at the namespace level.

	MonitoringPort int

	// The ztunnel server socket address that the ztunnel will connect to.
	ZtunnelUDSAddress string

	// Whether ambient is enabled
	AmbientEnabled bool

	// Whether ambient DNS capture is enabled
	AmbientDNSCapture bool

	// Whether ipv6 is enabled for ambient capture
	AmbientIPv6 bool

	// Feature flag to determined whether TPROXY is used for redirection.
	AmbientTPROXYRedirection bool
}

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		s.queue.Add(o)
	}))

	return s
}

// GetPodIfAmbient looks up a pod. It returns:
// * An error if the pod cannot be found
// * nil if the pod is found, but does not have ambient enabled
// * the pod, if it is found and ambient is enabled
func (s *InformerHandlers) GetPodIfAmbient(podName, podNamespace string) (*corev1.Pod, error) {
	ns := s.namespaces.Get(podNamespace, "")
	if ns == nil {

            "@type": "type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.tcp_proxy.v3.TcpProxy",
            "stat_prefix": "outbound|15021||ratings-istio-waypoint.ambient.svc.cluster.local",
            "cluster": "outbound|15021||ratings-istio-waypoint.ambient.svc.cluster.local"
           }
          }
         ]
        }
       ],
       "traffic_direction": "OUTBOUND",
       "bind_to_port": false
      },

		// Neither namespace nor pod has ambient mode enabled
		return false
	}
	if podHasSidecar(pod) {
		// Ztunnel and sidecar for a single pod is currently not supported; opt out.
		return false
	}
	if pod.GetLabels()[label.IoIstioDataplaneMode.Name] == constants.DataplaneModeNone {
		// Pod explicitly asked to not have ambient redirection enabled
		return false
	}
	if pod.Spec.HostNetwork {