Sidecar Mode Architecture

Sidecar Mode Architecture An architecture diagram generated by Archify. App Container · Application · Pod 1 App Container Application Envoy Sidecar · Per-pod proxy · Pod 1 Envoy Sidecar Per-pod proxy App Container · Application · Pod 2 App Container Application Envoy Sidecar · Per-pod proxy · Pod 2 Envoy Sidecar Per-pod proxy App Container · Application · Pod 3 App Container Application Envoy Sidecar · Per-pod proxy · Pod 3 Envoy Sidecar Per-pod proxy mTLS mTLS Pod 1 Pod 2 Pod 3 Legend Backend Security

Sidecar Mode characteristics

  • • Envoy proxy injected into each pod
  • • All L4/L7 features supported
  • • High resource usage
  • • Pod restart required