The sidecar proxy pattern in a mesh
Source: interviewbeginner
WHAT IT TESTS: how meshes intercept traffic transparently. OUTLINE: a proxy container shares the pod, all in/out traffic is redirected through it, so policy and telemetry apply without code changes.
WHAT IT TESTS: understanding the deployment unit that makes a mesh transparent. ANSWER OUTLINE: a sidecar is a second container injected into the same pod as the application, sharing its network namespace. Traffic is transparently redirected through the proxy via iptables or eBPF, so the app is unaware. This lets the mesh enforce mTLS, routing, retries and collect metrics uniformly across any language.
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