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Istio Sidecar API

Sidecar proxy configuration for inbound and outbound traffic

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Istio Sidecar API is one of 14 APIs that Istio publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 10 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Sidecar. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 10 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1alpha1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{cluster}/apis/extensions.istio.io/v1alpha1.

5 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1alpha1
Server
https://{cluster}/apis/extensions.istio.io/v1alpha1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Istio
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Istio Sidecar API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth).

  • BearerAuth — Kubernetes API server bearer token authentication

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Sidecar 5

Sidecar proxy configuration for inbound and outbound traffic

GET
/namespaces/{namespace}/sidecars
Istio List Sidecars
listSidecars 4 params → 200401
POST
/namespaces/{namespace}/sidecars
Istio Create a Sidecar
createSidecar 1 param body → 201401409
GET
/namespaces/{namespace}/sidecars/{name}
Istio Get a Sidecar
getSidecar 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/namespaces/{namespace}/sidecars/{name}
Istio Replace a Sidecar
replaceSidecar 2 params body → 200401404
DELETE
/namespaces/{namespace}/sidecars/{name}
Istio Delete a Sidecar
deleteSidecar 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ObjectMeta (6 properties), SidecarList (4 properties), Sidecar (4 properties), ListMeta (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ObjectMeta
object
6 properties
Sidecar
object
4 properties
ListMeta
object
2 properties
SidecarList
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

istio-sidecar-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
istio:istio-sidecar-api
Server
https://{cluster}/apis/extensions.istio.io/v1alpha1
Docs
https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/config/networking/
Provider
Istio
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