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NGINX Service Mesh

Before deploying NGINX Service Mesh, see the Platform Guide to ensure your environment is properly configured. If Persistent Storage is not configured in your cluster, set the mTLS.persistentStorage field to off. Verify that no other service meshes exist in your Kubernetes cluster. It is advised to install NGINX Service Mesh in a dedicated namespace.

Helm Installation and Configuration

For information on the configuration options and installation process when using Helm with NGINX Service Mesh, see the Installation Guide.

We recommend deploying the mesh with auto-injection disabled globally, using the --set disableAutoInjection=true flag. This ensures that Pods are not automatically injected without your consent, especially in system namespaces.

To opt-in a namespace you can label it with injector.nsm.nginx.com/auto-inject=enabled or use the flag --set autoInjection.enabledNamespaces={namespace-1, namespace-2}.