docs/daprdocs/content/en/concepts/dapr-services/sidecar-injector.md

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docs	Dapr Sidecar Injector control plane service overview	Sidecar injector	Overview of the Dapr sidecar injector process

When running Dapr in [Kubernetes mode]({{< ref kubernetes >}}), a pod is created running the Dapr Sidecar Injector service, which looks for pods initialized with the [Dapr annotations]({{< ref arguments-annotations-overview.md >}}), and then creates another container in that pod for the [daprd service]({{< ref sidecar >}})

Running the sidecar injector

The sidecar injector service is deployed as part of dapr init -k, or via the Dapr Helm charts. For more information on running Dapr on Kubernetes, visit the [Kubernetes hosting page]({{< ref kubernetes >}}).