api/README.md

Istio APIs and Common Configuration Definitions

This repo defines component-level APIs and common configuration formats for the Istio platform. These definitions are specified using the protobuf syntax.

All other Istio repositories can take a dependency on the api repository. This repository will not depend on any other repos

We may check-in generated .pb.go and .pb.cc files here.

Standard vocabulary

All components of an Istio installation operate on a shared vocabulary of attributes. A standard vocabulary of attributes including it meaning is available in this repo.