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    These docs use the Kubernetes Gateway API to manage your service mesh. To manage your sidecar service mesh with Gloo Mesh Enterprise APIs instead, see the Gloo Mesh Enterprise docs.

    Observability

    Review built-in and optional observability tools to monitor the health of your ambient mesh.

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    Overview

    Review built-in and optional observability tools to monitor the health of your service mesh.

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    Use the Solo distribution of Istio to collect Layer 7 HTTP telemetry data for ztunnels.

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