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title: "Networking"
date: 2018-06-20T19:04:38+02:00
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= Kiali Networking Glossary
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== Destination

For more information see the <<Destination>> definition in the link:https://istio.io/help/glossary/#destination[Istio Glossary].

=== Destination Rule

For more information see the <<Destination Rule>> definition in the link:https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/networking/destination-rule[Istio Destination Rule Documentation].

== Endpoint

A communication endpoint is a type of communication network node. It is an interface exposed by a communicating party or by a communication channel.

== Error Rate

It's the percentage of errors in the traffic to a specific object for a <<Rate Interval>>.

== Gateway

For more information see the Gateway definition in the link:https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/networking/gateway[Istio Gateway Documentation].

== Inbound Metrics

Metrics on requests received by a given Workload, Service or Application.

== Outbound Metrics

Metrics on requests emitted by a given Workload or Application.

== Port

For more information see the <<Port>> definition in link:https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/networking/gateway#Port[Istio Port Documentation].

== Rate Interval

It's an amount of time. By Default in Kiali last 10 minutes.

== Rule

It's an object that manages external access to the services in a cluster, typically HTTP.

== Source

For more information see the <<Source>> definition in the link:https://istio.io/help/glossary/#source[Istio Glossary].

== Subset

For more information see the <<Subset>> definition in the link:https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/networking/destination-rule/#Subset[Istio Subset Documentation].
