Add Request Headers with a virtual service

One is able to replace or add a Header via a virtual service by adding a headers field to the spec block of a virtual service.

apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
kind: VirtualService
metadata:
  name: reviews-route
spec:
  hosts:
  - reviews.prod.svc.cluster.local
  http:
  - headers:
      request:
        set:
          test: true

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