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Cloud Native Engineer
Cloud Native Engineer

Posted on • Originally published at gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io

Kubernetes Gateway API

Discover the Kubernetes Gateway API, a game-changing project for load balancing and service mesh management.

Key points:

  • Role-Oriented Design: Gateway API is designed with three roles: infrastructure provider, cluster operator, and application developer.
  • Gateway API for Ingress: Gateway API can be used to manage North-South (Ingress) traffic with Gateway, GatewayClass, and HTTPRoute resources.
  • Gateway API for Service Mesh: Gateway API can be used to manage East-West (Service Mesh) traffic with HTTPRoute and Service resources.
  • Flexible Configuration: Gateway API allows for flexible configuration of load balancers, VIPs, and routing resources.
  • Support for Service Mesh: Gateway API includes experimental support for service mesh use cases with the GAMMA initiative.

Read more at: https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/

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