Gateway

The Gateway API is a Kubernetes API that provides a way to dynamically configure load balancing and service mesh capabilities on Kubernetes. The Gateway API allows defining routes and policies to manage external traffic to Kubernetes services in a centralized, declarative way.

The main resources in Gateway API are the following:

• GatewayClass ' Defines a set of gateways with a common configuration and behavior. It is like the concept of StorageClass for persistent volumes.
• Gateway ' Defines a set of routes for a given hostname. This binds GatewayClass, TLS certificate, and other configurations to a set of routes.
• HTTPRoute/TCPRoute ' Defines the actual routes to Kubernetes services and their policies, such as timeouts, retries, and so on.

Here is an example GatewayClass resource:

gateway_class.yaml

apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: GatewayClass
metadata:
    name: external-lb
spec:
  &...