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Ingress Isn’t Dead. So Why Do We Need Gateway API?
The simple explanation of Kubernetes Ingress vs Gateway API—and why the way we manage application traffic is evolving.
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If you’ve worked with Kubernetes, you’ve probably used Ingress to expose applications outside the cluster.
But Kubernetes networking is evolving, and you may have started hearing another term more frequently: Gateway API.
So what exactly is the difference between Ingress and Gateway API?
Are they alternatives?
Is Gateway API replacing Ingress?
And more importantly, when should you use one over the other?
Let’s break it down.
What is Kubernetes Ingress?
Ingress is a Kubernetes API object used to define rules for routing external HTTP/HTTPS traffic to services inside a cluster.
A typical architecture looks like this:








