What happens when a visitor opens your app on Kubernetes
Kubernetes Gateway API vs Ingress: how a request from outside finds the right app
One Kubernetes cluster can run many websites. Every request from the internet has to reach the right app. The older Ingress still does this job, but Kubernetes adds nothing to it any more. The new features go to the Gateway API.
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Rono wants two sites: his menu at menu.example, and online orders at order.example, taken by his order app. Both run in your cluster.
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Each request from a phone carries, inside it, the name of the site the person typed. The rules of your nodes only read the address on the outside.
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