Ingress? That’s So 2020! Introducing the Kubernetes Gateway API

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Ingress? That’s so 2020!
Introducing the Kubernetes
Gateway API
Madhav Sathe @madhav_sathe
Abhinav Rau @abhinavrau
SpringOne 1st September 2021
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SAFE HARBOR

Ingress → Gateway API - Welcome to 2021!
1
Gateway API in Action
2
I need some GitOps!
3
Cloud Build + GitOps + Gateway API =
Superpowers
4

Proprietary + Conﬁdential
Ingress Review
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: foo-ingress
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target:/
spec:
hostnames:
- "foo.com"
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /v2
backend:
serviceName: foo-v2
servicePort: 8080
- path: /
backend:
serviceName: foo-v1
servicePort: 8080
Platform
Admin
App
Owner

bar Namespace
foo Namespace
Gateway
HTTPRoute
GatewayClass
Services
HTTPRoute
Services
Platform
Admin
App
Owner
App
Owner
Platform
Provider
What is the Gateway API?
��🏽♀
gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io

foo Namespace bar Namespace
infra
Namespace
Route
Binding
kind: HTTPRoute
metadata:
name: route-foo
namespace: foo
labels:
gateway: external-http
spec:
hostnames:
- "foo.com"
rules:
- forwardTo:
- serviceName: foo-v1
port: 8080
kind: Gateway
metadata:
name: gateway
namespace: infra
spec:
gatewayClassName: istio
listeners:
- protocol: HTTP
port: 80
routes:
kind: HTTPRoute
selector:
matchLabels:
Platform
admin
foo
Developer
kind: HTTPRoute
metadata:
name: route-bar
namespace: bar
labels:
spec:
hostnames:
- "bar.com"
rules:
- forwardTo:
- serviceName: bar-v1
port: 8080
bar
Developer

Why a new API?
● HTTP header-based
matching
● HTTP header
manipulation
● Weighted traffic splitting
● Traffic mirroring
● Role-oriented resource
model
● Arbitrary backend CRD
references (buckets, functions,
etc.)
● Routing for other protocols (i.e.
gRPC)
● Custom Parameters or
configuration (LB algos, custom
match types, etc.)
“Extended” support “Custom” extensions
Ingress
Gateway API adds
● HTTP host matching
● HTTP path matching
● TLS
● Routing to Service:port
● Many Load Balancer
Implementations

Weighted Routing
kind: HTTPRoute
apiVersion: networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha1
metadata:
name: foo-route
namespace: foo
labels:
spec:
hostnames:
- "foo.com"
rules:
- forwardTo:
port: 8080
weight: 50
port: 8080
weight: 50
50%
50%

Config Sync
Define configuration as data in a secure, version controlled
repository
GIT as a single source of truth for desired state
Continuously match the runtime state of the cluster to the desired
state in GIT

Anthos cluster
Anthos cluster
Push Config Updates
Watch for Updates
& Pull New Version
Anthos Clusters
on-prem, edge,
other clouds
Cloud-based Observability
GKE Cluster
GKE Cluster
GKE Cluster
Anthos cluster
Anthos cluster
Attached
Clusters
Managing thousands of clusters
with GitOps/NoOps
Cluster
Admin

Separation of concerns with Multi
Repo Config Sync
foo Namespace
Cluster
Foo App
Namespace
foo Namespace
Bar App
Namespace
Cluster
Admin
Foo App
Owner
Bar App
Owner
Root Repo
Foo Repo
Bar Repo
Helps to take advantage of separation concerns in Gateway API

foo Namespace
istio-system
Namespace
Cluster
Root Repo
Namespace
Repo
App Owner
Cluster
Admin
Separation of concerns with Multi
Repo Config Sync

Benefits of Multi-Repo Config Sync
- Consistently manage fleet of clusters
- Prevent config drifts & shadow-ops
- Namespaces for platform concerns e.g.
instance of Gateway or logging and
monitoring agents
- Namespace for each app team
- Restrict the type of resources a
namespace can deploy
App Owner → Namespace Repo
Cluster Admin → Root Repo
- No more “kubectl apply -f”, no overhead of
external CD pipeline
- Independent ownership of the GitOps repo
for apps
- Consistent deployment across fleet of
clusters
- Freedom to deploy without dependency on
cluster admin
- Reduces lead-time and increases
deployment frequency

Continuous
Integration
Cloud Build
Container
Registry
Code Repo
Foo Namespace
Repo
Kustomize
Deployment,
Service & Http Route
Rollout & Rollback
Cloud Build Kustomize
Foo App
Developer
DevOps
Engineer
New code
Manual
Render YAML &
Git push
Render YAML &
Git push
foo Namespace
Cluster
Foo
Namespace
triggers...
pull...
Cloud Build + Config Sync + Gateway API:
Agility Superpowers!

Continuous
Integration
Cloud Build
Container
Registry
Code Repo
Foo Namespace
Repo
Kustomize
Deployment,
Service & Http Route
Rollout & Rollback
Cloud Build Kustomize
Foo App
Developer
New code
Render YAML &
Git push
Render YAML &
Git push
foo Namespace
Cluster
Foo
Namespace
triggers...
pull...
Observability
Pub/Sub
Metrics driven
triggers...
Cloud Build + Config Sync + Gateway API:
Agility Superpowers!

Proprietary + Conﬁdential
Key Takeaways
● Gateway API
○ Traffic Splitting without Service Mesh
○ Separation of Concerns. Cluster Admin vs. App Owner
● Config Sync
○ Consistently manage a fleet of Clusters
○ Prevent configuration drift & shadow-ops
● Cloud Build + Gateway API + Multi Repo Config Sync
○ Superpowers!!!

Thank you!
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