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From DNS to Pod: How k8s Gateway API actually works.
- You create a DNS record pointing to your cloud Load Balancer IP.
- The Load Balancer forwards traffic to a Kubernetes Service, specifically the Gateway Service endpoint.
- This Service points to the gateway proxy pods. These could be nginx, Envoy, or any compatible proxy.
- The Gateway Controller (Ex: Nginx Fabric) watches for HTTPRoute, GRPCRoute, and similar resources.
- When you apply these routes, the controller automatically configures the gateway proxy with the right configuration.
- The HTTPRoute resource is what decides where your traffic actually goes. For example, /payment to payment-service, /auth to auth-service
So the full traffic flow looks like this 👇
DNS to Cloud LB to Gateway Service to Gateway Proxy to your backend Service and finally to your Pod.
If you understand the Ingress flow well, relating it to the Gateway API is very easy.
A key difference is that in the classic Ingress model, the controller itself acts as the proxy.
In the Gateway API, the controller configures and manages dedicated proxy instances (Gateways), creating a clear separation of concerns.
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OpenID Connect (OIDC) is a modern identity layer that enables secure authentication of workloads without requiring long-lived credentials or hardcoded secrets.
Instead of storing access keys, platforms like GitHub Actions can request short-lived identity tokens on demand. These tokens are then trusted by cloud providers like AWS, which issue temporary credentials in return.
This approach:
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OAuth 2.0 is an authorization framework that lets third-party apps access user data on another service without sharing passwords.
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API Gateway vs Reverse Proxy vs Load Balancer 🌐⚙️
They can all sit between users and backend services, but they solve different problems.
🔵 API Gateway
- Built for APIs and microservices.
- Handles auth, rate limits, quotas, routing, and transformations.
🟢 Reverse Proxy
- Sits in front of origin servers.
- Forwards requests, hides backends, terminates SSL, and can cache content.
🟣 Load Balancer
- Distributes traffic across multiple servers.
- Improves availability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
The big difference is their main focus:
API Gateway → API management
Reverse Proxy → request forwarding
Load Balancer → traffic distribution
In real systems, these tools often overlap and are frequently used together. 🚀
Gateway API vs Ingress Controller.
Here is the Key Difference You Should Know
In Kubernetes, the Ingress object only defines routing rules.
The actual traffic routing happens through the Ingress Controller, which acts as both the controller and the proxy.
With Gateway API, that workflow is almost similar.
You define resources like Gateway and HTTPRoute to control traffic flow.
The Gateway API controller (NGINX Gateway Fabric) then translates these configs into real routing rules and infrastructure.
But here is the big difference with NGINX Gateway Fabric.
It has separate control plane and data plane.
When you create a Gateway resource, the controller sets up a dedicated NGINX proxy pod (data plane) to handle traffic.
However, in Ingress, the controller itself acts as the proxy.
We break down Gateway API, Ingress and other core Kubernetes concepts step by step (with illustrations) in our CKA course.
If you are learning Kubernetes or preparing for CKA,
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Have you experimented with Gateway API yet?
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Networking 101: Port Forwarding 🧙♂️
Port forwarding, a.k.a. port mapping, is a networking trick that redirects packets from one address to another without changing either the sender or the receiver.
Technically, it is a form of Network Address Translation (NAT), and there are multiple ways to implement it. Practice forwarding ports using:
- socat: https://t.co/BMJ4tflgpL
- netcat: https://t.co/ANRAQITrvP
- without using a proxy process at all: https://t.co/GphEAaEHxS
Happy hacking!