The Kubernetes Gateway API is the successor to Ingress, a more expressive, role-oriented resource model (GatewayClass, Gateway, HTTPRoute) for advanced traffic routing and cross-namespace connectivity. This guide installs Envoy Gateway as the controller, configures cert-manager for automated Let's Encrypt TLS, and routes HTTPS traffic to a sample app.
Prerequisites: a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl and helm configured against it, and a domain name (e.g. app.example.com).
Install Envoy Gateway
Envoy Gateway translates Gateway API resources into Envoy Proxy configuration.
1. Install the CRDs and controller:
