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Product/ProjectIngress Nginx KongApache APISIXAzure App Gateway IngressNginx+HAProxy TechHAProxy (jcmoraisjr)VoyagerIstio IngressContourEmissary-ingress
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GlooTraefikSkipperCitrix IngressGKE IngressALB IngressAKOKrakenDTyk
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1. General info
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Based onnginxnginxnginxnginx + Azure App GatewaynginxhaproxyhaproxyhaproxyenvoyenvoyenvoyenvoytraefikskipperCitrix ADCGLBCElastic LBNSX Advanced
LB (Avi)
Lura Project
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Golang http
server
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Documentation
https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/
https://docs.konghq.com/kubernetes-ingress-controller/latest/https://github.com/apache/apisix-ingress-controller/blob/master/README.md
https://azure.github.io/application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress/
https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/https://github.com/haproxytech/kubernetes-ingresshttps://haproxy-ingress.github.io/docs/https://voyagermesh.com/docs/v12.0.0/welcome/https://istio.io/latest/docs/https://projectcontour.io/docs/main/https://www.getambassador.io/products/api-gateway/https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/https://opensource.zalando.com/skipper/https://developer-docs.citrix.com/projects/citrix-k8s-ingress-controller/en/latest/https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/ingress
https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/aws-load-balancer-controller/latest/
https://avinetworks.com/docs/ako/1.3/avi-kubernetes-operator/
https://www.krakend.io/docs/overview/
https://tyk.io/docs/
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2. Protocolsreference
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HTTP/HTTPS✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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HTTP2Comparison of Kubernetes Ingress controllers✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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HTTP3 (QUIC)Preview✖︎✖︎✖︎Preview✖︎✖︎✖︎Preview✖︎✔️✖︎Preview✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎
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gRPC✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️
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TCPPartial✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️
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TCP+TLS✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️
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UDPPartial✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎
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Websockets✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Proxy Protocol✔️✔️✔️Needs help✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️
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3. ClientsLeave a comment or drop us a line at research@learnk8s.io
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Rate limiting (L4)✔️✔️Needs helpPartial✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️Needs help✔️✖︎✖︎
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Rate limiting (L7)✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️Needs help✔️✔️✔️
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WAFLicense:✔️✔️Partial✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎
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TimeoutsApache 2.0✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Safe-list/Block-listLast updated:✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️✖︎✔️Needs help✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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AuthenticationAugust 21, 2023✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Authorisation✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️Partial✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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4. Traffic routingFind more research at:
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Hosthttps://learnk8s.io/research✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Path✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Headers✔️Supported in Free version✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️
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Querystring✔️Supported in Enterprise version✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️
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Method✖︎Not supported✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️
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ClientIPPartialPartially supported✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️
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NotesNeeds helpNot sure if it is supported
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5. Upstream probes/resiliency
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Healthchecks✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️
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Retries✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️Partial✖︎Needs help✖︎✔️✖︎✔️
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Circuit Breaker✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️Needs help✖︎✖︎✔️✔️
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6.Load balancer strategies
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Round robin✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Sticky sessions✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎
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Least connections✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎
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Ring hash✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎
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Maglev✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎
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Exponential-Weighted-Moving-Average✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎
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Custom load balancing✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎Partial✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎
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Power of two random choicesNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️✖︎✖︎Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️✔️
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Global load balancingNeeds helpNeeds help✔️Needs help✔️✖︎Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️Needs helpNeeds help✔️✖︎✖︎
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External load balancingNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️✔️Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️Needs help✔️Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds help✖︎✖︎
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Notes
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7. Authentication
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Basic auth✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✖︎
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External Auth✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✔️
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Client certificate - mTLS✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✔️
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OAuth✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️Partial
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OpenID✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎
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JWT✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️Partial✔️✔️
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LDAP✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎
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HMAC✖︎✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎
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SAMLNeeds help✔️✔️Needs help✔️✖︎Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️Needs helpNeeds help✔️✖︎✖︎
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8. Observability
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Logging✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Metrics✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️
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Tracing✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎Needs help✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️Needs help✖︎✖︎✔️✔️
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9. Kubernetes Integration
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CRD✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✔️
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ScopeClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespacenamespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide and namespaceClusterwide Clusterwide and namespaceClusterwide,
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Support for the Gateway API (Ingress v2)
current v1alpha2
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Integrates with service meshes✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️Needs help✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️Needs help✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎
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10. Traffic shaping
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Canary✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️
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Session Affinity✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎
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Traffic Mirroring✔️Needs help✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✔️✖︎
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11. Interface
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Dashboard✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️Needs help✔️✖︎✖︎Needs help✖︎✔️✔️✔️
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Billing and reporting✖︎✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️Needs help✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️
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Developer portal✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️✖︎✔️
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12. Other
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Hot reloading✔️✔️✔️Needs help✔️✔️✔️Needs help✔️✔️✔️Needs help✔️✔️Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️✔️✔️
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LetsEncrypt Integration✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✖︎
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Transparent update of certificatesNeeds helpNeeds help✔️Needs helpNeeds help✔️Needs helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds helpNeeds help✔️Needs helpNeeds help✔️✖︎✖︎
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