Chapter 6: Ingress — HTTP Routing
⏱️ Total chapter time: ~55 min (25 min reading + 30 min lab)
After this chapter, you will be able to: Set up NGINX Ingress on Minikube, route HTTP traffic to multiple services using path and host rules, and terminate TLS with a self-signed certificate.
What’s Inside
| Section | Topic | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Ingress Controllers and Resources | ~5 min |
| 6.2 | Setting Up NGINX Ingress on Minikube | ~5 min |
| 6.3 | Path-Based and Host-Based Routing | ~7 min |
| 6.4 | TLS Termination | ~6 min |
| 6.5 | The Kubernetes Gateway API | ~6 min |
| 6.6 | 🔬 Lab: Multi-Service Ingress with TLS | ~30 min |
Prerequisites
- Completed Chapter 5 (Services)
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