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Gateway API with Cilium

Configure Cilium as a Gateway API implementation, create HTTPRoutes, and manage ingress traffic.

45 minutes
networking/cilium
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Lab Overview

This hands-on lab guides you through implementing the Kubernetes Gateway API with Cilium.

You'll learn to:

  • Enable Gateway API support in Cilium
  • Install Gateway API CRDs and configure GatewayClass
  • Create and configure Gateway resources
  • Define HTTPRoute rules for traffic routing
  • Implement path-based and header-based routing
  • Test and validate ingress traffic through the Gateway

Gateway API is the next-generation Kubernetes ingress specification, and Cilium provides a native implementation.

Key Resources:

Prerequisites

cilium-installation-configuration

basic-kubernetes-knowledge

Technologies Covered

ciliumkubernetesgateway-apiingressservice-meshcca-certification

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This lab is part of the Certified Cilium Associate (CCA) course

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