Stop Using Ingress! The Complete Gateway API Guide (GKE & NGINX)
This video is a complete end-to-end Kubernetes Gateway API on GKE.
In this End-to-End Project with NGINX Gateway Fabric & HTTPS. We deploy a real microservice architecture on Google Kubernetes Engine and expose it securely using:
Kubernetes Gateway API (GatewayClass, Gateway, HTTPRoute)
NGINX Gateway Fabric
cert-manager with Let’s Encrypt (HTTP-01 challenge)
GCP external HTTP(S) load balancer
sslip.io for DNS (no custom domain required)
This project acts as a capstone for Gateway API fundamentals and shows how modern Kubernetes applications should be exposed to the internet.
What you will learn:
Why Gateway API is the future replacement for Ingress
How NGINX Gateway Fabric creates a GCP external load balancer
Path-based routing using HTTPRoute
Fully automated HTTPS using cert-manager and Let’s Encrypt
Production-ready Gateway API architecture on GKE
This is not a POC demo, it’s a real, cloud-native setup aligned with production patterns.
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00:00 - Introduction: Gateway API End-to-End Project on GKE
00:50 - Architecture Overview: Gateway API + GKE Load Balancer
02:08 - Why Gateway API over Ingress?
02:39 - Creating GKE Cluster (Production Setup)
05:42 - Installing Kubernetes Gateway API CRDs
06:34 - Installing NGINX Gateway Fabric on GKE
09:35 - Deploying Frontend & API Microservices
10:50 - Creating Gateway Resource (HTTP & HTTPS)
13:05 - HTTPRoute Configuration for Path-Based Routing
15:29 - Installing cert-manager for Gateway API
16:49 - Creating Let’s Encrypt ClusterIssuer (HTTP-01)
18:50 - Requesting TLS Certificate using cert-manager
21:07 - Enabling HTTPS on Gateway (TLS Listener)
22:47 - Conclusion – From Fundamentals to Production Use Cases
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