RAGTAGS

The other day I learned that the Ingress NGINX project is being retired, and as someone who develops first and works with sysops second, I was shocked because I truly did not know there were strong alternatives. Ingress NGINX is being retired mainly because the project has collected too much technical and security related maintenance debt to keep pace with modern Kubernetes patterns. And here is the surprise: it has not been the best option for quite some time. With the rise of the Gateway API, Traefik steps in as a far more natural fit because it is easier to operate, more secure by design, and aligned with the direction the Kubernetes networking ecosystem is moving toward.

Let's look into what that means and how I found it useful for my use case.