Kubernetes

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Linkerd’s Gateway API Paradox: Mesh Control Without an Ingress Gateway

Discover how Linkerd implements Kubernetes Gateway API for internal L7 mesh routing without shipping a heavy edge ingress controller.

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Istio Gateway API: Deleting Legacy VirtualService Debt

Stop building custom tech debt with legacy Istio routing. Learn how to configure decoupled cross-namespace ingress using the standard Gateway API.

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Cilium Gateway API: The eBPF and Envoy Reality Pass

Stop falling for the marketing hype. Learn how Cilium Gateway API handles L7 routing via Envoy and why your ingress network policies might be broken.

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The Ultimate Gateway API Provider Comparison: Cutting Through the Marketing Fluff

Stop digging through vendor marketing fluff. We break down the real architectural tradeoffs, licensing, and conformance of Envoy Gateway, Traefik, NGINX Fabric, Istio, Linkerd, Cilium, and kgateway.

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The Post-Ingress Era: Why the Kubernetes Gateway API is Taking Over

With ingress-nginx officially retired, platform engineers are migrating to the Kubernetes Gateway API. Discover why the legacy Ingress model broke and how role-oriented routing eliminates annotation hell.

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The Next Frontier: Elevating Gateway API to Handle LLMs, MCP, and AI Agents

Discover how the Kubernetes Gateway API standard extends to govern AI workloads. Learn to secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool calls using agentgateway and Cedar policies.

The Blueprint: Migrating from Ingress NGINX Using ingress2gateway

Step-by-step production migration guide from ingress-nginx to Kubernetes Gateway API using ingress2gateway. Learn to run an annotation audit and test zero-downtime cutovers.

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Secure by Default: Setting Up Gateway API + Free SSL (Cert-Manager)

Step-by-step production guide to automated TLS termination using Cert-Manager and Kubernetes Gateway API. Learn how ReferenceGrant solves cross-namespace SSL secret sharing safely.

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How to Set Up Linkerd Service Mesh in Kubernetes

A practical step-by-step guide to installing Linkerd in Kubernetes, enabling mTLS and authorization, adding observability, configuring traffic routing, retries, timeouts, and troubleshooting your service mesh.

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Picking a Kubernetes Policy Engine Without Losing Your Mind

Stop the 2 AM K8s firefighting. Compare OPA, Kyverno, VAP, and Kubewarden (Wasm) on latency, ease of use, and scalability. Pick the right engine for 2026.

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How to Set Up Istio Service Mesh in Kubernetes

A practical step-by-step guide to installing Istio in Kubernetes using the sidecar data plane, enabling mTLS, traffic routing, canary deployments, retries, circuit breaking, authorization, and observability.

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How to Set Up Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) in Kubernetes

A comprehensive guide to setting up Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) in Kubernetes, including metrics server setup, custom metrics, scaling behaviors, and production best practices.