How deeply does Effective Platform Engineering cover gateway api?

Explains its platform role and mesh relationship, but does not work through Gateway API resource configuration.

Gateway api

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The Kubernetes Gateway API is a Kubernetes API standard for configuring traffic ingress and routing through role-oriented gateway resources.

The Kubernetes Gateway API is a standard for configuring traffic ingress and routing. Its role-oriented design lets developers manage the ingress elements affecting their applications while a platform provides the shared gateway infrastructure. section 8.4.2

A service mesh can provide these capabilities because its control plane manages the proxies that route traffic to applications. This makes ingress part of a shared integration point that can also support traffic control, resiliency, and security. Introduce those capabilities as the platform needs them rather than requiring every proxy feature from the start. section 8.4.2

Platform-managed ingress

A platform can deploy Istio to provide a self-service ingress experience backed by managed domain names. An illustrated application route uses an Istio VirtualService; that resource is an Istio-specific example, not a Gateway API resource. section 8.4.2

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Kubernetes in Action, Second EditionThe Gateway API is a Kubernetes networking API standard for defining traffic gateways, listeners, and routing between external clients and cluster services.
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Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam, Second EditionGateway API is a Kubernetes networking API for expressing and implementing traffic routing through gateway resources.

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Related concepts

HTTPRoutehas part · An HTTPRoute is a Kubernetes Gateway API resource defining how HTTP requests are matched and forwarded to backend services through parent gateways.
ingress objectalternative to · A Kubernetes Ingress is an API resource that specifies rules for routing external HTTP and HTTPS requests to services within a cluster.
gatewayclasshas part · A GatewayClass is a cluster-scoped Kubernetes Gateway API resource defining a class of gateways managed by a particular controller.
gateway objecthas part · A Kubernetes Gateway API Gateway is a resource that defines a network entry point and specifies its implementation class, listeners, and traffic protocols or ports.
gateway api implementationimplemented by · A Gateway API implementation is software installed in a Kubernetes cluster that realizes Gateway API resources and provisions the traffic proxies they require.

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