HTTPRoute

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Demonstrates hostname, path-prefix, parent-Gateway, backend-Service, and port configuration, then verifies creation with kubectl.

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An HTTPRoute is a Gateway API resource that defines HTTP host, path, and backend routing rules for application traffic.

HTTPRoute defines application-level HTTP routing in the Gateway API. Application developers attach it to a Gateway, then specify hostnames, path matches, and backend Services; infrastructure teams separately manage GatewayClass and Gateway resources. section 6.7

Route a hostname to a Service

apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: HTTPRoute metadata: name: example-httproute spec: parentRefs: - name: example-gateway hostnames: - "www.example.com" rules: - matches: - path: type: PathPrefix value: / backendRefs: - name: nginx port: 8080 Apply the manifest with kubectl, then verify the resource with kubectl get httproute.

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Kubernetes in Action, Second EditionAn HTTPRoute is a Kubernetes Gateway API resource that defines how HTTP requests are matched and forwarded to backend services through parent gateways.

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Related concepts

gateway apipart of · The Kubernetes Gateway API is a networking standard for defining gateways, listeners, and traffic routing between external clients and cluster services.
serviceuses · A Kubernetes Service is an API resource that provides stable network access and service discovery for a changing set of Pods or other specified destinations.
backenduses · A backend is a software component or subsystem that provides underlying processing, data access, execution, or services to clients or other components, typically behind a user-facing interface.
TLSRoutecontrasts with · A TLSRoute is a Kubernetes Gateway API resource that routes TLS traffic to backend services using information available from the encrypted connection, primarily the recipient hostname.
backendrefs fielduses · The backendRefs field identifies the services or other backend resources to which matched traffic is forwarded.

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