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Overview
AWS EKS Cluster Storage Initialization Configuration
Huawei Cloud CCE Cluster Storage Initialization Configuration
Azure AKS Cluster Storage Initialization Configuration
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How to

Network Configuration for Import Clusters
Fetch import cluster information
Trust an insecure image registry
Collect Network Data from Custom Named Network Cards
Creating an On-Premise Cluster
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How to

Add External Address for Built-in Registry
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Backup and Recovery

Overview
Install
Backup repository

Backup Management

ETCD Backup
Create an application backup schedule
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Recovery Management

Run an Application Restore Task
Image Registry Replacement

Networking

Introduction

Architecture

Understanding Kube-OVN
Understanding ALB
Understanding MetalLB

Concepts

ALB with Ingress-NGINX Annotation Compatibility
Comparison Among Service, Ingress, Gateway API, and ALB Rule
GatewayAPI

Guides

Creating Services
Creating Ingresses
Creating a Domain Name
Creating Certificates
Creating External IP Address Pool
Creating BGP Peers
Configure Subnets
Configure Network Policies
Creating Admin Network Policies
Configuring Kube-OVN Network to Support Pod Multi-Network Interfaces (Alpha)
Configure Cluster Network Policies
Configure Egress Gateway
Network Observability
Configure ALB Rules
Cluster Interconnection (Alpha)
Endpoint Health Checker
NodeLocal DNSCache

How To

Preparing Kube-OVN Underlay Physical Network
Soft Data Center LB Solution (Alpha)
Automatic Interconnection of Underlay and Overlay Subnets
Install Ingress-Nginx via Cluster Plugin
Install Ingress-Nginx via Ingress Nginx Operator
Tasks for Ingress-Nginx

ALB

Auth
Deploy High Available VIP for ALB
Header Modification
HTTP Redirect
L4/L7 Timeout
ModSecurity
TCP/HTTP Keepalive
Use OAuth Proxy with ALB
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Bind NIC in ALB
Decision‑Making for ALB Performance Selection
Deploy ALB
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OTel
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Load Balancing Session Affinity Policy in ALB
URL Rewrite
Calico Network Supports WireGuard Encryption
Kube-OVN Overlay Network Supports IPsec Encryption
DeepFlow User Guide

Trouble Shooting

How to Solve Inter-node Communication Issues in ARM Environments?
Find Who Cause the Error

Storage

Introduction

Concepts

Core Concepts
Persistent Volume
Access Modes and Volume Modes

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Creating CephFS File Storage Type Storage Class
Creating CephRBD Block Storage Class
Create TopoLVM Local Storage Class
Creating an NFS Shared Storage Class
Deploy Volume Snapshot Component
Creating a PV
Creating PVCs
Using Volume Snapshots

How To

Generic ephemeral volumes
Using an emptyDir
Configuring Persistent Storage Using NFS
Third‑Party Storage Capability Annotation Guide

Troubleshooting

Recover From PVC Expansion Failure
Machine Configuration

Scalability and Performance

Evaluating Resources for Global Cluster
Evaluating Resources for Workload Cluster
Improving Kubernetes Stability for Large-Scale Clusters
Disk Configuration

Storage

Ceph Distributed Storage

Introduction

Install

Create Standard Type Cluster
Create Stretch Type Cluster
Architecture

Concepts

Core Concepts

Guides

Accessing Storage Services
Managing Storage Pools
Node-specific Component Deployment
Adding Devices/Device Classes
Monitoring and Alerts

How To

Configure a Dedicated Cluster for Distributed Storage
Cleanup Distributed Storage

Disaster Recovery

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Block Storage Disaster Recovery
Object Storage Disaster Recovery
Update the optimization parameters
Create ceph object store user

MinIO Object Storage

Introduction
Install
Architecture

Concepts

Core Concepts

Guides

Adding a Storage Pool
Monitoring & Alerts

How To

Data Disaster Recovery

TopoLVM Local Storage

Introduction
Install

Guides

Device Management
Monitoring and Alerting

How To

Backup and Restore TopoLVM Filesystem PVCs with Velero

Security

Alauda Container Security

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Compliance

Introduction
Install Alauda Container Platform Compliance with Kyverno

HowTo

Private Registry Access Configuration
Image Signature Verification Policy
Image Signature Verification Policy with Secrets
Image Registry Validation Policy
Container Escape Prevention Policy
Security Context Enforcement Policy
Network Security Policy
Volume Security Policy

API Refiner

Introduction
Install Alauda Container Platform API Refiner
About Alauda Container Platform Compliance Service

Users and Roles

User

Introduction

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Manage User Roles
Create User
User Management

Group

Introduction

Guides

Manage User Group Roles
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Create Role
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Create Project
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Telemetry

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Certificates

Automated Kubernetes Certificate Rotation
cert-manager
OLM Certificates
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Virtualization

Overview

Introduction
Install

Images

Introduction

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Update/Delete Image Credentials

How To

Creating Windows Images Based on ISO using KubeVirt
Creating Linux Images Based on ISO Using KubeVirt
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Introduction

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Creating Virtual Machines/Virtual Machine Groups
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Logging into the Virtual Machine using VNC
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Quick Location of Virtual Machines

How To

Configuring USB host passthrough
Virtual Machine Hot Migration
Virtual Machine Recovery
Clone Virtual Machines on KubeVirt
Physical GPU Passthrough Environment Preparation
Configuring High Availability for Virtual Machines
Create a VM Template from an Existing Virtual Machine

Troubleshooting

Pod Migration and Recovery from Abnormal Shutdown of Virtual Machine Nodes
Hot Migration Error Messages and Solutions

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Configure Network

How To

Control Virtual Machine Network Requests Through Network Policy
Configuring SR-IOV
Configuring Virtual Machines to Use Network Binding Mode for IPv6 Support

Storage

Introduction

Guides

Managing Virtual Disks

Backup and Recovery

Introduction

Guides

Using Snapshots

Developer

Overview

Quick Start

Creating a simple application via image

Building Applications

Build application architecture

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Creating Namespaces
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Installing Alauda Container Platform Argo Rollouts
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KEDA(Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling)

KEDA Overview
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How To

Integrating ACP Monitoring with Prometheus Plugin
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Overview of images

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Introduction

Install

Install Via YAML
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Installing Alauda Container Platform Builds

Upgrade

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How To

Creating an application from Code

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Introduction
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Core Concepts

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Create Node Isolation Strategy
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Install

Installing Alauda Build of Argo CD
Installing Alauda Container Platform GitOps

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Upgrading Alauda Container Platform GitOps
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Introduction
Application
ApplicationSet
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Alauda Container Platform GitOps Concepts

Introduction
Alauda Container Platform GitOps Sync and Health Status

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Creating GitOps Application

Creating GitOps Application
Creating GitOps ApplicationSet

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How To

Integrating Code Repositories via Argo CD dashboard
Creating an Argo CD Application via Argo CD dashboard
Creating an Argo CD Application via the web console
How to Obtain Argo CD Access Information
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Overview
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Overview

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Introduction
Install

Architecture

Monitoring Module Architecture
Monitoring Component Selection Guide
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Guides

Management of Metrics
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Management of Notification
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How To

Backup and Restore of Prometheus Monitoring Data
VictoriaMetrics Backup and Recovery of Monitoring Data
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Introduction
Install
Architecture
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Query Tracing
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How To

Non-Intrusive Integration of Tracing in Java Applications
Business Log Associated with the TraceID

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Install

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Log Module Architecture
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How to Archive Logs to Third-Party Storage
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Events

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Hardware accelerators

About Alauda Build of Hami
About Alauda Build of NVIDIA GPU Device Plugin

Alauda Service Mesh

Service Mesh 1.x
Service Mesh 2.x

Alauda AI

About Alauda AI

Alauda DevOps

About Alauda DevOps

Alauda Cost Management

About Alauda Cost Management

Alauda Application Services

Overview

Introduction
Architecture
Install
Upgrade

Alauda Database Service for MySQL

About Alauda Database Service for MySQL-MGR
About Alauda Database Service for MySQL-PXC

Alauda Cache Service for Redis OSS

About Alauda Cache Service for Redis OSS

Alauda Streaming Service for Kafka

About Alauda Streaming Service for Kafka

Alauda Streaming Service for RabbitMQ

About Alauda Streaming Service for RabbitMQ

Alauda support for PostgreSQL

About Alauda support for PostgreSQL

Operations Management

Introduction

Parameter Template Management

Introduction

Guides

Parameter Template Management

Backup Management

Introduction

Guides

External S3 Storage
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Introduction

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How To

How to set Inspection scheduling?

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MySQL

MySQL IO Load Optimization
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Redis

Redis BigKey
High CPU Usage in Redis
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Kafka

High CPU Utilization in Kafka
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RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ Mnesia Database Exception Handling

Alert Management

Introduction

Guides

Relationship with Platform Capabilities

Upgrade Management

Introduction

Guides

Instance Upgrade

API Reference

Overview

Introduction
Kubernetes API Usage Guide

Advanced APIs

Alert APIs

AlertHistories [v1]
AlertHistoryMessages [v1]
AlertStatus [v2]
SilenceStatus [v2]

Event APIs

Search

Log APIs

Aggregation
Archive
Context
Search

Monitoring APIs

Indicators [monitoring.alauda.io/v1beta1]
Metrics [monitoring.alauda.io/v1beta1]
Variables [monitoring.alauda.io/v1beta1]

Kubernetes APIs

Alert APIs

AlertTemplate [alerttemplates.aiops.alauda.io/v1beta1]
PrometheusRule [prometheusrules.monitoring.coreos.com/v1]

AutoScaling APIs

HorizontalPodAutoscaler [autoscaling/v2]

Configuration APIs

ConfigMap [v1]
Secret [v1]

Inspection APIs

Inspection [inspections.ait.alauda.io/v1alpha1]

Namespace APIs

LimitRange [v1]
Namespace [v1]
ResourceQuota [v1]

Networking APIs

HTTPRoute [httproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1]
Service [v1]
VpcEgressGateway [vpc-egress-gateways.kubeovn.io/v1]
Vpc [vpcs.kubeovn.io/v1]

Notification APIs

Notification [notifications.ait.alauda.io/v1beta1]
NotificationGroup [notificationgroups.ait.alauda.io/v1beta1]
NotificationTemplate [notificationtemplates.ait.alauda.io/v1beta1]

Storage APIs

PersistentVolume [v1]
PersistentVolumeClaim [v1]

Workload APIs

Cronjob [batch/v1]
DameonSet [apps/v1]
Deployment [apps/v1]
Job [batch/v1]
Pod [v1]
Replicaset [apps/v1]
ReplicationController [v1]
Statefulset [apps/v1]
Previous PageNetworking APIs
Next PageService [v1]

#HTTPRoute [httproutes.gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1]

gateway.networking.k8s.io group

HTTPRoute provides a way to route HTTP requests. This includes the capability to match requests by hostname, path, header, or query param. Filters can be used to specify additional processing steps. Backends specify where matching requests should be routed.

v1 version
spec object required

Spec defines the desired state of HTTPRoute.

hostnames []string

Hostnames defines a set of hostnames that should match against the HTTP Host header to select a HTTPRoute used to process the request. Implementations MUST ignore any port value specified in the HTTP Host header while performing a match and (absent of any applicable header modification configuration) MUST forward this header unmodified to the backend.

Valid values for Hostnames are determined by RFC 1123 definition of a hostname with 2 notable exceptions:

  1. IPs are not allowed.
  2. A hostname may be prefixed with a wildcard label (*.). The wildcard label must appear by itself as the first label.

If a hostname is specified by both the Listener and HTTPRoute, there must be at least one intersecting hostname for the HTTPRoute to be attached to the Listener. For example:

  • A Listener with test.example.com as the hostname matches HTTPRoutes that have either not specified any hostnames, or have specified at least one of test.example.com or *.example.com.
  • A Listener with *.example.com as the hostname matches HTTPRoutes that have either not specified any hostnames or have specified at least one hostname that matches the Listener hostname. For example, *.example.com, test.example.com, and foo.test.example.com would all match. On the other hand, example.com and test.example.net would not match.

Hostnames that are prefixed with a wildcard label (*.) are interpreted as a suffix match. That means that a match for *.example.com would match both test.example.com, and foo.test.example.com, but not example.com.

If both the Listener and HTTPRoute have specified hostnames, any HTTPRoute hostnames that do not match the Listener hostname MUST be ignored. For example, if a Listener specified *.example.com, and the HTTPRoute specified test.example.com and test.example.net, test.example.net must not be considered for a match.

If both the Listener and HTTPRoute have specified hostnames, and none match with the criteria above, then the HTTPRoute is not accepted. The implementation must raise an 'Accepted' Condition with a status of False in the corresponding RouteParentStatus.

In the event that multiple HTTPRoutes specify intersecting hostnames (e.g. overlapping wildcard matching and exact matching hostnames), precedence must be given to rules from the HTTPRoute with the largest number of:

  • Characters in a matching non-wildcard hostname.
  • Characters in a matching hostname.

If ties exist across multiple Routes, the matching precedence rules for HTTPRouteMatches takes over.

Support: Core

parentRefs []object

ParentReference identifies an API object (usually a Gateway) that can be considered a parent of this resource (usually a route). There are two kinds of parent resources with "Core" support:

  • Gateway (Gateway conformance profile)
  • Service (Mesh conformance profile, ClusterIP Services only)

This API may be extended in the future to support additional kinds of parent resources.

The API object must be valid in the cluster; the Group and Kind must be registered in the cluster for this reference to be valid.

group string

Group is the group of the referent. When unspecified, "gateway.networking.k8s.io" is inferred. To set the core API group (such as for a "Service" kind referent), Group must be explicitly set to "" (empty string).

Support: Core

kind string

Kind is kind of the referent.

There are two kinds of parent resources with "Core" support:

  • Gateway (Gateway conformance profile)
  • Service (Mesh conformance profile, ClusterIP Services only)

Support for other resources is Implementation-Specific.

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

Support: Core

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the referent. When unspecified, this refers to the local namespace of the Route.

Note that there are specific rules for ParentRefs which cross namespace boundaries. Cross-namespace references are only valid if they are explicitly allowed by something in the namespace they are referring to. For example: Gateway has the AllowedRoutes field, and ReferenceGrant provides a generic way to enable any other kind of cross-namespace reference.

Support: Core

port integer

Port is the network port this Route targets. It can be interpreted differently based on the type of parent resource.

When the parent resource is a Gateway, this targets all listeners listening on the specified port that also support this kind of Route(and select this Route). It's not recommended to set Port unless the networking behaviors specified in a Route must apply to a specific port as opposed to a listener(s) whose port(s) may be changed. When both Port and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support other parent resources. Implementations supporting other types of parent resources MUST clearly document how/if Port is interpreted.

For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful as long as the parent resource accepts it partially. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Extended

sectionName string

SectionName is the name of a section within the target resource. In the following resources, SectionName is interpreted as the following:

  • Gateway: Listener name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.
  • Service: Port name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support attaching Routes to other resources. If that is the case, they MUST clearly document how SectionName is interpreted.

When unspecified (empty string), this will reference the entire resource. For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful if at least one section in the parent resource accepts it. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Core

rules []object

HTTPRouteRule defines semantics for matching an HTTP request based on conditions (matches), processing it (filters), and forwarding the request to an API object (backendRefs).

backendRefs []object

HTTPBackendRef defines how a HTTPRoute forwards a HTTP request.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

filters []object

HTTPRouteFilter defines processing steps that must be completed during the request or response lifecycle. HTTPRouteFilters are meant as an extension point to express processing that may be done in Gateway implementations. Some examples include request or response modification, implementing authentication strategies, rate-limiting, and traffic shaping. API guarantee/conformance is defined based on the type of the filter.

extensionRef object

ExtensionRef is an optional, implementation-specific extension to the "filter" behavior. For example, resource "myroutefilter" in group "networking.example.net"). ExtensionRef MUST NOT be used for core and extended filters.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule.

Support: Implementation-specific

group string required

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string required

Kind is kind of the referent. For example "HTTPRoute" or "Service".

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

requestHeaderModifier object

RequestHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies request headers.

Support: Core

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

requestMirror object

RequestMirror defines a schema for a filter that mirrors requests. Requests are sent to the specified destination, but responses from that destination are ignored.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule. Note that not all implementations will be able to support mirroring to multiple backends.

Support: Extended

backendRef object required

BackendRef references a resource where mirrored requests are sent.

Mirrored requests must be sent only to a single destination endpoint within this BackendRef, irrespective of how many endpoints are present within this BackendRef.

If the referent cannot be found, this BackendRef is invalid and must be dropped from the Gateway. The controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route status is set to status: False and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

If there is a cross-namespace reference to an existing object that is not allowed by a ReferenceGrant, the controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route is set to status: False, with the "RefNotPermitted" reason and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

In either error case, the Message of the ResolvedRefs Condition should be used to provide more detail about the problem.

Support: Extended for Kubernetes Service

Support: Implementation-specific for any other resource

group string

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string

Kind is the Kubernetes resource kind of the referent. For example "Service".

Defaults to "Service" when not specified.

ExternalName services can refer to CNAME DNS records that may live outside of the cluster and as such are difficult to reason about in terms of conformance. They also may not be safe to forward to (see CVE-2021-25740 for more information). Implementations SHOULD NOT support ExternalName Services.

Support: Core (Services with a type other than ExternalName)

Support: Implementation-specific (Services with type ExternalName)

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the backend. When unspecified, the local namespace is inferred.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

Support: Core

port integer

Port specifies the destination port number to use for this resource. Port is required when the referent is a Kubernetes Service. In this case, the port number is the service port number, not the target port. For other resources, destination port might be derived from the referent resource or this field.

fraction object

Fraction represents the fraction of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef.

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

denominator integer
numerator integer required
percent integer

Percent represents the percentage of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef. Its minimum value is 0 (indicating 0% of requests) and its maximum value is 100 (indicating 100% of requests).

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

requestRedirect object

RequestRedirect defines a schema for a filter that responds to the request with an HTTP redirection.

Support: Core

hostname string

Hostname is the hostname to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the hostname in the Host header of the request is used.

Support: Core

path object

Path defines parameters used to modify the path of the incoming request. The modified path is then used to construct the Location header. When empty, the request path is used as-is.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

port integer

Port is the port to be used in the value of the Location header in the response.

If no port is specified, the redirect port MUST be derived using the following rules:

  • If redirect scheme is not-empty, the redirect port MUST be the well-known port associated with the redirect scheme. Specifically "http" to port 80 and "https" to port 443. If the redirect scheme does not have a well-known port, the listener port of the Gateway SHOULD be used.
  • If redirect scheme is empty, the redirect port MUST be the Gateway Listener port.

Implementations SHOULD NOT add the port number in the 'Location' header in the following cases:

  • A Location header that will use HTTP (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 80.
  • A Location header that will use HTTPS (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 443.

Support: Extended

scheme string

Scheme is the scheme to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the scheme of the request is used.

Scheme redirects can affect the port of the redirect, for more information, refer to the documentation for the port field of this filter.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Extended

statusCode integer

StatusCode is the HTTP status code to be used in response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Core

responseHeaderModifier object

ResponseHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies response headers.

Support: Extended

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

type string required

Type identifies the type of filter to apply. As with other API fields, types are classified into three conformance levels:

  • Core: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Core" in this package, e.g. "RequestHeaderModifier". All implementations must support core filters.

  • Extended: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Extended" in this package, e.g. "RequestMirror". Implementers are encouraged to support extended filters.

  • Implementation-specific: Filters that are defined and supported by specific vendors. In the future, filters showing convergence in behavior across multiple implementations will be considered for inclusion in extended or core conformance levels. Filter-specific configuration for such filters is specified using the ExtensionRef field. Type should be set to "ExtensionRef" for custom filters.

Implementers are encouraged to define custom implementation types to extend the core API with implementation-specific behavior.

If a reference to a custom filter type cannot be resolved, the filter MUST NOT be skipped. Instead, requests that would have been processed by that filter MUST receive a HTTP error response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

urlRewrite object

URLRewrite defines a schema for a filter that modifies a request during forwarding.

Support: Extended

hostname string

Hostname is the value to be used to replace the Host header value during forwarding.

Support: Extended

path object

Path defines a path rewrite.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

group string

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string

Kind is the Kubernetes resource kind of the referent. For example "Service".

Defaults to "Service" when not specified.

ExternalName services can refer to CNAME DNS records that may live outside of the cluster and as such are difficult to reason about in terms of conformance. They also may not be safe to forward to (see CVE-2021-25740 for more information). Implementations SHOULD NOT support ExternalName Services.

Support: Core (Services with a type other than ExternalName)

Support: Implementation-specific (Services with type ExternalName)

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the backend. When unspecified, the local namespace is inferred.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

Support: Core

port integer

Port specifies the destination port number to use for this resource. Port is required when the referent is a Kubernetes Service. In this case, the port number is the service port number, not the target port. For other resources, destination port might be derived from the referent resource or this field.

weight integer

Weight specifies the proportion of requests forwarded to the referenced backend. This is computed as weight/(sum of all weights in this BackendRefs list). For non-zero values, there may be some epsilon from the exact proportion defined here depending on the precision an implementation supports. Weight is not a percentage and the sum of weights does not need to equal 100.

If only one backend is specified and it has a weight greater than 0, 100% of the traffic is forwarded to that backend. If weight is set to 0, no traffic should be forwarded for this entry. If unspecified, weight defaults to 1.

Support for this field varies based on the context where used.

filters []object

HTTPRouteFilter defines processing steps that must be completed during the request or response lifecycle. HTTPRouteFilters are meant as an extension point to express processing that may be done in Gateway implementations. Some examples include request or response modification, implementing authentication strategies, rate-limiting, and traffic shaping. API guarantee/conformance is defined based on the type of the filter.

extensionRef object

ExtensionRef is an optional, implementation-specific extension to the "filter" behavior. For example, resource "myroutefilter" in group "networking.example.net"). ExtensionRef MUST NOT be used for core and extended filters.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule.

Support: Implementation-specific

group string required

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string required

Kind is kind of the referent. For example "HTTPRoute" or "Service".

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

requestHeaderModifier object

RequestHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies request headers.

Support: Core

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

requestMirror object

RequestMirror defines a schema for a filter that mirrors requests. Requests are sent to the specified destination, but responses from that destination are ignored.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule. Note that not all implementations will be able to support mirroring to multiple backends.

Support: Extended

backendRef object required

BackendRef references a resource where mirrored requests are sent.

Mirrored requests must be sent only to a single destination endpoint within this BackendRef, irrespective of how many endpoints are present within this BackendRef.

If the referent cannot be found, this BackendRef is invalid and must be dropped from the Gateway. The controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route status is set to status: False and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

If there is a cross-namespace reference to an existing object that is not allowed by a ReferenceGrant, the controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route is set to status: False, with the "RefNotPermitted" reason and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

In either error case, the Message of the ResolvedRefs Condition should be used to provide more detail about the problem.

Support: Extended for Kubernetes Service

Support: Implementation-specific for any other resource

group string

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string

Kind is the Kubernetes resource kind of the referent. For example "Service".

Defaults to "Service" when not specified.

ExternalName services can refer to CNAME DNS records that may live outside of the cluster and as such are difficult to reason about in terms of conformance. They also may not be safe to forward to (see CVE-2021-25740 for more information). Implementations SHOULD NOT support ExternalName Services.

Support: Core (Services with a type other than ExternalName)

Support: Implementation-specific (Services with type ExternalName)

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the backend. When unspecified, the local namespace is inferred.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

Support: Core

port integer

Port specifies the destination port number to use for this resource. Port is required when the referent is a Kubernetes Service. In this case, the port number is the service port number, not the target port. For other resources, destination port might be derived from the referent resource or this field.

fraction object

Fraction represents the fraction of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef.

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

denominator integer
numerator integer required
percent integer

Percent represents the percentage of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef. Its minimum value is 0 (indicating 0% of requests) and its maximum value is 100 (indicating 100% of requests).

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

requestRedirect object

RequestRedirect defines a schema for a filter that responds to the request with an HTTP redirection.

Support: Core

hostname string

Hostname is the hostname to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the hostname in the Host header of the request is used.

Support: Core

path object

Path defines parameters used to modify the path of the incoming request. The modified path is then used to construct the Location header. When empty, the request path is used as-is.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

port integer

Port is the port to be used in the value of the Location header in the response.

If no port is specified, the redirect port MUST be derived using the following rules:

  • If redirect scheme is not-empty, the redirect port MUST be the well-known port associated with the redirect scheme. Specifically "http" to port 80 and "https" to port 443. If the redirect scheme does not have a well-known port, the listener port of the Gateway SHOULD be used.
  • If redirect scheme is empty, the redirect port MUST be the Gateway Listener port.

Implementations SHOULD NOT add the port number in the 'Location' header in the following cases:

  • A Location header that will use HTTP (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 80.
  • A Location header that will use HTTPS (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 443.

Support: Extended

scheme string

Scheme is the scheme to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the scheme of the request is used.

Scheme redirects can affect the port of the redirect, for more information, refer to the documentation for the port field of this filter.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Extended

statusCode integer

StatusCode is the HTTP status code to be used in response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Core

responseHeaderModifier object

ResponseHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies response headers.

Support: Extended

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

type string required

Type identifies the type of filter to apply. As with other API fields, types are classified into three conformance levels:

  • Core: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Core" in this package, e.g. "RequestHeaderModifier". All implementations must support core filters.

  • Extended: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Extended" in this package, e.g. "RequestMirror". Implementers are encouraged to support extended filters.

  • Implementation-specific: Filters that are defined and supported by specific vendors. In the future, filters showing convergence in behavior across multiple implementations will be considered for inclusion in extended or core conformance levels. Filter-specific configuration for such filters is specified using the ExtensionRef field. Type should be set to "ExtensionRef" for custom filters.

Implementers are encouraged to define custom implementation types to extend the core API with implementation-specific behavior.

If a reference to a custom filter type cannot be resolved, the filter MUST NOT be skipped. Instead, requests that would have been processed by that filter MUST receive a HTTP error response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

urlRewrite object

URLRewrite defines a schema for a filter that modifies a request during forwarding.

Support: Extended

hostname string

Hostname is the value to be used to replace the Host header value during forwarding.

Support: Extended

path object

Path defines a path rewrite.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

matches []object

HTTPRouteMatch defines the predicate used to match requests to a given action. Multiple match types are ANDed together, i.e. the match will evaluate to true only if all conditions are satisfied.

For example, the match below will match a HTTP request only if its path starts with /foo AND it contains the version: v1 header:

match:

	path:
	  value: "/foo"
	headers:
	- name: "version"
	  value "v1"

headers []object

HTTPHeaderMatch describes how to select a HTTP route by matching HTTP request headers.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, only the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

When a header is repeated in an HTTP request, it is implementation-specific behavior as to how this is represented. Generally, proxies should follow the guidance from the RFC: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230.html#section-3.2.2 regarding processing a repeated header, with special handling for "Set-Cookie".

type string

Type specifies how to match against the value of the header.

Support: Core (Exact)

Support: Implementation-specific (RegularExpression)

Since RegularExpression HeaderMatchType has implementation-specific conformance, implementations can support POSIX, PCRE or any other dialects of regular expressions. Please read the implementation's documentation to determine the supported dialect.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

method string

Method specifies HTTP method matcher. When specified, this route will be matched only if the request has the specified method.

Support: Extended

path object

Path specifies a HTTP request path matcher. If this field is not specified, a default prefix match on the "/" path is provided.

type string

Type specifies how to match against the path Value.

Support: Core (Exact, PathPrefix)

Support: Implementation-specific (RegularExpression)

value string

Value of the HTTP path to match against.

queryParams []object

HTTPQueryParamMatch describes how to select a HTTP route by matching HTTP query parameters.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP query param to be matched. This must be an exact string match. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.7.3).

If multiple entries specify equivalent query param names, only the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent query param name MUST be ignored.

If a query param is repeated in an HTTP request, the behavior is purposely left undefined, since different data planes have different capabilities. However, it is recommended that implementations should match against the first value of the param if the data plane supports it, as this behavior is expected in other load balancing contexts outside of the Gateway API.

Users SHOULD NOT route traffic based on repeated query params to guard themselves against potential differences in the implementations.

type string

Type specifies how to match against the value of the query parameter.

Support: Extended (Exact)

Support: Implementation-specific (RegularExpression)

Since RegularExpression QueryParamMatchType has Implementation-specific conformance, implementations can support POSIX, PCRE or any other dialects of regular expressions. Please read the implementation's documentation to determine the supported dialect.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP query param to be matched.

name string

Name is the name of the route rule. This name MUST be unique within a Route if it is set.

Support: Extended

timeouts object

Timeouts defines the timeouts that can be configured for an HTTP request.

Support: Extended

backendRequest string

BackendRequest specifies a timeout for an individual request from the gateway to a backend. This covers the time from when the request first starts being sent from the gateway to when the full response has been received from the backend.

Setting a timeout to the zero duration (e.g. "0s") SHOULD disable the timeout completely. Implementations that cannot completely disable the timeout MUST instead interpret the zero duration as the longest possible value to which the timeout can be set.

An entire client HTTP transaction with a gateway, covered by the Request timeout, may result in more than one call from the gateway to the destination backend, for example, if automatic retries are supported.

The value of BackendRequest must be a Gateway API Duration string as defined by GEP-2257. When this field is unspecified, its behavior is implementation-specific; when specified, the value of BackendRequest must be no more than the value of the Request timeout (since the Request timeout encompasses the BackendRequest timeout).

Support: Extended

request string

Request specifies the maximum duration for a gateway to respond to an HTTP request. If the gateway has not been able to respond before this deadline is met, the gateway MUST return a timeout error.

For example, setting the rules.timeouts.request field to the value 10s in an HTTPRoute will cause a timeout if a client request is taking longer than 10 seconds to complete.

Setting a timeout to the zero duration (e.g. "0s") SHOULD disable the timeout completely. Implementations that cannot completely disable the timeout MUST instead interpret the zero duration as the longest possible value to which the timeout can be set.

This timeout is intended to cover as close to the whole request-response transaction as possible although an implementation MAY choose to start the timeout after the entire request stream has been received instead of immediately after the transaction is initiated by the client.

The value of Request is a Gateway API Duration string as defined by GEP-2257. When this field is unspecified, request timeout behavior is implementation-specific.

Support: Extended

status object

Status defines the current state of HTTPRoute.

parents []object required

RouteParentStatus describes the status of a route with respect to an associated Parent.

conditions []object required

Condition contains details for one aspect of the current state of this API Resource.

lastTransitionTime string required

lastTransitionTime is the last time the condition transitioned from one status to another. This should be when the underlying condition changed. If that is not known, then using the time when the API field changed is acceptable.

message string required

message is a human readable message indicating details about the transition. This may be an empty string.

observedGeneration integer

observedGeneration represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.conditions[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current state of the instance.

reason string required

reason contains a programmatic identifier indicating the reason for the condition's last transition. Producers of specific condition types may define expected values and meanings for this field, and whether the values are considered a guaranteed API. The value should be a CamelCase string. This field may not be empty.

status string required

status of the condition, one of True, False, Unknown.

type string required

type of condition in CamelCase or in foo.example.com/CamelCase.

controllerName string required

ControllerName is a domain/path string that indicates the name of the controller that wrote this status. This corresponds with the controllerName field on GatewayClass.

Example: "example.net/gateway-controller".

The format of this field is DOMAIN "/" PATH, where DOMAIN and PATH are valid Kubernetes names (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names).

Controllers MUST populate this field when writing status. Controllers should ensure that entries to status populated with their ControllerName are cleaned up when they are no longer necessary.

parentRef object required

ParentRef corresponds with a ParentRef in the spec that this RouteParentStatus struct describes the status of.

group string

Group is the group of the referent. When unspecified, "gateway.networking.k8s.io" is inferred. To set the core API group (such as for a "Service" kind referent), Group must be explicitly set to "" (empty string).

Support: Core

kind string

Kind is kind of the referent.

There are two kinds of parent resources with "Core" support:

  • Gateway (Gateway conformance profile)
  • Service (Mesh conformance profile, ClusterIP Services only)

Support for other resources is Implementation-Specific.

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

Support: Core

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the referent. When unspecified, this refers to the local namespace of the Route.

Note that there are specific rules for ParentRefs which cross namespace boundaries. Cross-namespace references are only valid if they are explicitly allowed by something in the namespace they are referring to. For example: Gateway has the AllowedRoutes field, and ReferenceGrant provides a generic way to enable any other kind of cross-namespace reference.

Support: Core

port integer

Port is the network port this Route targets. It can be interpreted differently based on the type of parent resource.

When the parent resource is a Gateway, this targets all listeners listening on the specified port that also support this kind of Route(and select this Route). It's not recommended to set Port unless the networking behaviors specified in a Route must apply to a specific port as opposed to a listener(s) whose port(s) may be changed. When both Port and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support other parent resources. Implementations supporting other types of parent resources MUST clearly document how/if Port is interpreted.

For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful as long as the parent resource accepts it partially. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Extended

sectionName string

SectionName is the name of a section within the target resource. In the following resources, SectionName is interpreted as the following:

  • Gateway: Listener name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.
  • Service: Port name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support attaching Routes to other resources. If that is the case, they MUST clearly document how SectionName is interpreted.

When unspecified (empty string), this will reference the entire resource. For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful if at least one section in the parent resource accepts it. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Core

HTTPRoute provides a way to route HTTP requests. This includes the capability to match requests by hostname, path, header, or query param. Filters can be used to specify additional processing steps. Backends specify where matching requests should be routed.

v1beta1 version
spec object required

Spec defines the desired state of HTTPRoute.

hostnames []string

Hostnames defines a set of hostnames that should match against the HTTP Host header to select a HTTPRoute used to process the request. Implementations MUST ignore any port value specified in the HTTP Host header while performing a match and (absent of any applicable header modification configuration) MUST forward this header unmodified to the backend.

Valid values for Hostnames are determined by RFC 1123 definition of a hostname with 2 notable exceptions:

  1. IPs are not allowed.
  2. A hostname may be prefixed with a wildcard label (*.). The wildcard label must appear by itself as the first label.

If a hostname is specified by both the Listener and HTTPRoute, there must be at least one intersecting hostname for the HTTPRoute to be attached to the Listener. For example:

  • A Listener with test.example.com as the hostname matches HTTPRoutes that have either not specified any hostnames, or have specified at least one of test.example.com or *.example.com.
  • A Listener with *.example.com as the hostname matches HTTPRoutes that have either not specified any hostnames or have specified at least one hostname that matches the Listener hostname. For example, *.example.com, test.example.com, and foo.test.example.com would all match. On the other hand, example.com and test.example.net would not match.

Hostnames that are prefixed with a wildcard label (*.) are interpreted as a suffix match. That means that a match for *.example.com would match both test.example.com, and foo.test.example.com, but not example.com.

If both the Listener and HTTPRoute have specified hostnames, any HTTPRoute hostnames that do not match the Listener hostname MUST be ignored. For example, if a Listener specified *.example.com, and the HTTPRoute specified test.example.com and test.example.net, test.example.net must not be considered for a match.

If both the Listener and HTTPRoute have specified hostnames, and none match with the criteria above, then the HTTPRoute is not accepted. The implementation must raise an 'Accepted' Condition with a status of False in the corresponding RouteParentStatus.

In the event that multiple HTTPRoutes specify intersecting hostnames (e.g. overlapping wildcard matching and exact matching hostnames), precedence must be given to rules from the HTTPRoute with the largest number of:

  • Characters in a matching non-wildcard hostname.
  • Characters in a matching hostname.

If ties exist across multiple Routes, the matching precedence rules for HTTPRouteMatches takes over.

Support: Core

parentRefs []object

ParentReference identifies an API object (usually a Gateway) that can be considered a parent of this resource (usually a route). There are two kinds of parent resources with "Core" support:

  • Gateway (Gateway conformance profile)
  • Service (Mesh conformance profile, ClusterIP Services only)

This API may be extended in the future to support additional kinds of parent resources.

The API object must be valid in the cluster; the Group and Kind must be registered in the cluster for this reference to be valid.

group string

Group is the group of the referent. When unspecified, "gateway.networking.k8s.io" is inferred. To set the core API group (such as for a "Service" kind referent), Group must be explicitly set to "" (empty string).

Support: Core

kind string

Kind is kind of the referent.

There are two kinds of parent resources with "Core" support:

  • Gateway (Gateway conformance profile)
  • Service (Mesh conformance profile, ClusterIP Services only)

Support for other resources is Implementation-Specific.

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

Support: Core

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the referent. When unspecified, this refers to the local namespace of the Route.

Note that there are specific rules for ParentRefs which cross namespace boundaries. Cross-namespace references are only valid if they are explicitly allowed by something in the namespace they are referring to. For example: Gateway has the AllowedRoutes field, and ReferenceGrant provides a generic way to enable any other kind of cross-namespace reference.

Support: Core

port integer

Port is the network port this Route targets. It can be interpreted differently based on the type of parent resource.

When the parent resource is a Gateway, this targets all listeners listening on the specified port that also support this kind of Route(and select this Route). It's not recommended to set Port unless the networking behaviors specified in a Route must apply to a specific port as opposed to a listener(s) whose port(s) may be changed. When both Port and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support other parent resources. Implementations supporting other types of parent resources MUST clearly document how/if Port is interpreted.

For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful as long as the parent resource accepts it partially. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Extended

sectionName string

SectionName is the name of a section within the target resource. In the following resources, SectionName is interpreted as the following:

  • Gateway: Listener name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.
  • Service: Port name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support attaching Routes to other resources. If that is the case, they MUST clearly document how SectionName is interpreted.

When unspecified (empty string), this will reference the entire resource. For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful if at least one section in the parent resource accepts it. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Core

rules []object

HTTPRouteRule defines semantics for matching an HTTP request based on conditions (matches), processing it (filters), and forwarding the request to an API object (backendRefs).

backendRefs []object

HTTPBackendRef defines how a HTTPRoute forwards a HTTP request.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

filters []object

HTTPRouteFilter defines processing steps that must be completed during the request or response lifecycle. HTTPRouteFilters are meant as an extension point to express processing that may be done in Gateway implementations. Some examples include request or response modification, implementing authentication strategies, rate-limiting, and traffic shaping. API guarantee/conformance is defined based on the type of the filter.

extensionRef object

ExtensionRef is an optional, implementation-specific extension to the "filter" behavior. For example, resource "myroutefilter" in group "networking.example.net"). ExtensionRef MUST NOT be used for core and extended filters.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule.

Support: Implementation-specific

group string required

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string required

Kind is kind of the referent. For example "HTTPRoute" or "Service".

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

requestHeaderModifier object

RequestHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies request headers.

Support: Core

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

requestMirror object

RequestMirror defines a schema for a filter that mirrors requests. Requests are sent to the specified destination, but responses from that destination are ignored.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule. Note that not all implementations will be able to support mirroring to multiple backends.

Support: Extended

backendRef object required

BackendRef references a resource where mirrored requests are sent.

Mirrored requests must be sent only to a single destination endpoint within this BackendRef, irrespective of how many endpoints are present within this BackendRef.

If the referent cannot be found, this BackendRef is invalid and must be dropped from the Gateway. The controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route status is set to status: False and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

If there is a cross-namespace reference to an existing object that is not allowed by a ReferenceGrant, the controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route is set to status: False, with the "RefNotPermitted" reason and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

In either error case, the Message of the ResolvedRefs Condition should be used to provide more detail about the problem.

Support: Extended for Kubernetes Service

Support: Implementation-specific for any other resource

group string

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string

Kind is the Kubernetes resource kind of the referent. For example "Service".

Defaults to "Service" when not specified.

ExternalName services can refer to CNAME DNS records that may live outside of the cluster and as such are difficult to reason about in terms of conformance. They also may not be safe to forward to (see CVE-2021-25740 for more information). Implementations SHOULD NOT support ExternalName Services.

Support: Core (Services with a type other than ExternalName)

Support: Implementation-specific (Services with type ExternalName)

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the backend. When unspecified, the local namespace is inferred.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

Support: Core

port integer

Port specifies the destination port number to use for this resource. Port is required when the referent is a Kubernetes Service. In this case, the port number is the service port number, not the target port. For other resources, destination port might be derived from the referent resource or this field.

fraction object

Fraction represents the fraction of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef.

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

denominator integer
numerator integer required
percent integer

Percent represents the percentage of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef. Its minimum value is 0 (indicating 0% of requests) and its maximum value is 100 (indicating 100% of requests).

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

requestRedirect object

RequestRedirect defines a schema for a filter that responds to the request with an HTTP redirection.

Support: Core

hostname string

Hostname is the hostname to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the hostname in the Host header of the request is used.

Support: Core

path object

Path defines parameters used to modify the path of the incoming request. The modified path is then used to construct the Location header. When empty, the request path is used as-is.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

port integer

Port is the port to be used in the value of the Location header in the response.

If no port is specified, the redirect port MUST be derived using the following rules:

  • If redirect scheme is not-empty, the redirect port MUST be the well-known port associated with the redirect scheme. Specifically "http" to port 80 and "https" to port 443. If the redirect scheme does not have a well-known port, the listener port of the Gateway SHOULD be used.
  • If redirect scheme is empty, the redirect port MUST be the Gateway Listener port.

Implementations SHOULD NOT add the port number in the 'Location' header in the following cases:

  • A Location header that will use HTTP (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 80.
  • A Location header that will use HTTPS (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 443.

Support: Extended

scheme string

Scheme is the scheme to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the scheme of the request is used.

Scheme redirects can affect the port of the redirect, for more information, refer to the documentation for the port field of this filter.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Extended

statusCode integer

StatusCode is the HTTP status code to be used in response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Core

responseHeaderModifier object

ResponseHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies response headers.

Support: Extended

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

type string required

Type identifies the type of filter to apply. As with other API fields, types are classified into three conformance levels:

  • Core: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Core" in this package, e.g. "RequestHeaderModifier". All implementations must support core filters.

  • Extended: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Extended" in this package, e.g. "RequestMirror". Implementers are encouraged to support extended filters.

  • Implementation-specific: Filters that are defined and supported by specific vendors. In the future, filters showing convergence in behavior across multiple implementations will be considered for inclusion in extended or core conformance levels. Filter-specific configuration for such filters is specified using the ExtensionRef field. Type should be set to "ExtensionRef" for custom filters.

Implementers are encouraged to define custom implementation types to extend the core API with implementation-specific behavior.

If a reference to a custom filter type cannot be resolved, the filter MUST NOT be skipped. Instead, requests that would have been processed by that filter MUST receive a HTTP error response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

urlRewrite object

URLRewrite defines a schema for a filter that modifies a request during forwarding.

Support: Extended

hostname string

Hostname is the value to be used to replace the Host header value during forwarding.

Support: Extended

path object

Path defines a path rewrite.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

group string

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string

Kind is the Kubernetes resource kind of the referent. For example "Service".

Defaults to "Service" when not specified.

ExternalName services can refer to CNAME DNS records that may live outside of the cluster and as such are difficult to reason about in terms of conformance. They also may not be safe to forward to (see CVE-2021-25740 for more information). Implementations SHOULD NOT support ExternalName Services.

Support: Core (Services with a type other than ExternalName)

Support: Implementation-specific (Services with type ExternalName)

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the backend. When unspecified, the local namespace is inferred.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

Support: Core

port integer

Port specifies the destination port number to use for this resource. Port is required when the referent is a Kubernetes Service. In this case, the port number is the service port number, not the target port. For other resources, destination port might be derived from the referent resource or this field.

weight integer

Weight specifies the proportion of requests forwarded to the referenced backend. This is computed as weight/(sum of all weights in this BackendRefs list). For non-zero values, there may be some epsilon from the exact proportion defined here depending on the precision an implementation supports. Weight is not a percentage and the sum of weights does not need to equal 100.

If only one backend is specified and it has a weight greater than 0, 100% of the traffic is forwarded to that backend. If weight is set to 0, no traffic should be forwarded for this entry. If unspecified, weight defaults to 1.

Support for this field varies based on the context where used.

filters []object

HTTPRouteFilter defines processing steps that must be completed during the request or response lifecycle. HTTPRouteFilters are meant as an extension point to express processing that may be done in Gateway implementations. Some examples include request or response modification, implementing authentication strategies, rate-limiting, and traffic shaping. API guarantee/conformance is defined based on the type of the filter.

extensionRef object

ExtensionRef is an optional, implementation-specific extension to the "filter" behavior. For example, resource "myroutefilter" in group "networking.example.net"). ExtensionRef MUST NOT be used for core and extended filters.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule.

Support: Implementation-specific

group string required

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string required

Kind is kind of the referent. For example "HTTPRoute" or "Service".

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

requestHeaderModifier object

RequestHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies request headers.

Support: Core

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

requestMirror object

RequestMirror defines a schema for a filter that mirrors requests. Requests are sent to the specified destination, but responses from that destination are ignored.

This filter can be used multiple times within the same rule. Note that not all implementations will be able to support mirroring to multiple backends.

Support: Extended

backendRef object required

BackendRef references a resource where mirrored requests are sent.

Mirrored requests must be sent only to a single destination endpoint within this BackendRef, irrespective of how many endpoints are present within this BackendRef.

If the referent cannot be found, this BackendRef is invalid and must be dropped from the Gateway. The controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route status is set to status: False and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

If there is a cross-namespace reference to an existing object that is not allowed by a ReferenceGrant, the controller must ensure the "ResolvedRefs" condition on the Route is set to status: False, with the "RefNotPermitted" reason and not configure this backend in the underlying implementation.

In either error case, the Message of the ResolvedRefs Condition should be used to provide more detail about the problem.

Support: Extended for Kubernetes Service

Support: Implementation-specific for any other resource

group string

Group is the group of the referent. For example, "gateway.networking.k8s.io". When unspecified or empty string, core API group is inferred.

kind string

Kind is the Kubernetes resource kind of the referent. For example "Service".

Defaults to "Service" when not specified.

ExternalName services can refer to CNAME DNS records that may live outside of the cluster and as such are difficult to reason about in terms of conformance. They also may not be safe to forward to (see CVE-2021-25740 for more information). Implementations SHOULD NOT support ExternalName Services.

Support: Core (Services with a type other than ExternalName)

Support: Implementation-specific (Services with type ExternalName)

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the backend. When unspecified, the local namespace is inferred.

Note that when a namespace different than the local namespace is specified, a ReferenceGrant object is required in the referent namespace to allow that namespace's owner to accept the reference. See the ReferenceGrant documentation for details.

Support: Core

port integer

Port specifies the destination port number to use for this resource. Port is required when the referent is a Kubernetes Service. In this case, the port number is the service port number, not the target port. For other resources, destination port might be derived from the referent resource or this field.

fraction object

Fraction represents the fraction of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef.

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

denominator integer
numerator integer required
percent integer

Percent represents the percentage of requests that should be mirrored to BackendRef. Its minimum value is 0 (indicating 0% of requests) and its maximum value is 100 (indicating 100% of requests).

Only one of Fraction or Percent may be specified. If neither field is specified, 100% of requests will be mirrored.

requestRedirect object

RequestRedirect defines a schema for a filter that responds to the request with an HTTP redirection.

Support: Core

hostname string

Hostname is the hostname to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the hostname in the Host header of the request is used.

Support: Core

path object

Path defines parameters used to modify the path of the incoming request. The modified path is then used to construct the Location header. When empty, the request path is used as-is.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

port integer

Port is the port to be used in the value of the Location header in the response.

If no port is specified, the redirect port MUST be derived using the following rules:

  • If redirect scheme is not-empty, the redirect port MUST be the well-known port associated with the redirect scheme. Specifically "http" to port 80 and "https" to port 443. If the redirect scheme does not have a well-known port, the listener port of the Gateway SHOULD be used.
  • If redirect scheme is empty, the redirect port MUST be the Gateway Listener port.

Implementations SHOULD NOT add the port number in the 'Location' header in the following cases:

  • A Location header that will use HTTP (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 80.
  • A Location header that will use HTTPS (whether that is determined via the Listener protocol or the Scheme field) and use port 443.

Support: Extended

scheme string

Scheme is the scheme to be used in the value of the Location header in the response. When empty, the scheme of the request is used.

Scheme redirects can affect the port of the redirect, for more information, refer to the documentation for the port field of this filter.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Extended

statusCode integer

StatusCode is the HTTP status code to be used in response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

Support: Core

responseHeaderModifier object

ResponseHeaderModifier defines a schema for a filter that modifies response headers.

Support: Extended

add []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

remove []string

Remove the given header(s) from the HTTP request before the action. The value of Remove is a list of HTTP header names. Note that the header names are case-insensitive (see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616#section-4.2).

Input: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header1: foo my-header2: bar my-header3: baz

Config: remove: ["my-header1", "my-header3"]

Output: GET /foo HTTP/1.1 my-header2: bar

set []object

HTTPHeader represents an HTTP Header name and value as defined by RFC 7230.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

type string required

Type identifies the type of filter to apply. As with other API fields, types are classified into three conformance levels:

  • Core: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Core" in this package, e.g. "RequestHeaderModifier". All implementations must support core filters.

  • Extended: Filter types and their corresponding configuration defined by "Support: Extended" in this package, e.g. "RequestMirror". Implementers are encouraged to support extended filters.

  • Implementation-specific: Filters that are defined and supported by specific vendors. In the future, filters showing convergence in behavior across multiple implementations will be considered for inclusion in extended or core conformance levels. Filter-specific configuration for such filters is specified using the ExtensionRef field. Type should be set to "ExtensionRef" for custom filters.

Implementers are encouraged to define custom implementation types to extend the core API with implementation-specific behavior.

If a reference to a custom filter type cannot be resolved, the filter MUST NOT be skipped. Instead, requests that would have been processed by that filter MUST receive a HTTP error response.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

urlRewrite object

URLRewrite defines a schema for a filter that modifies a request during forwarding.

Support: Extended

hostname string

Hostname is the value to be used to replace the Host header value during forwarding.

Support: Extended

path object

Path defines a path rewrite.

Support: Extended

replaceFullPath string

ReplaceFullPath specifies the value with which to replace the full path of a request during a rewrite or redirect.

replacePrefixMatch string

ReplacePrefixMatch specifies the value with which to replace the prefix match of a request during a rewrite or redirect. For example, a request to "/foo/bar" with a prefix match of "/foo" and a ReplacePrefixMatch of "/xyz" would be modified to "/xyz/bar".

Note that this matches the behavior of the PathPrefix match type. This matches full path elements. A path element refers to the list of labels in the path split by the / separator. When specified, a trailing / is ignored. For example, the paths /abc, /abc/, and /abc/def would all match the prefix /abc, but the path /abcd would not.

ReplacePrefixMatch is only compatible with a PathPrefix HTTPRouteMatch. Using any other HTTPRouteMatch type on the same HTTPRouteRule will result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False.

Request Path | Prefix Match | Replace Prefix | Modified Path

type string required

Type defines the type of path modifier. Additional types may be added in a future release of the API.

Note that values may be added to this enum, implementations must ensure that unknown values will not cause a crash.

Unknown values here must result in the implementation setting the Accepted Condition for the Route to status: False, with a Reason of UnsupportedValue.

matches []object

HTTPRouteMatch defines the predicate used to match requests to a given action. Multiple match types are ANDed together, i.e. the match will evaluate to true only if all conditions are satisfied.

For example, the match below will match a HTTP request only if its path starts with /foo AND it contains the version: v1 header:

match:

	path:
	  value: "/foo"
	headers:
	- name: "version"
	  value "v1"

headers []object

HTTPHeaderMatch describes how to select a HTTP route by matching HTTP request headers.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP Header to be matched. Name matching MUST be case-insensitive. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.2).

If multiple entries specify equivalent header names, only the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent header name MUST be ignored. Due to the case-insensitivity of header names, "foo" and "Foo" are considered equivalent.

When a header is repeated in an HTTP request, it is implementation-specific behavior as to how this is represented. Generally, proxies should follow the guidance from the RFC: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230.html#section-3.2.2 regarding processing a repeated header, with special handling for "Set-Cookie".

type string

Type specifies how to match against the value of the header.

Support: Core (Exact)

Support: Implementation-specific (RegularExpression)

Since RegularExpression HeaderMatchType has implementation-specific conformance, implementations can support POSIX, PCRE or any other dialects of regular expressions. Please read the implementation's documentation to determine the supported dialect.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP Header to be matched.

method string

Method specifies HTTP method matcher. When specified, this route will be matched only if the request has the specified method.

Support: Extended

path object

Path specifies a HTTP request path matcher. If this field is not specified, a default prefix match on the "/" path is provided.

type string

Type specifies how to match against the path Value.

Support: Core (Exact, PathPrefix)

Support: Implementation-specific (RegularExpression)

value string

Value of the HTTP path to match against.

queryParams []object

HTTPQueryParamMatch describes how to select a HTTP route by matching HTTP query parameters.

name string required

Name is the name of the HTTP query param to be matched. This must be an exact string match. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.7.3).

If multiple entries specify equivalent query param names, only the first entry with an equivalent name MUST be considered for a match. Subsequent entries with an equivalent query param name MUST be ignored.

If a query param is repeated in an HTTP request, the behavior is purposely left undefined, since different data planes have different capabilities. However, it is recommended that implementations should match against the first value of the param if the data plane supports it, as this behavior is expected in other load balancing contexts outside of the Gateway API.

Users SHOULD NOT route traffic based on repeated query params to guard themselves against potential differences in the implementations.

type string

Type specifies how to match against the value of the query parameter.

Support: Extended (Exact)

Support: Implementation-specific (RegularExpression)

Since RegularExpression QueryParamMatchType has Implementation-specific conformance, implementations can support POSIX, PCRE or any other dialects of regular expressions. Please read the implementation's documentation to determine the supported dialect.

value string required

Value is the value of HTTP query param to be matched.

name string

Name is the name of the route rule. This name MUST be unique within a Route if it is set.

Support: Extended

timeouts object

Timeouts defines the timeouts that can be configured for an HTTP request.

Support: Extended

backendRequest string

BackendRequest specifies a timeout for an individual request from the gateway to a backend. This covers the time from when the request first starts being sent from the gateway to when the full response has been received from the backend.

Setting a timeout to the zero duration (e.g. "0s") SHOULD disable the timeout completely. Implementations that cannot completely disable the timeout MUST instead interpret the zero duration as the longest possible value to which the timeout can be set.

An entire client HTTP transaction with a gateway, covered by the Request timeout, may result in more than one call from the gateway to the destination backend, for example, if automatic retries are supported.

The value of BackendRequest must be a Gateway API Duration string as defined by GEP-2257. When this field is unspecified, its behavior is implementation-specific; when specified, the value of BackendRequest must be no more than the value of the Request timeout (since the Request timeout encompasses the BackendRequest timeout).

Support: Extended

request string

Request specifies the maximum duration for a gateway to respond to an HTTP request. If the gateway has not been able to respond before this deadline is met, the gateway MUST return a timeout error.

For example, setting the rules.timeouts.request field to the value 10s in an HTTPRoute will cause a timeout if a client request is taking longer than 10 seconds to complete.

Setting a timeout to the zero duration (e.g. "0s") SHOULD disable the timeout completely. Implementations that cannot completely disable the timeout MUST instead interpret the zero duration as the longest possible value to which the timeout can be set.

This timeout is intended to cover as close to the whole request-response transaction as possible although an implementation MAY choose to start the timeout after the entire request stream has been received instead of immediately after the transaction is initiated by the client.

The value of Request is a Gateway API Duration string as defined by GEP-2257. When this field is unspecified, request timeout behavior is implementation-specific.

Support: Extended

status object

Status defines the current state of HTTPRoute.

parents []object required

RouteParentStatus describes the status of a route with respect to an associated Parent.

conditions []object required

Condition contains details for one aspect of the current state of this API Resource.

lastTransitionTime string required

lastTransitionTime is the last time the condition transitioned from one status to another. This should be when the underlying condition changed. If that is not known, then using the time when the API field changed is acceptable.

message string required

message is a human readable message indicating details about the transition. This may be an empty string.

observedGeneration integer

observedGeneration represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.conditions[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current state of the instance.

reason string required

reason contains a programmatic identifier indicating the reason for the condition's last transition. Producers of specific condition types may define expected values and meanings for this field, and whether the values are considered a guaranteed API. The value should be a CamelCase string. This field may not be empty.

status string required

status of the condition, one of True, False, Unknown.

type string required

type of condition in CamelCase or in foo.example.com/CamelCase.

controllerName string required

ControllerName is a domain/path string that indicates the name of the controller that wrote this status. This corresponds with the controllerName field on GatewayClass.

Example: "example.net/gateway-controller".

The format of this field is DOMAIN "/" PATH, where DOMAIN and PATH are valid Kubernetes names (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names).

Controllers MUST populate this field when writing status. Controllers should ensure that entries to status populated with their ControllerName are cleaned up when they are no longer necessary.

parentRef object required

ParentRef corresponds with a ParentRef in the spec that this RouteParentStatus struct describes the status of.

group string

Group is the group of the referent. When unspecified, "gateway.networking.k8s.io" is inferred. To set the core API group (such as for a "Service" kind referent), Group must be explicitly set to "" (empty string).

Support: Core

kind string

Kind is kind of the referent.

There are two kinds of parent resources with "Core" support:

  • Gateway (Gateway conformance profile)
  • Service (Mesh conformance profile, ClusterIP Services only)

Support for other resources is Implementation-Specific.

name string required

Name is the name of the referent.

Support: Core

namespace string

Namespace is the namespace of the referent. When unspecified, this refers to the local namespace of the Route.

Note that there are specific rules for ParentRefs which cross namespace boundaries. Cross-namespace references are only valid if they are explicitly allowed by something in the namespace they are referring to. For example: Gateway has the AllowedRoutes field, and ReferenceGrant provides a generic way to enable any other kind of cross-namespace reference.

Support: Core

port integer

Port is the network port this Route targets. It can be interpreted differently based on the type of parent resource.

When the parent resource is a Gateway, this targets all listeners listening on the specified port that also support this kind of Route(and select this Route). It's not recommended to set Port unless the networking behaviors specified in a Route must apply to a specific port as opposed to a listener(s) whose port(s) may be changed. When both Port and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support other parent resources. Implementations supporting other types of parent resources MUST clearly document how/if Port is interpreted.

For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful as long as the parent resource accepts it partially. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Extended

sectionName string

SectionName is the name of a section within the target resource. In the following resources, SectionName is interpreted as the following:

  • Gateway: Listener name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.
  • Service: Port name. When both Port (experimental) and SectionName are specified, the name and port of the selected listener must match both specified values.

Implementations MAY choose to support attaching Routes to other resources. If that is the case, they MUST clearly document how SectionName is interpreted.

When unspecified (empty string), this will reference the entire resource. For the purpose of status, an attachment is considered successful if at least one section in the parent resource accepts it. For example, Gateway listeners can restrict which Routes can attach to them by Route kind, namespace, or hostname. If 1 of 2 Gateway listeners accept attachment from the referencing Route, the Route MUST be considered successfully attached. If no Gateway listeners accept attachment from this Route, the Route MUST be considered detached from the Gateway.

Support: Core