In Kubernetes, an Ingress is an object that allows access to your Kubernetes services from outside the Kubernetes cluster. You configure access by creating a collection of rules that define which inbound connections reach which services. This lets you consolidate your routing rules into a single resource.

What is an ingress resource?

In Kubernetes, an Ingress is an object that allows access to your Kubernetes services from outside the Kubernetes cluster. You configure access by creating a collection of rules that define which inbound connections reach which services. This lets you consolidate your routing rules into a single resource.

Why do we need ingress?

Ingress is capable to provide Load Balancing, SSL termination, and name-based virtual hosting. Ingress capabilities allows to securely expose multiple API’s or Applications from a single domain name.