Microservices Engine (MSE) Ingress is an API object that provides Layer-7 load balancing to manage external access to services in a Kubernetes cluster. This topic describes the advanced usage of MSE Ingress. This helps you govern Ingress traffic of clusters.
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This section provides links to different features. You can directly click the links to view the details of the features.
Canary release: Header-based canary release, Query parameter-based canary release, Cookie-based canary release, and Weight-based canary release.
Redirect: HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect, Permanent redirect, and Temporal redirect.
Header control: Request header control and Response header control
Access control based on IP address whitelists and blacklists: IP address whitelists and blacklists at the route level and IP address whitelists and blacklists at the domain name level.
Load balancing algorithms for backend services: Common load balancing algorithms and Load balancing algorithms based on consistent hashing
Configuration of a connection pool between a gateway and a backend service
TLS versions and cipher suites for communications between a client and a cloud-native gateway
Canary release
MSE Ingress allows you to configure canary releases that are based on headers, query parameters, cookies, or weights to handle complex traffic routing. You can configure canary releases by adding annotations to Ingress resource configurations. To enable the canary release feature, you must add the annotation nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
. This section describes how to use different annotations to configure different types of canary release methods.
If four types of canary release methods are all configured, MSE Ingress selects the canary release methods in the following order of precedence: Header-based canary release or query parameter-based canary release > Cookie-based canary release > Weight-based canary release.
Header-based canary release
When you configure only the
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header
annotation, requests are sent based on their headers. If theheader
is set toalways
, requests are sent to the canary version. In other cases, requests are not sent to the canary version.When you configure both the
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value and nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header
annotations, requests are sent to the canary version only if the key and value of the request header are the same as those specified by the annotations. In other cases, requests are not sent to the canary version.
NGINX Ingress and ALB Ingress support up to two versions of a service during a canary release. MSE Ingress supports more than two versions of a service during a canary release. The number of versions is not limited.
Examples:
If the request header is
mse:always
, requests are sent to the canary version demo-service-canary. In other cases, requests are sent to the base version demo-service. Sample configurations:Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" name: demo-canary spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service-canary servicePort: 80 --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" name: demo-canary spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service-canary port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact
If the request header is
mse:v1
, requests are sent to the canary version demo-service-canary-v1. If the request header ismse:v2
, requests are sent to the canary version demo-service-canary-v2. In other cases, requests are sent to the base version demo-service. Sample configurations:Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "v1" name: demo-canary-v1 spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service-canary-v1 servicePort: 80 --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "v2" name: demo-canary-v2 spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service-canary-v2 servicePort: 80 --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "v1" name: demo-canary-v1 spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service-canary-v1 port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "v2" name: demo-canary-v2 spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service-canary-v2 port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact
Query parameter-based canary release
Configure mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query
Requests are sent based on the query parameter in URLs. In URLs of requests, if the query parameter key is the same as that specified by the annotation and the query parameter value is always, requests are sent to the canary version. In other cases, requests are not sent to the canary version.
Configure both mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query-value and mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query
In URLs of requests, if the
query parameter key
and thequery parameter value
are the same as those specified by the annotations, requests are sent to the canary version. In other cases, requests are not sent to the canary version.NoteHeader-based canary release can be used together with query parameter-based canary release. Requests are sent to the canary version only if the match conditions for both the canary release methods are met.
Examples:
If the query parameter in request URLs is set to
canary:gray
, requests are sent to the canary version demo-service-canary. In other cases, requests are sent to the base version demo-service. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query: "canary"
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query-value: "gray"
name: demo-canary
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service-canary
servicePort: 80
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion:networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query: "canary"
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query-value: "gray"
name: demo-canary
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service-canary
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
If the query parameter in request URLs is set to
canary:gray
andx-user-id: test
is included in request headers, requests are sent to the canary version demo-service-canary. In other cases, requests are sent to the base version demo-service. Sample configurations:Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query: "canary" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query-value: "gray" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "x-user-id" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "test" name: demo-canary spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service-canary servicePort: 80 --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion:networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query: "canary" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-query-value: "gray" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "x-user-id" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "test" name: demo-canary spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service-canary port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact
Cookie-based canary release
If you configure the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-cookie annotation, requests are sent based on cookies. If cookie
is set to always
, requests are sent to the canary version. In other cases, requests are not sent to the canary version.
If you configure a cookie-based canary release, custom cookie values are not supported. The configured cookie
value must be always
.
For example, if the request cookie is demo=always
, requests are sent to the canary version demo-service-canary. In other cases, requests are sent to the base version demo-service. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-cookie: "demo"
name: demo-canary
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service-canary
servicePort: 80
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-cookie: "demo"
name: demo-canary
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service-canary
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
Weight-based canary release
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-weight | Specifies the percentage of requests that are sent to the canary version. The value is an integer that ranges from 0 to 100. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-weight-total | Specifies the total weight. Default value: 100. |
For example, set the weight of the canary version demo-service-canary-v1 to 30%, set the weight of the canary version demo-service-canary-v2 to 20%, and set the weight of the base version demo-service to 50%. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-weight: "30"
name: demo-canary-v1
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service-canary-v1
servicePort: 80
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-weight: "20"
name: demo-canary-v2
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service-canary-v2
servicePort: 80
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-weight: "30"
name: demo-canary-v1
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service-canary-v1
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-weight: "20"
name: demo-canary-v2
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service-canary-v2
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
CORS
Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) allows web application servers to access cross-origin resources and secures cross-origin data transmission. For more information about CORS, see Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS).
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-cors | Specifies whether to enable CORS. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-origin | Specifies the allowed third-party sites. Separate third-party sites with commas (,). Wildcards (*) are supported. Default value: *. This value indicates that all third-party sites are allowed for CORS. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-methods | Specifies the allowed request methods such as GET, POST, and PUT. Separate request methods with commas (,). Wildcards (*) are supported. Default value: GET,PUT,POST,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-headers | Specifies the allowed request headers. Separate request headers with commas (,). Wildcards (*) are supported. Default value: DNT,X-CustomHeader,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Content-Type,Authorization. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-expose-headers | Specifies the response headers that can be exposed to a browser. Separate response headers with commas (,). |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-credentials | Specifies whether credentials can be included in CORS requests. By default, credentials can be passed during CORS operations. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-max-age | Specifies the maximum period of time in which precheck results can be cached. Unit: seconds. Default value: 1728000. |
For example, configure example.com as the allowed third-party website, GET and POST as the allowed request methods, and X-Foo-Bar as the allowed request header, and disallow credential passing during CORS operations. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-cors: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-origin: "example.com"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-methods: "GET,POST"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-headers: "X-Foo-Bar"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-credentials: "false"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- path: /hello
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-cors: "true"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-origin: "example.com"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-methods: "GET,POST"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-headers: "X-Foo-Bar"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-allow-credentials: "false"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /hello
pathType: Exact
Path and host rewrite
You can perform a rewrite operation to modify the original paths and hosts in requests before the requests are forwarded to a destination backend service.
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target | Specifies the destination path for a rewrite operation. Capture groups are supported. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-vhost | Specifies the destination host for a rewrite operation. |
Path rewrite
Examples:
Before the example.com/test request is forwarded to a backend service, rewrite example.com/test as example.com/dev. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/dev" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/dev" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Before the example.com/v1/app request is forwarded to a backend service, remove the prefix /v1 from example.com/v1/app. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/$1" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /v1/(app) backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/$1" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /v1/(app) pathType: Prefix
Before the example.com/v1/app request is forwarded to a backend service, rewrite the path prefix /v1 as /v2. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/v2/$1" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /v1/(app) backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: "/v2/$1" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /v1/(app) pathType: Prefix
Host rewrite
For example, before the example.com/test request is forwarded to a backend service, rewrite example.com/test as test.com/test. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-vhost: "test.com"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-vhost: "test.com"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Redirect
Redirect is used to change an original client request to a destination request.
HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect | Specifies whether to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS requests. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/force-ssl-redirect | Specifies whether to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS requests. |
MSE Ingress does not distinguish the two annotations. Both of the two annotations are used to forcefully redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS requests.
For example, redirect the request http://example.com/test to https://example.com/test. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Permanent redirect
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect | Specifies the destination URL for a permanent redirect. The destination URL must contain the scheme, which is HTTP or HTTPS. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect-code | Specifies the HTTP status code for a permanent redirect. Default value: 301. |
For example, perform a permanent redirect from http://example.com/test to http://example.com/app. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect: "http://example.com/app"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect: "http://example.com/app"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Temporal redirect
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/temporal-redirect: specifies the destination URL for a temporal redirect. The destination URL must contain the scheme, which is HTTP or HTTPS.
For example, perform a temporal redirect from http://example.com/test to http://example.com/app. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/temporal-redirect: "http://example.com/app"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/temporal-redirect: "http://example.com/app"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Header control
Header control allows you to add, delete, or modify request headers before MSE Ingress forwards the requests to a backend service. Header control also allows you to add, delete, or modify response headers before MSE Ingress forwards the received responses to the client.
Request header control
Annotation | Recommended value |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-add | Specifies the header that is added to a request when the request is forwarded to a backend service. If the header exists, its value is concatenated after the original value. The following syntax is used:
|
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-update | Specifies the header that is modified in a request when the request is forwarded to a backend service. If the header exists, its value overwrites the original value. The following syntax is used:
|
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-remove | Specifies the header that is deleted from a request when the request is forwarded to a backend service. The following syntax is used:
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Examples:
Add the headers foo: bar and test: true to the request example.com/test. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-add: | foo bar test true name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-add: | foo bar test true name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Header control can be used with canary releases to identify the requests that are sent to the canary version. If the request header is mse: v1, the request is sent to the canary version demo-service-canary-v1 and the header stage: gray is added to the request. In other cases, the request is sent to the base version demo-service and the header stage: production is added to the request. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "v1" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-add: "stage gray" name: demo-canary-v1 spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service-canary-v1 servicePort: 80 --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-add: | foo bar test true name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /hello backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "mse" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-value: "v1" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-add: "stage gray" name: demo-canary-v1 spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service-canary-v1 port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/request-header-control-add: "stage production" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /hello pathType: Exact
Response header control
Annotation | Recommended value |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/response-header-control-add | Specifies the header that is added to a response received from a backend service before the response is forwarded to the client. If the header exists, its value is concatenated after the original value. The following syntax is used:
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mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/response-header-control-update | Specifies the header that is modified in a response received from a backend service before the response is forwarded to the client. If the header exists, its value overwrites the original value. The following syntax is used:
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mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/response-header-control-remove | Specifies the header that is deleted from a response received from a backend service before the response is forwarded to the client. The following syntax is used:
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For example, delete the header req-cost-time from the response to the request example.com/test. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/response-header-control-remove: "req-cost-time"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/response-header-control-remove: "req-cost-time"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Retry
MSE Ingress provides route-level retry settings that can be used to automatically retry error requests. You can specify the retry conditions based on your business requirements. For example, you can configure settings to retry requests when connection establishment fails, a backend service is unavailable, or a specified HTTP status code is returned.
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream-tries | Specifies the maximum number of request retries. Default value: 3. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream-timeout | Specifies the timeout period for request retries. Unit: seconds. By default, no timeout periods are configured. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream | Specifies retry conditions. Separate multiple retry conditions with commas (,). Default value:
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For example, the example/test request is available. For the request, set the maximum number of request retries to 2, set the retry timeout period to 5s, trigger retries only when the status code 502 is returned, and enable retries for non-idempotent requests. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream-tries: "2"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream-timeout: "5"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream: "http_502,non_idempotent"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream-tries: "2"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream-timeout: "5"
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-next-upstream: "http_502,non_idempotent"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Access control based on IP address whitelists and blacklists
MSE Ingress provides IP address whitelists and blacklists at the domain name and route levels. IP address whitelists and blacklists at the route level take precedence over IP address whitelists and blacklists at the domain name level.
IP address whitelists and blacklists at the route level
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range | Specifies the IP address whitelist of a specific route. IP addresses and CIDR blocks are supported. Separate IP addresses or CIDR blocks with commas (,). |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/blacklist-source-range | Specifies the IP address blacklist of a specific route. IP addresses and CIDR blocks are supported. Separate IP addresses or CIDR blocks with commas (,). |
Examples:
Allow access to example.com/test from the client IP address 1.1.xx.xx. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range: 1.1.1.1 name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range: 1.1.1.1 name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Deny access to example.com/test from the client IP address 2.2.xx.xx. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/blacklist-source-range: 2.2.2.2 name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/blacklist-source-range: 2.2.2.2 name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
IP address whitelists and blacklists at the domain name level
Annotation | Recommended value |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/domain- whitelist-source-range | Specifies the IP address whitelist of a specific domain name. IP address whitelists at the route level take precedence over IP address whitelists at the domain name level. IP addresses and CIDR blocks are supported. Separate IP addresses or CIDR blocks with commas (,). |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/domain- blacklist-source-range | Specifies the IP address blacklist of a specific domain name. IP address blacklists at the route level take precedence over IP address blacklists at the domain name level. IP addresses and CIDR blocks are supported. Separate IP addresses or CIDR blocks with commas (,). |
Examples:
Allow access to all routes of the domain name example.com from the client IP addresses 1.1.xx.xx and 2.2.xx.xx. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/domain-whitelist-source-range: 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2 name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80 - path: /app backend: serviceName: app-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/domain-whitelist-source-range: 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2 name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact - backend: service: name: app-service port: number: 80 path: /app pathType: Exact
Use IP address whitelists and blacklists at the domain name level with IP address whitelists and blacklists at the route level. Allow access to all routes of the example.com domain name from the client IP addresses 1.1.xx.xx and 2.2.xx.xx, and allow access to the example.com/order route only from the client IP address 3.3.xx.xx. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/domain-whitelist-source-range: 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2 name: demo-domain spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80 - path: /app backend: serviceName: app-service servicePort: 80 --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/domain-whitelist-source-range: 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2 name: demo-route spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /order backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/domain-whitelist-source-range: 1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2 name: demo-domain spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact - backend: service: name: app-service port: number: 80 path: /app pathType: Exact --- apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range: 3.3.3.3 name: demo-route spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /order pathType: Exact
Single-gateway throttling
MSE Ingress allows you to configure throttling policies at the route level. The throttling policies ensure that the number of requests matched on a route does not exceed the configured threshold in a specified period of time.
MSE Ingress provides throttling that is triggered when requests matched on a route access a single gateway.
Annotation | Recommended value |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-rpm | Specifies the maximum number of requests per minute (RPM) that are routed on a gateway. The burst limit for the maximum number of RPM is equal to the specified value multiplied by mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-burst-multiplier. |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-rps | Specifies the maximum number of requests per second (RPS) that are routed on a gateway. The burst limit for the maximum number of RPS is equal to the specified value multiplied by mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-burst-multiplier. |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-burst-multiplier | Specifies the multiplier of the burst limits. Default value: 5. |
Examples:
For the example.com/test request, set the maximum number of RPM to 100 and the burst limit for the maximum number of RPM to 200. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-rpm: "100" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-burst-multiplier: "2" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-rpm: "100" mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-burst-multiplier: "2" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
For the example.com/test request, set the maximum number of RPS to 10 and the burst limit for the maximum number of RPS to 50. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-rps: "10" # The default value is 5. # mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-burst-multiplier: "5" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-rps: "10" # The default value is 5. # mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/route-limit-burst-multiplier: "5" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Traffic mirroring
You can configure traffic mirroring to copy traffic to a specified service. Traffic mirroring is suitable for scenarios such as operational auditing and traffic testing.
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/mirror-target-service: the destination service to which copied traffic is forwarded. The service format is namespace/name:port.
namespace: the namespace where the Kubernetes service resides. This parameter is optional. The default namespace is the namespace where the Ingress gateway resides.
name: the name of the Kubernetes service. This parameter is required.
port: the Kubernetes service port to which mirrored traffic is forwarded. This parameter is optional. By default, the first port is used.
When the copied traffic is forwarded to the destination service, the -shadow suffix is automatically added to the Host header in the original request.
For example, the traffic of example.com/test is copied and forwarded to the destination service test/app:8080.
In this example, the value of the Host header is automatically changed to example.com-shadow when the copied traffic is forwarded to the destination service.
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/mirror-target-service: test/app:8080
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/mirror-target-service: test/app:8080
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Backend service protocols: HTTPS and gRPC
By default, MSE Ingress uses HTTP to forward requests to backend service containers. If your backend service container uses HTTPS, you can use the annotation nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS"
to forward requests to your backend service container. If your backend service container uses gRPC, you can use the annotation nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "GRPC"
to forward requests to your backend service container.
If gRPC or HTTP/2 is specified for name in ports of the resource configuration for the Kubernetes service to which your backend service belongs, MSE Ingress automatically uses the gRPC or HTTP/2 protocol to forward requests to your backend service container. You do not need to configure the annotation nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "GRPC"
. This implementation is different from that in NGINX Ingress.
Examples:
Use HTTPS to forward the example/test request to a backend service. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: / pathType: Exact
Use gRPC to forward the example/test request to a backend service. The following methods can be used:
Method 1: Use annotations. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "GRPC" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "GRPC" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Method 2: Use spec > ports > name in Ingress resource configurations. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80 --- apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: demo-service spec: ports: - name: grpc port: 80 protocol: TCP selector: app: demo-service
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /order pathType: Exact --- apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: demo-service spec: ports: - name: grpc port: 80 protocol: TCP selector: app: demo-service
Load balancing algorithms for backend services
Load balancing algorithms determine how to select nodes when a gateway forwards requests to backend services.
Common load balancing algorithms
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/load-balance: specifies the common load balancing algorithm that is used by a backend service. Default value: round_robin. Valid values:
round_robin: load balancing based on round robin.
least_conn: load balancing based on least connections.
random: randomized load balancing.
Cloud-native gateways do not support the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) algorithm. If you configure the EWMA algorithm, the algorithm is rolled back to the round robin load balancing algorithm.
For example, configure the least connection load balancing algorithm for the demo-service backend service. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/load-balance: "least_conn"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/load-balance: "least_conn"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /order
pathType: Exact
Load balancing algorithms based on consistent hashing
The load balancing algorithm based on consistent hashing has request affinity. Requests that have the same characteristics are always distributed to the same node. MSE Ingress can use NGINX variables, request headers, and request path parameters as hash keys.
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: specifies the load balancing algorithm based on consistent hashing. Cloud-native gateways support the following types of consistent hashing:
Consistent hashing based on NGINX variables:
$request_uri: the request path, which is used as the hash key. Path parameters are included.
$host: the request host, which is used as the hash key.
$remote_addr: the client IP address, which is used as the hash key.
Consistent hashing based on request headers. You need only to configure $http_headerName.
Consistent hashing based on request path parameters. You need only to configure $arg_varName.
Examples:
Use a client IP address for requests as the hash key. Requests from the client IP address are always distributed to the same node. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$remote_addr" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$remote_addr" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Use the request header X-Stage as the hash key, and distribute requests with the same value of the request header X-Stage to the same node. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$http_x-stage" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$http_x-stage" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Use the request path parameter X-Stage as the hash key, and distribute requests with the same value of the request path parameter X-Stage to the same node. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$arg_x-stage" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-hash-by: "$arg_x-stage" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Service prefetching (graceful start)
The service prefetching feature allows traffic to gradually increase in a specified service prefetching window when a new node is released. This ensures that the node is completely prefetched.
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/warmup: specifies the period of time in which services are prefetched. Unit: seconds. By default, the service prefetching feature is not enabled.
Service prefetching depends on the selected load balancing algorithm. Only the load balancing algorithms based on round robin and least connections are supported.
For example, enable the service prefetching feature for the backend service demo-service and set the prefetching time window to 30 seconds. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/warmup: "30"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/warmup: "30"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
Cookie affinity (session persistence)
Requests with the same cookie are always distributed to the same node on a cloud-native gateway. If the client sends the first request with a cookie to the gateway, MSE Ingress returns a response that contains a cookie generated for the client. The generated cookie is used to ensure that subsequent requests are always distributed to the same node of the gateway.
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity | Specifies the affinity type. The default and only valid value is cookie. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity-mode | Specifies the affinity mode. The default and only valid value is balanced. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name | Specifies the name of the cookie that is used as the hash key. Default value: INGRESSCOOKIE. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-path | Specifies the path of the cookie that is generated if the specified cookie does not exist. Default value: /. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-max-age | Specifies the expiration time of the cookie that is generated when the specified cookie does not exist. Unit: seconds. By default, this annotation is specified at the session level. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-expires | Specifies the expiration time of the cookie that is generated when the specified cookie does not exist. Unit: seconds. By default, this annotation is specified at the session level. |
Examples:
Enable cookie affinity and use the default configuration of MSE Ingress. Set the cookie name to INGRESSCOOKIE, set the path to /, and configure the lifecycle of the cookie at the session level. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity: "cookie" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity: "cookie" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Enable cookie affinity and set the cookie name to test, the path to /, and the expiration time of the cookie to 10s. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity: "cookie" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name: "test" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-max-age: "10" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /test backend: serviceName: demo-service servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity: "cookie" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name: "test" nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-max-age: "10" name: demo spec: ingressClassName: mse rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - backend: service: name: demo-service port: number: 80 path: /test pathType: Exact
Configuration of a connection pool between a gateway and a backend service
After you configure a connection pool for a specified backend service on the gateway, you can control the number of connections between the gateway and backend service. This helps prevent the backend service from being overloaded and ensures the stability and high availability of the backend service.
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-policy-tcp-max-connection: the maximum number of connections that can be established between a gateway and a backend service.
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-policy-tcp-max-connection-per-endpoint: the maximum number of connections that can be established between a gateway and a single node of a backend service.
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-policy-http-max-request-per-connection: the maximum number of requests on a single connection between a gateway and a backend service.
For example, for the backend service demo-service, you can set the maximum number of connections that can be established between a gateway and the backend service to 10, and set the maximum number of connections that can be established between a gateway and a single node of the backend service to 2.
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-policy-tcp-max-connection: 10
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-policy-tcp-max-connection-per-endpoint: 2
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-policy-tcp-max-connection: 10
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-policy-tcp-max-connection-per-endpoint: 2
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
TLS versions and cipher suites for communications between a client and a cloud-native gateway
The default earliest TLS version that is supported by MSE Ingress is TLSv1.0. The default latest TLS version is TLSv1.3. By default, the following cipher suites are used:
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA
ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
AES128-GCM-SHA256
AES128-SHA
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA
ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
AES256-GCM-SHA384
AES256-SHA
The following table describes the annotations that can be used to specify the earliest or latest TLS version and cipher suites for a specific domain name.
Annotation | Recommended value |
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/tls-min-protocol-version | Specifies the earliest version of TLS. Default value: TLSv1.0. Valid values:
|
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/tls-max-protocol-version | Specifies the latest version of TLS. Default value: TLSv1.3. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-cipher | Specifies the TLS cipher suites. You can specify multiple TLS cipher suites, which are separated by commas (,). This annotation takes effect only if a TLS version ranging from v1.0 to v1.2 is used during a TLS handshake. |
For example, the domain name example.com is available. For this domain name, set the earliest TLS version to TLSv1.2 and the latest version to TLSv1.2. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/tls-min-protocol-version: "TLSv1.2"
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/tls-max-protocol-version: "TLSv1.2"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/tls-min-protocol-version: "TLSv1.2"
mse.ingress.kubernetes.io/tls-max-protocol-version: "TLSv1.2"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact
mTLS between gateways and backend services
By default, MSE Ingress uses HTTP to forward requests to backend service containers. You can use the annotation nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS"
to allow MSE Ingress to use HTTPS to access the backend service. In this case, one-way TLS is used. MSE Ingress authenticates the certificate provided by the backend service and the certificate must be issued by a well-known certificate authority (CA). Mutual TLS (mTLS) is also allowed. If mTLS is used, the gateway and backend service perform two-way authentication. The gateway verifies whether the certificate provided by the backend service is valid and the backend service verifies whether the certificate provided by the gateway is valid.
Annotation | Recommended value |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-ssl-secret | Specifies the client certificate used by the gateway. The client certificate is used for a backend service to authenticate the gateway. The format is secretNamespace/secretName. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-ssl-name | Specifies the Server Name Indication (SNI) that is used during a TLS handshake. |
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-ssl-server-name | Specifies whether to enable or disable the SNI that is used during a TLS handshake. |
For example, perform an mTLS between a cloud-native gateway and a backend service, set secretName to gateway-cert, and set secretNamespace to default. Sample configurations:
Clusters that run Kubernetes versions earlier than 1.19
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-ssl-secret: "default/ateway-cert"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /test
backend:
serviceName: demo-service
servicePort: 80
Clusters that run Kubernetes 1.19 or later
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
annotations:
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-ssl-secret: "default/ateway-cert"
name: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: mse
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: demo-service
port:
number: 80
path: /test
pathType: Exact