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Microservices Engine:Manage service sources

Last Updated:Mar 11, 2026

A service source connects a cloud-native gateway to your backend services. After you add a service source, such as a Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) cluster, the gateway automatically discovers the services registered in that source and routes traffic to them.

You can modify or delete service sources to update how the gateway connects to your backend services.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have:

  • A cloud-native gateway created in MSE

  • At least one service source added to the gateway

  • Permissions to manage the gateway

Modify a service source

You can modify only ACK service sources that have Ingress resource listening configurations. Other service source types do not support modification. To change a non-ACK service source, delete it and add a new one.

  1. Log on to the MSE console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cloud-native Gateway > Gateways. In the top navigation bar, select a region.

  3. On the Gateways page, click the name of the gateway.

  4. In the left-side navigation pane, click Routes. On the page that appears, click the Sources tab.

  5. Find the target service source and click Edit in the Actions column.

  6. In the Edit Source panel, modify the related parameters as needed, and then click OK.

Delete a service source

Before you delete a service source, make sure that no active routes rely on the services discovered from that source.

  1. Log on to the MSE console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cloud-native Gateway > Gateways. In the top navigation bar, select a region.

  3. On the Gateways page, click the name of the gateway.

  4. In the left-side navigation pane, click Routes. On the page that appears, click the Sources tab.

  5. Find the target service source and click Delete in the Actions column.

  6. In the Delete message, click OK.