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N42 Gateway
On the record
- Community support
- The project points users to the #n42-gateway channel on Kubernetes Slack and to GitHub Discussions for announcements and questions.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- The project says it offers 200+ configuration options for Ingress and Gateway API resources.n42-gateway.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Configuration sources
- Configuration can be set globally through ConfigMaps, per IngressClass through a linked ConfigMap, per Ingress, and per backend through Service annotations.n42-gateway.github.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The project documents building a Docker image and deploying it with Helm.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Dynamic updates
- It reads routing configuration from Kubernetes resources and applies cluster updates to HAProxy on the fly.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- HAProxy
- The project describes itself as powered by the HAProxy load balancer.n42-gateway.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The maker documents installation with Helm into a running Kubernetes cluster and requires cluster administrative privileges for installation.n42-gateway.github.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository lists the Apache-2.0 license.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Live updates
- Changes made to Kubernetes routing configuration are applied to HAProxy on the fly.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Load balancer
- The project describes N42 Gateway as built on the HAProxy load balancer.n42-gateway.github.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Local development requirements
- The README lists Go and HAProxy compiled with OpenSSL and Lua support as local build and run dependencies.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Platform and prerequisites
- The documented v0.16 release requires Kubernetes 1.21 or newer and the maker lists Minikube, kind, k3s, k3d, and Colima as supported local Kubernetes environments.n42-gateway.github.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Production history
- The project says it has been built for production since 2017.n42-gateway.github.io · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- N42 Gateway is a Kubernetes Ingress and Gateway API controller that configures HAProxy to route external requests to in-cluster applications.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Release maturity
- The README says alpha and snapshot development versions have major changes with few tests and are usually not recommended for production.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Scale
- The documentation says there is no hard limit to the number of Ingresses or Services and reports clusters with tens of thousands working smoothly and fast.n42-gateway.github.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can ask questions in the #n42-gateway Kubernetes Slack channel and GitHub Discussions.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Supported HAProxy
- For v0.16, the README lists embedded HAProxy 2.8 and requires HAProxy 2.4 or later when using an external HAProxy instance.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
