# \#ingress

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## [Ingress nginx retirement](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/ingress-nginx-retirement/849)

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**Author:** [@rich](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/rich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/ingress-nginx-retirement/849 "2026-03-10T06:43:55Z")

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Hi, Currently exploring options to replace ingress nginx and at the same time k8s ingress kind with gateway api. This requirement may be achieved using a cloud vendor solution like aws load balancer controller and appli…

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## [How to forward the client IP for whitelisting policies instead of the Linkerd sidecar IP in NGINX Ingress Controller (v4.12+)?](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/how-to-forward-the-client-ip-for-whitelisting-policies-instead-of-the-linkerd-sidecar-ip-in-nginx-ingress-controller-v4-12/698)

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**Author:** [@TheusesKristus](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/TheusesKristus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/how-to-forward-the-client-ip-for-whitelisting-policies-instead-of-the-linkerd-sidecar-ip-in-nginx-ingress-controller-v4-12/698 "2025-11-20T16:27:34Z")

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Question: I’m using the NGINX Ingress Controller with Linkerd as a service mesh. I need to enforce IP whitelisting policies based on the client’s IP address, but the NGINX Ingress Controller is currently using the Linke…

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## [Best practices for avoiding excessive TLS encryption/decryption?](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/best-practices-for-avoiding-excessive-tls-encryption-decryption/291)

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**Author:** [@marc](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/marc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/best-practices-for-avoiding-excessive-tls-encryption-decryption/291 "2025-11-20T15:31:16Z")

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I’m wondering how we can avoid excessive TLS encryption/decryption, specifically in the following cases: Can an external client connect via https directly to the linkerd-proxy (bypassing Nginx-ingress TLS termination a…

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## [NGINX sticky session not working with Linkerd](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/nginx-sticky-session-not-working-with-linkerd/321)

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**Author:** [@arielzadino](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/arielzadino)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/nginx-sticky-session-not-working-with-linkerd/321 "2025-11-20T15:26:55Z")

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I installed Linkerd in a fresh GKE cluster using the following Helm Chart: “linkerd-control-plane:1.15.0” Everything works as expected apart to “session affinity” with nginx which used to work for me before starting usi…

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## [Nginx Ingress Can't enable Websocket](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/nginx-ingress-cant-enable-websocket/756)

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**Author:** [@suryanarayanam](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/suryanarayanam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/nginx-ingress-cant-enable-websocket/756 "2025-04-15T20:36:34Z")

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Team - Linkerd version - edge-25.4.1 AKS Cluster Created namespace linkerd Installed linkerd CRDs from the helm chart \[kept the default values\] Installed Linkerd from the helm chart \[kept the default values\] with in …

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## [Aws eks NLB -\> nginx ingress ( TLS ?)](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/aws-eks-nlb-nginx-ingress-tls/556)

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**Author:** [@ydastous](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/ydastous)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/aws-eks-nlb-nginx-ingress-tls/556 "2024-08-07T16:05:05Z")

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Hi, we have an aws eks setup and all our certs are taken care at the cloudfront/NLB levels, IS there a way to config the linkerd proxy for the ingress to accept connection from the NLB on port 443 (tls) and proxy it t…

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## [Linkerd\_app\_core::serve: Connection closed error=TLS](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/linkerd-app-core-connection-closed-error-tls/511)

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**Author:** [@lance](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/lance)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/linkerd-app-core-connection-closed-error-tls/511 "2024-07-10T23:33:29Z")

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We recently installed linkerd on our EKS production and staging clusters. All EKS logs are sent to Scalyr (now DataSet). There are a flood of logs coming from ingress containing " INFO ThreadId(01) inbound: linkerd\_app…

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## [Service profile for NodePort](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/service-profile-for-nodeport/437)

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**Author:** [@jennydaman](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/jennydaman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/service-profile-for-nodeport/437 "2024-04-11T03:35:27Z")

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I want to create a service profile for per-route metrics and retries for a service which is exposed via NodePort\*. Is this possible? I don’t know what to name the service. using the node’s external FQDN did not work. u…

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## [Linkred with Application gateway Ingress controller Azure](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/linkred-with-application-gateway-ingress-controller-azure/421)

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**Author:** [@saranya](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/saranya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/linkred-with-application-gateway-ingress-controller-azure/421 "2024-03-23T03:43:14Z")

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Hi Does linkred supporrt Application gateway Ingress controller Azure, As this is not mnetioned in official ingress documentation

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## [Linkerd , traefik and opaque ports](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/linkerd-traefik-and-opaque-ports/395)

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**Author:** [@navpreetsingh](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/navpreetsingh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/linkerd-traefik-and-opaque-ports/395 "2024-03-21T18:25:03Z")

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We are using linkerd stable-2.14.8 along with Traefik ingressroutes using ingress mode.(linkerd.io/inject: ingress) we had to use Traefik middleware to add l5d-dst-override header previously when on 2.13.4 version other…

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## [Latency between ServiceA and Service B](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/latency-between-servicea-and-service-b/350)

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**Author:** [@JudeMarker](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/JudeMarker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/latency-between-servicea-and-service-b/350 "2024-01-08T15:10:22Z")

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We are part way through a migration of a microservice application from Azure Service Fabric to Azure Kubernetes Service. We are also changing the connectivity from traditional HTTP to gRPC. This move to gRPC necessitates…

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## [Kong ingress controller failing](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/kong-ingress-controller-failing/338)

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**Author:** [@bobin12](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/bobin12)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/kong-ingress-controller-failing/338 "2023-12-12T09:53:48Z")

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Hello, We are using ingress as Kong ingress controller and service mesh as Linkerd. We noticed suddenly the kong ingress controller is failing to start, upon checking we can follow errors in the pod log, \[ 0.001958…

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## [How to mesh ingress on GKE](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/how-to-mesh-ingress-on-gke/237)

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**Author:** [@rogerjiang](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/rogerjiang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/how-to-mesh-ingress-on-gke/237 "2023-08-23T03:06:42Z")

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LinkerD’s documentation seems to suggest there is a way to mesh GCE ingress controller ( docs). But in our GKE setup, the built-in ingress controller does not seem to have pods. Does this mean LinkerD actually doesn’t …

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## [High Linkerd TCP Connection and timeout](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/high-linkerd-tcp-connection-and-timeout/167)

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**Author:** [@johri21](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/johri21)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/high-linkerd-tcp-connection-and-timeout/167 "2023-06-26T19:27:55Z")

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We use Linkerd as a service mesh in production, last evening one of our applications started getting a timeout. This app was called from one of our services and it used Linkerd URL for communication between the two. Serv…

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## [Meshing non-Ingress nginx pods](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/meshing-non-ingress-nginx-pods/108)

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**Author:** [@simonjefford](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/simonjefford)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/meshing-non-ingress-nginx-pods/108 "2023-05-03T19:04:14Z")

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Hi. We have a number of nginx instances running on our cluster. These are not ingress controllers, but plain ol’ nginx instances with custom configs (we are porting an application that used a number of these). They are …
