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pgossa
pgossa

Reputation: 275

Is it necessary to set up a reverse proxy in front of a kubernetes cluster?

I have set up a kubernetes cluster using kubeadm on a server, which is using an ingress controller (nginx) and this is working as intended. However, I used to deploy a nginx reverse proxy when I was using docker and to forward traffic to the containers. I have read that the ingress controller embarks a reverse proxy but I am not sure if it is sufficient and how to configure it (like IP ban when too many requests are sent in 1 s, ...).

I am aware that it can be done by modifying the port of the cluster and forwarding the traffic from the reverse proxy to the ingress controller but I don't know if it has any utility.

Upvotes: -1

Views: 387

Answers (1)

Juan Enciso
Juan Enciso

Reputation: 306

If you have more control over your inbound traffic, you can test multiple ingresses, not only Nginx. It will depend on the purpose of your requirement, although Nginx supports rate-limit. I suggest test others ingresses but try to install metal-lb firstly. So you can assign a specific Loadbalancer IP for each ingress.

Upvotes: 2

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