traefik/docs/content/routing/providers/kubernetes-ingress.md

Traefik & Kubernetes

The Kubernetes Ingress Controller. {: .subtitle }

Routing Configuration

The provider then watches for incoming ingresses events, such as the example below, and derives the corresponding dynamic configuration from it, which in turn will create the resulting routers, services, handlers, etc.

kind: Ingress
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: foo
  namespace: production

spec:
  rules:
  - host: foo.com
    http:
      paths:
      - path: /bar
        backend:
          serviceName: service1
          servicePort: 80
      - path: /foo
        backend:
          serviceName: service1
          servicePort: 80

  tls:
  - secretName: mySecret

Annotations

??? example

```yaml tab="Ingress"
kind: Ingress
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: foo
  namespace: production
  annotations:
    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: web

spec:
  rules:
  - host: foo.com
    http:
      paths:
      - path: /bar
        backend:
          serviceName: service1
          servicePort: 80
      - path: /foo
        backend:
          serviceName: service1
          servicePort: 80
```

```yaml tab="Service"
kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: service1
  namespace: testing
  annotations:
    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.passhostheader: "false"

spec:
  ports:
  - port: 80
  clusterIp: 10.0.0.1
```

On Ingress

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints"

See [entry points](../routers/index.md#entrypoints) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: ep1,ep2
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.middlewares"

See [middlewares](../routers/index.md#middlewares) and [middlewares overview](../../middlewares/overview.md) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.middlewares: auth@file,prefix@kuberntes-crd,cb@file
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.priority"

See [priority](../routers/index.md#priority) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.priority: "42"
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.pathmatcher"

Overrides the default router rule type used for a path.  
Only path-related matcher name can be specified: `Path`, `PathPrefix`.

Default `PathPrefix`

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.pathmatcher: Path
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls"

See [tls](../routers/index.md#tls) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls: "true"
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.certresolver"

See [certResolver](../routers/index.md#certresolver) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.certresolver: myresolver
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.domains.n.main"

See [domains](../routers/index.md#domains) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.domains.0.main: foobar.com
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.domains.n.sans"

See [domains](../routers/index.md#domains) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.domains.0.sans: test.foobar.com,dev.foobar.com
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.options"

See [options](../routers/index.md#options) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls.options: foobar
```

On Service

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.serversscheme"

Overrides the default scheme.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.serversscheme: h2c
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.passhostheader"

See [pass Host header](../services/index.md#pass-host-header) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.passhostheader: "true"
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky"

See [sticky sessions](../services/index.md#sticky-sessions) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky: "true"
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky.cookie.httponly"

See [sticky sessions](../services/index.md#sticky-sessions) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky.cookie.httponly: "true"
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky.cookie.name"

See [sticky sessions](../services/index.md#sticky-sessions) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky.cookie.name: foobar
```

??? info "traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky.cookie.secure"

See [sticky sessions](../services/index.md#sticky-sessions) for more information.

```yaml
traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.sticky.cookie.secure: "true"
```

TLS

Communication Between Traefik and Pods

Traefik automatically requests endpoint information based on the service provided in the ingress spec. Although Traefik will connect directly to the endpoints (pods), it still checks the service port to see if TLS communication is required.

There are 3 ways to configure Traefik to use https to communicate with pods:

1. If the service port defined in the ingress spec is 443 (note that you can still use targetPort to use a different port on your pod).
2. If the service port defined in the ingress spec has a name that starts with https (such as https-api, https-web or just https).
3. If the ingress spec includes the annotation traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/service.serversscheme: https.

If either of those configuration options exist, then the backend communication protocol is assumed to be TLS, and will connect via TLS automatically.

!!! info

Please note that by enabling TLS communication between traefik and your pods,
you will have to have trusted certificates that have the proper trust chain and IP subject name.
If this is not an option, you may need to skip TLS certificate verification.
See the [insecureSkipVerify](../../routing/overview.md#insecureskipverify) setting for more details.

Certificates Management

??? example "Using a secret"

```yaml tab="Ingress"
kind: Ingress
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: foo
  namespace: production

spec:
  rules:
  - host: foo.com
    http:
      paths:
      - path: /bar
        backend:
          serviceName: service1
          servicePort: 80

  tls:
  - secretName: supersecret
```
  
```yaml tab="Secret"
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: supersecret

data:
  tls.crt: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCi0tLS0tRU5EIENFUlRJRklDQVRFLS0tLS0=
  tls.key: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQUklWQVRFIEtFWS0tLS0tCi0tLS0tRU5EIFBSSVZBVEUgS0VZLS0tLS0=
```

TLS certificates can be managed in Secrets objects.

!!! info

Only TLS certificates provided by users can be stored in Kubernetes Secrets.
[Let's Encrypt](../../https/acme.md) certificates cannot be managed in Kubernetes Secrets yet.

Global Default Backend Ingresses

Ingresses can be created that look like the following:

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
 name: cheese

spec:
 backend:
   serviceName: stilton
   servicePort: 80

This ingress follows the Global Default Backend property of ingresses. This will allow users to create a "default router" that will match all unmatched requests.

!!! info

Due to Traefik's use of priorities, you may have to set this ingress priority lower than other ingresses in your environment,
to avoid this global ingress from satisfying requests that could match other ingresses.

To do this, use the `traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.priority` annotation (as seen in [Annotations on Ingress](#on-ingress)) on your ingresses accordingly.