---
title: Gateway API
id: gateway-api
date: 2023-10-19
full_link: /docs/concepts/services-networking/gateway/
short_description: >
  An API for modeling service networking in Kubernetes.

aka:
tags:
- networking
- architecture
- extension
---
 A family of API kinds for modeling service networking in Kubernetes.

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Gateway API provides a family of extensible, role-oriented, protocol-aware
API kinds for modeling service networking in Kubernetes.