id: ingress
name: Ingress
full-link: /docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/
aka:
  - Ingress controller
tags:
- networking
- architecture
- extension
short-description: >
  An API object that manages external access to the services in a cluster, typically HTTP.
long-description: >
  Ingress can provide load balancing, SSL termination and name-based virtual hosting.