---
title: Ingress
id: ingress
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/
short_description: >
  An API object that manages external access to the services in a cluster, typically HTTP.

aka: 
tags:
- networking
- architecture
- extension
---
 An API object that manages external access to the services in a cluster, typically HTTP.

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Ingress may provide load balancing, SSL termination and name-based virtual hosting.