ingress-nginx VS apisix-ingress-controller

Compare ingress-nginx vs apisix-ingress-controller and see what are their differences.

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ingress-nginx apisix-ingress-controller
203 33
16,638 944
1.5% 1.4%
9.6 8.7
7 days ago 2 days ago
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Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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ingress-nginx

Posts with mentions or reviews of ingress-nginx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-08.

apisix-ingress-controller

Posts with mentions or reviews of apisix-ingress-controller. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-08.
  • Apache APISIX: A dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2024
  • Implementing the Idempotency-Key specification on Apache APISIX
    1 project | dev.to | 11 Apr 2024
    This post shows how to implement it with Apache APISIX.
  • 3 Tips for Deploying APISIX in Kubernetes (Part 1)
    1 project | dev.to | 14 Mar 2024
    APISIX Ingress Controller is a tool focused on API management, offering high performance and flexible configuration options. If you require more complex routing rules, rate limiting, circuit breaking, and other advanced features, APISIX Ingress Controller may be a better choice. It provides a rich plugin system, allowing integration of plugins through APISIX Ingress CRD using declarative configuration to handle authentication, authorization, monitoring, logging, and other functionalities. This enriches the capabilities of APISIX Ingress Controller and simplifies configuration.
  • Hardening Apache APISIX with the OWASP's Coraza and Core Ruleset
    6 projects | dev.to | 8 Feb 2024
    In this post, I'd like to describe how to fix some of them via the Apache APISIX API Gateway.
  • Mastering APISIX Health Checks: Active and Passive Monitoring Strategies
    1 project | dev.to | 11 Jan 2024
    In the era of digitization, the availability and stability of services are crucial for the success of enterprises. As a key component of microservices architecture, the API gateway plays a significant role. APISIX, an open-source API gateway platform, ensures the continuity and stability of services through its health check mechanism.
  • 2023 in retrospective
    1 project | dev.to | 11 Jan 2024
    Next February will mark the two-year milestone that I'm working for: API7.ai on Apache APISIX. I'm still very pleased about both. It allows me to do things I like a lot, such as writing posts and giving talks.
  • Five Apache projects you probably didn't know about
    8 projects | dev.to | 21 Dec 2023
    In early 2021, I started to work on the Apache APISIX project. I have to admit that I had never heard about it before. In this post, I'd like to introduce some Apache projects that are less well-known than HTTPD or Kafka.
  • Apache APISIX plugin priority, a leaky abstraction?
    2 projects | dev.to | 14 Dec 2023
    Apache APISIX is an API Gateway, which builds upon the OpenResty reverse-proxy to offer a plugin-based architecture. The main benefit of such an architecture is that it brings structure to the configuration of routes. It's a help at scale, when managing hundreds or thousands of routes.
  • Building a starter pack for an API-as-a-Service
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Nov 2023
  • 10 Common API Resilience Design Patterns with API Gateway
    1 project | dev.to | 9 Nov 2023
    API resilience is about building robust APIs that can withstand a variety of challenges, ensuring that they continue to function effectively. API Gateways play a key role in this, acting as the entry point for external requests and managing the communication between different services by taking into account common API resilience patterns. One of the popular open-source API Gateways, Apache APISIX, provides a variety of features to enhance the resilience and robustness of APIs. In this article, we will explore 10 common API resilience design patterns and how they can be implemented using APISIX.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ingress-nginx and apisix-ingress-controller you can also consider the following projects:

traefik - The Cloud Native Application Proxy

envoy - Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy

emissary - open source Kubernetes-native API gateway for microservices built on the Envoy Proxy

metallb - A network load-balancer implementation for Kubernetes using standard routing protocols

IngressMonitorController - A Kubernetes controller to watch ingresses and create liveness alerts for your apps/microservices in UptimeRobot, StatusCake, Pingdom, etc. – [✩Star] if you're using it!

cilium-cli - CLI to install, manage & troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters running Cilium

apisix - The Cloud-Native API Gateway

haproxy-ingress - HAProxy Ingress

ingress-merge - Merge Ingress Controller for Kubernetes

application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress - This is an ingress controller that can be run on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to allow an Azure Application Gateway to act as the ingress for an AKS cluster.