Tech riderRev. 21 Sept 2026
N42 Gateway
- 1Runs onLinux, self-hosted
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
- 3Ingress API modelboth
- 4TLS automationYes
- 5Canary routingYes
- 6Rate limitingYes
- 7Web application firewallYes
- 8Auth policiesYes
7 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: github.com
Overview
N42 Gateway is ranked #12 of 27 in Kubernetes ingress controllers on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted.
Compared on Kubernetes ingress controllers
- Ingress API model
- bothgithub.com
- TLS automation
- Yesgithub.com
- Canary routing
- Yesgithub.com
- Rate limiting
- Yesgithub.com
- Web application firewall
- Yesgithub.com
- Auth policies
- Yesgithub.com
- Deployment model
- self-hostedgithub.com
Facts
- Purpose
- N42 Gateway is a Kubernetes Ingress and Gateway API controller that configures HAProxy to route external requests to applications inside the cluster.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Dynamic updates
- It reads routing configuration from Kubernetes resources and applies cluster updates to HAProxy on the fly.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Load balancer
- The project describes N42 Gateway as built on the HAProxy load balancer.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- The maker says N42 Gateway has more than 200 configuration options for Ingress and Gateway API resources.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Configuration sources
- Configuration can be set globally through ConfigMaps, per IngressClass through a linked ConfigMap, per Ingress, and per backend through Service annotations.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Scale
- The documentation says there is no hard limit to the number of Ingresses or Services and reports clusters with tens of thousands working smoothly and fast.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- TLS and certificates
- Configuration options include TLS settings, client certificate authentication, secure TLS connections to backends, and ACME certificate management.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The maker documents installation with Helm into a running Kubernetes cluster and requires cluster administrative privileges for installation.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Platform and prerequisites
- The documented v0.16 release requires Kubernetes 1.21 or newer and the maker lists Minikube, kind, k3s, k3d, and Colima as supported local Kubernetes environments.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can ask questions in the #n42-gateway Kubernetes Slack channel and GitHub Discussions.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project as licensed under Apache-2.0.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Use case
- The maker presents N42 Gateway for exposing services running in Kubernetes clusters to external networks.n42-gateway.github.io · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- github.com/n42-gateway/n42-gateway· checked 4 Oct 2026
- n42-gateway.github.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
- n42-gateway.github.io/docs/configuration/keys/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- n42-gateway.github.io/docs/getting-started/· checked 4 Oct 2026