A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector vs Caddy Gateway
A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector
documentation.a10networks.comCaddy Gateway
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| Figure | A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector | Caddy Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 0 |
| Spec score · Kubernetes Ingress Controllers | 7.7 (#11) | 7.2 (#17) |
| Intended users | A10 describes its application and network solutions as serving large enterprises, service providers, and cloud platforms. | Installation instructions assume users already have a Kubernetes cluster configured with components such as networking and DNS. |
| Purpose | Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC) helps provide external access to applications running in a Kubernetes cluster with Thunder ADC. | Caddy Gateway is a Kubernetes Gateway API implementation that uses Caddy as its web server. |
In their own words
A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector
A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector (TKC) monitors Kubernetes application lifecycles and updates an external Thunder ADC load balancer to route traffic. Running inside a Kubernetes cluster, it identifies a web service’s NodePort and dynamically configures Thunder ADC to load-balance traffic to Kubernetes nodes, avoiding manual network-resource provisioning. A10 describes TKC for multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud deployments, where Thunder ADC can apply consistent security and business policies across public and private clouds. Centralized traffic routing provides operations teams with application traffic and analytics visibility for troubleshooting. TKC supports Terraform and Ansible for CI/CD integration and is listed as an automated Kubernetes service-discovery option. Related Thunder ADC capabilities include Layer 4–7 load balancing, customizable health checks, aFleX scripting, TLS/SSL offloading, rate limiting and a web application firewall. TKC v2.4.2 is documented for Linux, self-hosted deployments using the ingress API model.
Caddy Gateway
Caddy Gateway has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.