Kubernetes Ingress Gateway Evaluation Checklist Form
Complete this checklist to evaluate all critical aspects of a Kubernetes Ingress Gateway. Use the checklist, ratings, and notes to provide a comprehensive assessment.
Readiness: Is the ingress gateway deployment healthy and available?
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Pods are running and ready
Endpoints are reachable
Liveness/readiness probes configured
Configuration Completeness: Are key configuration settings present?
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IngressClass specified
TLS/SSL configured
Proper resource limits set
Annotations used as needed
Security Features: Rate the level of security controls in place.
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Poor
1
2
3
4
Excellent
5
1 is Poor, 5 is Excellent
Traffic Management: How well does the gateway handle routing and load balancing?
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1
2
3
4
5
Observability: Are monitoring and logging integrated?
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Metrics exported (Prometheus, etc.)
Access logs enabled
Alerting configured
Compatibility: Which Kubernetes versions are supported?
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1.22 or earlier
1.23–1.25
1.26 or newer
Other
Supported Protocols: Select all that apply.
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HTTP
HTTPS
gRPC
WebSocket
Other
Feature Evaluation Matrix
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Rows
Not Implemented
Partially Implemented
Fully Implemented
Path-based routing
1
2
3
Host-based routing
4
5
6
Rate limiting
7
8
9
API gateway integration
10
11
12
Extensibility: Are custom plugins or extensions supported?
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Yes
No
Planned
Additional Comments or Notes
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