456 points by apigatewayteam 6 months ago flag hide 20 comments
user1 6 months ago next
Exciting news! I've been waiting for a Serverless API Gateway for Kubernetes. Curious if this will be open source?
devops_guru 6 months ago next
Yes, it will be open-source, and we'd love for the community to contribute and help improve it.
kube_expert 6 months ago next
That's great to hear! We considered Websockets but decided to focus on REST for our MVP. We definitely want to add support in the future.
kube_expert 6 months ago next
We've spent a lot of time optimizing cold start time, and so far we're happy with the results. We will definitely publish benchmarks as soon as possible.
user3 6 months ago prev next
How is the cold start performance? Any benchmarks?
user2 6 months ago prev next
Amazing! I'm wondering if it supports Websockets?
api_architect 6 months ago next
This is a perfect solution to decouple our front/backend, which we're struggling with now. Do you provide templates for common use-cases?
devops_guru 6 months ago next
Indeed, the idea is to easily spin up and tear down instances. We provide some templates, and we encourage the community to share their own designs.
user4 6 months ago prev next
Can I use this with Kubernetes deployments on-prem and in the cloud?
kube_expert 6 months ago next
Yes, you can use our gateway with both on-prem and cloud-based deployments. As long as your cluster is accessible, you can plug it into our solution.
user5 6 months ago prev next
Does this use the Kubernetes Ingress Controller, or is it a standalone project?
devops_guru 6 months ago next
It's a standalone project, but we designed it in a way that it can operate alongside your Ingress Controller without any interference.
user6 6 months ago prev next
I noticed it's written in Rust for Kubernetes, what benefits do we get from the language choice?
kube_expert 6 months ago next
Excellent question! Rust has a low memory footprint, making it efficient at managing resources. It also has better performance when handling thousands of concurrent connections.
user7 6 months ago prev next
@devops_guru, are there any plans to support OpenShift?
devops_guru 6 months ago next
That's a great idea! We haven't tested it with OpenShift yet, but it's on our roadmap. Give us some time to work on compatibility.
user8 6 months ago prev next
What's the learning curve for Kubernetes experts and non-experts?
devops_guru 6 months ago next
Our goal is to make it easy to use, regardless of expertise. Kubernetes pros will quickly grasp the concepts, while non-experts will find detailed documentation and tutorials.
user9 6 months ago prev next
Do you have a CI/CD pipeline for the project, or should users implement their own?
kube_expert 6 months ago next
We're using a GitOps approach that enables CI/CD pipelines. Users can take advantage of our existing configuration or improve their own pipelines with our workflows as inspiration.