Overview

F5 NGINX Gateway Fabric is a comprehensive solution designed to optimize, scale, and secure applications within Kubernetes environments. It leverages the proven high-performance NGINX data plane to provide fast, reliable, and secure connectivity for Kubernetes apps. This product is part of the F5 NGINX One suite and is built to simplify and streamline Kubernetes management across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Features and Benefits

Unified Application Delivery Fabric

• Combines the most popular Ingress controller and service mesh use cases into one tool.
• Reduces complexity and improves availability, security, and visibility at scale. Self-Service Governance
• Simplifies Kubernetes management with a unified data and control plane.
• Reduces tool sprawl and complexity across hybrid and multicloud environments. Advanced Use Cases
• Supports blue-green and canary deployments, A/B testing, and request/response manipulation out of the box. Built-In Extensibility
• Provides an annotation-free extensibility model with extension points and policy attachments.
• Delivers advanced NGINX data plane features not supported by the API itself. Seamless Ecosystem Integration
• Integrates with Kubernetes-native tools and processes like Prometheus and Grafana.
• Enhances observability with granular, real-time, and historical metrics and dashboards. Role-Based API Model
• Facilitates governance and management for multi-tenant teams.
• Ensures reliable app connections with easy governance and optimization. Future-Proof Connectivity
• Architected to support both north-south and east-west Kubernetes app and service connectivity.
• Provides high configuration compatibility and portability for easier migration. Improved Observability
• Offers detailed metrics and dashboards for better insight into system performance.
• Enhances visibility into application behavior and performance.