k8s: Experimenting with Gateway API using kind
Kubernetes Official Blog
2026-01-28
This guide shows how to run a local experimental Gateway API environment using kind and cloud-provider-kind. It walks through creating a kind cluster, running cloud-provider-kind (which provides a LoadBalancer and a Gateway API controller and CRDs), deploying a Gateway and an HTTPRoute, deploying a demo echo application, testing with curl, troubleshooting common issues, and cleaning up. The setup is intended for learning and testing only — not production.