In the previous tutorial, we deployed Nginx Gateway Fabric and configured HTTP routing to expose internal services through the Kubernetes Gateway API. While functional for development, production deployments require TLS encryption to secure traffic between clients and the gateway.
This tutorial extends our existing setup by adding TLS termination at the gateway and implementing automatic HTTP to HTTPS redirection. By the end, you’ll have a production-ready configuration that encrypts all client traffic.
Prerequisites
This tutorial assumes…

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