Migrate from Istio Ingress to Envoy Gateway
Consolidate Istio Ingress Gateway workloads onto Envoy Gateway — the same Envoy data plane, purpose-built for ingress.
Why teams leave Istio Ingress
Purpose-built ingress
Envoy Gateway is designed as a standalone gateway, not a mesh ingress component.
Gateway API native
First-class Kubernetes Gateway API support without mesh-specific CRDs.
Simpler operations
Decouple ingress lifecycle from service mesh upgrades and configuration.
Enterprise plugin parity
IMESH plugins bring the enterprise integrations Istio Ingress lacks out of the box.
The migration path
Assess & inventory
Catalog Istio Gateway and VirtualService resources currently in use.
Map configuration
Translate Gateway/VirtualService definitions into Envoy Gateway HTTPRoutes.
Pilot & validate
Run Envoy Gateway alongside Istio Ingress to validate routing behavior.
Cutover & decommission
Redirect ingress traffic to Envoy Gateway and retire the Istio Ingress Gateway.
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