# Envoy Gateway

Envoy Gateway is an open-source project that manages Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Kubernetes (Helm).

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/4671/envoy-gateway

## Description

Envoy Gateway is an open-source project that manages Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. It uses Gateway API resources to dynamically provision and configure the managed Envoy Proxies, giving platform teams a simpler path to deploying and routing traffic.

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 6 install platforms: Helm.

## Health score

74/100 (Good), based on 3 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 100 (last commit 2 days ago)
- Popular: 70 (3,070 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 25 (1 install platform, install notes)

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway
- Official website: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/
- Kubernetes (Helm): https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/istio-official/gateway

## Common questions

### How are Envoy Proxies provisioned and configured?

Gateway API resources are used to dynamically provision and configure the managed Envoy Proxies.

### What authentication and SSO controls can it enforce?

It can enforce mTLS, JWT access control, OIDC integration, and API Key authorization through the Envoy Gateway Security Policy.

### What traffic management features does it support?

It supports rate limiting, retry policies, circuit breaking, timeouts, and failover.

### What logging and monitoring capabilities does it provide?

It provides metrics, access logging, and distributed tracing.

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