# Kubernetes Ingress with ngrok and HashiCorp Consul

DevFeed: [Kubernetes Ingress with ngrok and HashiCorp Consul](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kubernetes-ingress-with-ngrok-and-hashicorp-consul-83263.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ngrok.com/blog/kubernetes-ingress-hashicorp-consul>)

Author: Scott McAllister

Published: 2023-08-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [\[ngrok news\]](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ngrok-news.md>)

Topics: [ingress-nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ingress-nginx.md>), [Load Balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/load-balancing.md>), [traefik](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/traefik.md>), [HashiCorp Vault](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hashicorp-vault.md>), [service-mesh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/service-mesh.md>), [Helm charts](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/helm-charts.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [application](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application.md>), [consul](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consul.md>), [controller](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/controller.md>), [controllers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/controllers.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [edge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/edge.md>), [hashicorp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hashicorp.md>), [helm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/helm.md>), [helm-charts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/helm-charts.md>), [ingress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ingress.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [traffic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traffic.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how ngrok's Kubernetes Operator provides public ingress to services in a Consul service mesh, combining connectivity, load balancing, and authentication in one controller. It outlines connecting the operator through Helm and configuring service routes with a Kubernetes Ingress definition.

## Source excerpt

HashiCorp Consul and ngrok together provide seamless, secure microservice traffic management, with Consul handling resilience and ngrok enabling public ingress