NGINX Gateway Fabric is an open-source project that provides an implementation of
the Gateway API using NGINX as the data plane. The goal of
this project is to implement the core Gateway APIs -- Gateway, GatewayClass, HTTPRoute, TCPRoute, TLSRoute,
and UDPRoute -- to configure an HTTP or TCP/UDP load balancer, reverse-proxy, or API gateway for applications running
on Kubernetes. NGINX Gateway Fabric supports a subset of the Gateway API.
For a list of supported Gateway API resources and features, see the Gateway API Compatibility doc.
Learn about our design principles and architecture.
- Quick Start on a kind cluster.
- Install NGINX Gateway Fabric.
- Build an NGINX Gateway Fabric container image from source or use a pre-built image available on GitHub Container Registry.
- Deploy various examples.
- Read our guides.
We publish NGINX Gateway Fabric releases on GitHub. See our releases page.
The latest release is 1.0.0.
The edge version is useful for experimenting with new features that are not yet published in a release. To use, choose the edge version built from the latest commit from the main branch.
The table below summarizes the options regarding the images, manifests, documentation and examples and gives your links to the correct versions:
| Version | Description | Installation Manifests | Documentation and Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latest release | For production use | Manifests. | Documentation. Examples. |
| Edge | For experimental use and latest features | Manifests. | Documentation. Examples. |
NGF uses semantic versioning for its releases. For more information, see https://semver.org.
Major version zero
(0.Y.Z)is reserved for development, anything MAY change at any time. The public API is not stable.
The features that will go into the next release are reflected in the corresponding milestone. Refer to the Issue Lifecycle document for information on issue creation and assignment to releases.
The following table lists the software versions NGINX Gateway Fabric supports.
| NGINX Gateway Fabric | Gateway API | Kubernetes | NGINX OSS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edge | 1.0.0 | 1.23+ | 1.25.3 |
| 1.0.0 | 0.8.1 | 1.23+ | 1.25.2 |
| 0.6.0 | 0.8.0 | 1.23+ | 1.25.2 |
| 0.5.0 | 0.7.1 | 1.21+ | 1.25.x * |
| 0.4.0 | 0.7.1 | 1.21+ | 1.25.x * |
| 0.3.0 | 0.6.2 | 1.21+ | 1.23.x * |
| 0.2.0 | 0.5.1 | 1.21+ | 1.21.x * |
| 0.1.0 | 0.5.0 | 1.19+ | 1.21.3 |
*the installation manifests use the minor version of NGINX container image (e.g. 1.25) and the patch version is not specified. This means that the latest available patch version is used.
We generate SBOMs for the binaries and the Docker image.
The SBOMs for the binaries are available in the releases page. The SBOMs are generated using syft and are available in SPDX format.
The SBOM for the Docker image is available in the GitHub Container repository. The SBOM is generated using syft and stored as an attestation in the image manifest.
For example to retrieve the SBOM for linux/amd64 and analyze it using grype you
can run the following command:
docker buildx imagetools inspect ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric:edge --format '{{ json (index .SBOM "linux/amd64").SPDX }}' | grypeFor troubleshooting help, see the Troubleshooting document.
We’d like to hear your feedback! If you experience issues with our Gateway Controller, please open a bug in
GitHub. If you have any suggestions or enhancement requests, please open an idea on GitHub discussions. You can
contact us directly via kubernetes@nginx.com or on the NGINX Community Slack in
the #nginx-gateway-fabric
channel.
Please read our Contributing guide if you'd like to contribute to the project.
NGINX Gateway Fabric is not covered by any support contract.