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In order for an [Ingress](/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/) to work in your cluster, there must be an _ingress controller_ running. You need to select at least one ingress controller and make sure it is set up in your cluster. This page lists common ingress controllers that you can deploy.
> Note: The Kubernetes project recommends using [Gateway](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/) instead of [Ingress](/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/). The Ingress API has been frozen.
This means that: * The Ingress API is generally available, and is subject to the [stability guarantees](/docs/reference/using-api/deprecation-policy/#deprecating-parts-of-the-api) for generally available APIs. The Kubernetes project has no plans to remove Ingress from Kubernetes. * The Ingress API is no longer being developed, and will have no further changes or updates made to it.
## Ingress controllers
Kubernetes as a project supports and maintains [AWS](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controller#readme), and [GCE](https://git.k8s.io/ingress-gce/README.md#readme) ingress controllers.
## Third party ingress controllers
* [AKS Application Gateway Ingress Controller](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/tutorial-ingress-controller-add-on-existing?toc=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Faks%2Ftoc.json&bc=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fbread%2Ftoc.json) is an ingress controller that configures the [Azure Application Gateway](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/application-gateway/overview). * [Alibaba Cloud API Gateway Ingress](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/api-gateway/cloud-native-api-gateway/user-guide/ingress-managementapig-ngress-management) is an ingress controller that configures the [Alibaba Cloud Native API Gateway](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/api-gateway/cloud-native-api-gateway/product-overview/what-is-cloud-native-api-gateway), which is also the commercial version of [Higress](https://github.com/alibaba/higress). * [Apache APISIX ingress controller](https://github.com/apache/apisix-ingress-controller) is an [Apache APISIX](https://github.com/apache/apisix)-based ingress controller. * [Avi Kubernetes Operator](https://github.com/vmware/load-balancer-and-ingress-services-for-kubernetes) provides L4-L7 load-balancing using [VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer](https://avinetworks.com/). * [BFE Ingress Controller](https://github.com/bfenetworks/ingress-bfe) is a [BFE](https://www.bfe-networks.net)-based ingress controller. * [BunkerWeb Ingress Controller](https://docs.bunkerweb.io/latest/integrations/#kubernetes) is an ingress controller for [BunkerWeb](https://www.bunkerweb.io/), WAF (Web Application Firewall) based on nginx. * [Cilium Ingress Controller](https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/network/servicemesh/ingress/) is an ingress controller powered by [Cilium](https://cilium.io/). * The [Citrix ingress controller](https://github.com/citrix/citrix-k8s-ingress-controller#readme) works with Citrix Application Delivery Controller. * [Contour](https://projectcontour.io/) is an [Envoy](https://www.envoyproxy.io/) based ingress controller. * [Emissary-Ingress](https://www.getambassador.io/products/api-gateway) API Gateway is an [Envoy](https://www.envoyproxy.io)-based ingress controller. * [EnRoute](https://getenroute.io/) is an [Envoy](https://www.envoyproxy.io) based API gateway that can run as an ingress controller. * F5 BIG-IP [Container Ingress Services for Kubernetes](https://clouddocs.f5.com/containers/latest/userguide/kubernetes/) lets you use an Ingress to configure F5 BIG-IP virtual servers. * [FortiADC Ingress Controller](https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiadc/7.0.0/fortiadc-ingress-controller/742835/fortiadc-ingress-controller-overview) support the Kubernetes Ingress resources and allows you to manage FortiADC objects from Kubernetes * [Gloo](https://gloo.solo.io) is an open-source ingress controller based on [Envoy](https://www.envoyproxy.io), which offers API gateway functionality. * [HAProxy Ingress](https://haproxy-ingress.github.io/) is an ingress controller for [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/#desc). * [Higress](https://github.com/alibaba/higress) is an [Envoy](https://www.envoyproxy.io) based API ga …(trimmed)