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HTTP services

          
Route traffic to an HTTP or HTTPS Kubernetes service.


You can route to a Kubernetes service by referencing that service in the backendRefs section of your HTTPRoute resource as shown in the following example.



  

    
  

  
Most guides in this documentation route traffic to a Kubernetes service directly. If you want to route to external resources, such as a static hostname or AWS resource, create a Backend resource.








k8s-service-httproute.yaml




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apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: HTTPRoute
metadata:
  name: kube-backend
  namespace: default
spec:
  parentRefs:
  - name: http
    namespace: kgateway-system
  hostnames:
    - httpbin.example.com
  rules:
    - backendRefs:
      - name: httpbin
        port: 8000
      filters:
      - type: ExtensionRef
        extensionRef:
          group: gateway.kgateway.dev
          kind: TrafficPolicy
          name: rewrite





  





        

        

        
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