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Interconnecting Nginx Ingresses with HTTPS Backend Services

Ingress can function as a proxy for backend services using different protocols. By default, the backend proxy channel of an ingress is an HTTP channel. To create an HTTPS channel, add the following configuration to the annotations field:

nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS"

An ingress configuration example:

For clusters of v1.23 or later: 
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress 
metadata: 
  name: ingress-test
  namespace: default
  annotations:
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS"
spec:
  tls: 
    - secretName: ingress-test-secret  # Replace it with your TLS key certificate.
  rules:
    - host: ''
      http:
        paths:
          - path: '/'
            backend:
              service:
                name: <your_service_name>  # Replace it with the name of your target Service.
                port:
                  number: <your_service_port>  # Replace 8080 with the port number of your target Service.
            property:
              ingress.beta.kubernetes.io/url-match-mode: STARTS_WITH
            pathType: ImplementationSpecific
  ingressClassName: nginx
For clusters of v1.21 or earlier: 
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: ingress-test
  namespace: default
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS"
spec:
  tls: 
    - secretName: ingress-test-secret  # Replace it with your TLS key certificate.
  rules:
    - host: ''
      http:
        paths:
          - path: '/'
            backend:
              serviceName: <your_service_name>  # Replace it with the name of your target Service.
              servicePort: <your_service_port>  # Replace 8080 with the port number of your target Service.
Parent topic: Nginx Ingresses