From 25a16b99475f12675be137d25e19e92013f36cc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Tineo <christophertineo02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:07:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] feat: migrate manifests from Ingress to Gateway API
 (HTTPRoute)

---
 deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml | 18 +++++++++++++++
 deploy/manifests/balancer/base/ingress.yaml   | 23 -------------------
 .../balancer/base/kustomization.yaml          |  2 +-
 deploy/manifests/balancer/base/service.yaml   |  2 +-
 .../balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml  | 10 ++------
 5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
 delete mode 100644 deploy/manifests/balancer/base/ingress.yaml

diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9ca0df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: balancer
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+    - name: main-gateway
+      namespace: envoy-gateway-system
+  hostnames:
+    - HOSTNAME_PLACEHOLDER
+  rules:
+    - matches:
+        - path:
+            type: PathPrefix
+            value: /
+      backendRefs:
+        - name: balancer
+          port: 80
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/ingress.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/ingress.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fc98305b..00000000
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/ingress.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: Ingress
-metadata:
-  name: balancer
-  annotations: {}
-spec:
-  ingressClassName: nginx
-  tls:
-    - hosts:
-        - HOSTNAME_PLACEHOLDER
-      secretName: balancer-tls
-  rules:
-    - host: HOSTNAME_PLACEHOLDER
-      http:
-        paths:
-          # All traffic routes to balancer service (which serves both API and frontend)
-          - path: /
-            pathType: Prefix
-            backend:
-              service:
-                name: balancer
-                port:
-                  number: 8000
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/kustomization.yaml
index c7d2dcd1..ad95f5b1 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
   - namespace.yaml
   - deployment.yaml
   - service.yaml
-  - ingress.yaml
+  - httproute.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/service.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/service.yaml
index 8f294d53..2c839248 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/service.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   ports:
     - name: http
-      port: 8000
+      port: 80
       targetPort: 8000
   selector:
     app: balancer
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
index d3975eb2..f3e287fe 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,15 +12,9 @@ images:
 
 patches:
   - target:
-      kind: Ingress
+      kind: HTTPRoute
       name: balancer
     patch: |-
-      - op: add
-        path: /metadata/annotations/cert-manager.io~1cluster-issuer
-        value: letsencrypt-staging
       - op: replace
-        path: /spec/tls/0/hosts/0
-        value: localhost
-      - op: replace
-        path: /spec/rules/0/host
+        path: /spec/hostnames/0
         value: localhost

From 1ea88947332a6f9e254ff589e09d083ccf71a788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Tineo <christophertineo02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:09:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] feat: configure HTTPRoute for sandbox.balancerproject.org

---
 deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
index f9ca0df7..437d5d37 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spec:
     - name: main-gateway
       namespace: envoy-gateway-system
   hostnames:
-    - HOSTNAME_PLACEHOLDER
+    - sandbox.balancerproject.org
   rules:
     - matches:
         - path:

From 1484428bac3e67a655c1a35e4196da56d1af094b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Tineo <christophertineo02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:38:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] feat: add sandbox and production overlays for HTTPRoute

---
 deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml |  2 +-
 .../overlays/production/kustomization.yaml    | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml       | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml
 create mode 100644 deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml

diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
index 437d5d37..f9ca0df7 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/httproute.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spec:
     - name: main-gateway
       namespace: envoy-gateway-system
   hostnames:
-    - sandbox.balancerproject.org
+    - HOSTNAME_PLACEHOLDER
   rules:
     - matches:
         - path:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..859020ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/production/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+namespace: balancer
+
+resources:
+  - ../../base
+
+images:
+  - name: ghcr.io/codeforphilly/balancer-main/app
+    newTag: latest
+
+patches:
+  - target:
+      kind: HTTPRoute
+      name: balancer
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/hostnames/0
+        value: balancerproject.org
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c609dc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/sandbox/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+namespace: balancer
+
+resources:
+  - ../../base
+
+images:
+  - name: ghcr.io/codeforphilly/balancer-main/app
+    newTag: latest
+
+patches:
+  - target:
+      kind: HTTPRoute
+      name: balancer
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/hostnames/0
+        value: sandbox.balancerproject.org

From 6f5088792bcd7bb3826b7b7889b021fe539a27bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Tineo <christophertineo02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:41:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] cleanup: remove unused dev overlay

---
 .../balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml  | 20 -------------------
 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml

diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e287fe..00000000
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/overlays/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-namespace: balancer
-
-resources:
-  - ../../base
-
-images:
-  - name: ghcr.io/codeforphilly/balancer-main/app
-    newTag: latest
-
-patches:
-  - target:
-      kind: HTTPRoute
-      name: balancer
-    patch: |-
-      - op: replace
-        path: /spec/hostnames/0
-        value: localhost