What Is an Egress Gateway?
An egress gateway is a controlled choke point that all outbound traffic from a mesh or cluster passes through on its way to external services. Routing traffic through it centralizes policy, applies consistent TLS, and gives a stable source identity for the outside world to allowlist. It makes outbound access auditable rather than diffuse.
Why it matters
An egress gateway lets you control and log which external endpoints workloads can reach, and present a fixed source IP for partners. It is key when external services must allowlist your traffic.
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