Traefik Proxy Emerges as Kubernetes Networking Standard as IBM, Nutanix, SUSE and OVHcloud Migrate From Ingress NGINX

Traefik Labs announced that IBM Cloud, Nutanix, OVHcloud, SUSE, TIBCO and additional platform vendors have independently selected Traefik Proxy as their strategic ingress controller and Gateway API solution following the retirement of ingress NGINX. The platforms represent millions of Kubernetes clusters in production across financial services, healthcare, government and telecommunications.

Traefik Proxy includes an Ingress NGINX Provider that works at runtime, automatically translating existing NGINX annotations into Traefik configuration with more than 90 percent annotation coverage. The approach allows organizations to migrate from ingress NGINX using familiar Ingress resources and then adopt Gateway API at their own pace.

SUSE announced that Traefik will become the default ingress controller for RKE2 starting with v1.36, extending what its K3s distribution has used for years. Nutanix confirmed that its NKP platform has standardized on Traefik, and OVHcloud described Traefik as a strong foundation for the transition to Gateway API within its Managed Kubernetes Service.

“When platform vendors of this caliber independently evaluate every alternative and arrive at the same conclusion, it sends a clear signal: Traefik is the production-grade foundation for Kubernetes networking,” said Sudeep Goswami, CEO of Traefik Labs.

Traefik Proxy is available under the MIT license. Organizations can upgrade to Traefik Hub for API Gateway, AI Gateway, MCP Gateway and full API lifecycle management with a single Helm chart upgrade.