AWS Load Balancer Controller adds general availability support for Kubernetes Gateway API

This article announces general availability of AWS Load Balancer Controller support for Kubernetes Gateway API, enabling standardized traffic management for Kubernetes clusters on AWS.

• Gateway API provides role-oriented design separating infrastructure, cluster operators, and application developer concerns
• Supports L4 routes (TCP/UDP) with NLB and L7 routes (HTTP/gRPC) with ALB
• Replaces annotation-based configuration with type-safe Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)
• Enables cross-namespace traffic routing with RBAC boundaries between teams
• Automatic TLS certificate discovery from AWS Certificate Manager
• Three new CRDs: TargetGroupConfiguration, LoadBalancerConfiguration, ListenerRuleConfiguration
• Real-time status updates provide provisioning progress and error messages
• Integrates with ACM, AWS WAF, Shield Advanced, and CloudWatch

AWS Load Balancer Controller Gateway API support modernizes Kubernetes networking with standards-based, portable configurations while maintaining AWS-specific customization capabilities and operational visibility.