Install K3d on WSL Ubuntu with Gateway API support (NGF)
Setting up k3d with Docker Engine and NGINX Gateway Fabric on WSL2 Ubuntu Setting up k3d on WSL2 Ubuntu with NGINX Gateway Fabric & Custom Docker Engine Format: Blogspot / Blogger Optimized Template Code Architecture Target Engine: Ubuntu Linux (WSL2 Distro - Fresh Installation Setup) Key Frameworks: Docker Engine, k3d, Kubernetes Gateway API, NGINX Gateway Fabric (NGF) Building a lightweight Kubernetes lab environment inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) offers seamless speed and developer flexibility. However, combining modern architectures like the standard Kubernetes Gateway API via NGINX Gateway Fabric (NGF) while discarding the pre-baked cluster ingress configuration takes precise choreography. This tutorial details a comprehensive engineering map to cleanly initialize a fresh WSL2 Ubuntu installation, decouple standard ingress controllers, compile natively backed Docker Engines, and ...