--- layout: default description: High performance ingress controller for Kubernetes id: home backgrounds: case_study: dark-blue team: dark-blue hero: banner: /img/heroes/contour.svg headline: High performance ingress controller for Kubernetes content: Contour is an open source Kubernetes ingress controller providing the control plane for the Envoy edge and service proxy.​ Contour supports dynamic configuration updates and multi-team ingress delegation out of the box while maintaining a lightweight profile. promo1: icon: /img/kubernetes-logo.png title: Built for Kubernetes content: Quickly deploy cloud-native applications using the flexible and innovative HTTPProxy API. promo2: icon: /img/dynamic-reconfig-icon.svg title: Dynamic Reconfiguration content: Update Envoy configurations as the ingress and underlying elements change, without restarting the load balancer. promo3: icon: /img/secure-ingress-icon.svg title: Secure Ingress Delegation content: Safely delegate ingress configuration to protect service access on multi-team Kubernetes clusters. secondary_ctas: cta1: title: Introduction to Contour url: /Routing-Traffic-to-Applications-in-Kubernetes-with-Contour/ content: Read an overview of the Contour project, including key use cases and how to get involved. cta2: title: Learn how Contour is used for advanced traffic routing url: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudnative/2019/04/12/blue-green-deployments-contours-ingressroute/ content: Read about using Contour for blue-green application deployments. ---

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Contour is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation Incubating project

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Features

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Blog Highlights

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