# CKA: Networking: Practice Test - Gateway API (2025 Updates) Question 8

Kubernetes
#1

Hi Team,

Kindly let me know why the question below is marked as wrong and fails on Is the svc exposed to outside world ? Thanks!

Q:

A new pod named frontend-app and a service called frontend-svc have been deployed in the default namespace.
Expose the service on the / path by creating an HTTPRoute named frontend-route.

My solution:

controlplane ~ ➜  k get httproute frontend-route
NAME             HOSTNAMES   AGE
frontend-route               4m18s

controlplane ~ ➜  kubectl describe httproute frontend-route 
Name:         frontend-route
Namespace:    default
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  <none>
API Version:  gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
Kind:         HTTPRoute
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2025-07-19T05:50:35Z
  Generation:          1
  Resource Version:    3143
  UID:                 57671242-53bd-4128-ada4-f366bc535612
Spec:
  Parent Refs:
    Group:         gateway.networking.k8s.io
    Kind:          Gateway
    Name:          nginx-gateway
    Namespace:     nginx-gateway
    Section Name:  http
  Rules:
    Backend Refs:
      Group:   
      Kind:    Service
      Name:    frontend-svc
      Port:    80
      Weight:  1
    Matches:
      Path:
        Type:   PathPrefix
        Value:  /
Status:
  Parents:
    Conditions:
      Last Transition Time:  2025-07-19T05:50:35Z
      Message:               All references are resolved
      Observed Generation:   1
      Reason:                ResolvedRefs
      Status:                True
      Type:                  ResolvedRefs
      Last Transition Time:  2025-07-19T05:50:35Z
      Message:               The Gateway is ignored by the controller
      Observed Generation:   1
      Reason:                GatewayIgnored
      Status:                False
      Type:                  Accepted
    Controller Name:         gateway.nginx.org/nginx-gateway-controller
    Parent Ref:
      Group:         gateway.networking.k8s.io
      Kind:          Gateway
      Name:          nginx-gateway
      Namespace:     nginx-gateway
      Section Name:  http
Events:              <none>

Yaml of the route created:

ontrolplane ~ ➜  k get httproute frontend-route -o yaml
apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: HTTPRoute
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2025-07-19T05:50:35Z"
  generation: 1
  name: frontend-route
  namespace: default
  resourceVersion: "3143"
  uid: 57671242-53bd-4128-ada4-f366bc535612
spec:
  parentRefs:
  - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
    kind: Gateway
    name: nginx-gateway
    namespace: nginx-gateway
    sectionName: http
  rules:
  - backendRefs:
    - group: ""
      kind: Service
      name: frontend-svc
      port: 80
      weight: 1
    matches:
    - path:
        type: PathPrefix
        value: /
status:
  parents:
  - conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-19T05:50:35Z"
      message: All references are resolved
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: ResolvedRefs
      status: "True"
      type: ResolvedRefs
    - lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-19T05:50:35Z"
      message: The Gateway is ignored by the controller
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: GatewayIgnored
      status: "False"
      type: Accepted
    controllerName: gateway.nginx.org/nginx-gateway-controller
    parentRef:
      group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
      kind: Gateway
      name: nginx-gateway
      namespace: nginx-gateway
      sectionName: http
  • Describe on Gateway:
ontrolplane ~ ✖  k get gateway nginx-gateway -n nginx-gateway 
NAME            CLASS   ADDRESS   PROGRAMMED   AGE
nginx-gateway   nginx             False        16m

controlplane ~ ➜  k describe gateway nginx-gateway -n nginx-gateway 
Name:         nginx-gateway
Namespace:    nginx-gateway
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  <none>
API Version:  gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
Kind:         Gateway
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2025-07-19T05:40:13Z
  Generation:          1
  Resource Version:    1993
  UID:                 0eee8a9b-8f65-4bda-86b1-2bce2b554508
Spec:
  Gateway Class Name:  nginx
  Listeners:
    Allowed Routes:
      Namespaces:
        From:  All
    Name:      http
    Port:      80
    Protocol:  HTTP
Status:
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2025-07-19T05:40:13Z
    Message:               The resource is ignored due to a conflicting Gateway resource
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                GatewayConflict
    Status:                False
    Type:                  Accepted
    Last Transition Time:  2025-07-19T05:40:13Z
    Message:               The resource is ignored due to a conflicting Gateway resource
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                GatewayConflict
    Status:                False
    Type:                  Programmed
Events:                    <none>
#2

The error in the Gateway resource’s status is likely a “tell” here – I suspect that the httproute resource has “overspecified” here – you’ve given it parameters that the lab didn’t ask you to add, so the grader is getting confused. The solution for Q8 covers what you need:

apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: HTTPRoute
metadata:
  name: frontend-route
  namespace: default
spec:
  parentRefs:
    - name: nginx-gateway           # Name of the Gateway
      namespace: nginx-gateway      # Namespace where the Gateway is deployed
      sectionName: http             # Attach to the 'http' listener
  rules:
    - matches:
        - path:
            type: PathPrefix
            value: /
      backendRefs:
        - name: frontend-svc
          port: 80

You can find a good model for this sort of simple httproute resource in the gateway api docs; the Simple Gateway guide is a great place to start.