# Building Bridges Between Applications and Data

Simply connecting to a Kubernetes Service or a load balancer is nice — if that is even an option. These days, operators have to contend with hybrid and multi-cloud. Namespaces are not enough; it’s not uncommon to operate numerous K8s clusters in a single region with traffic being dynamically routed across multiple control planes.

This session dives into the process of identifying requirements for a Kubernetes gateway that needs to handle both HTTP based services as well as hyper-optimized TCP workloads. Attendees will walk away with a working knowledge and a process to develop out ingress solutions that fit their needs, including:

• - Deploying a local K8s cluster with K3d
• - Installing the DataStax [Kubernetes Operator](https://konghq.com/blog/learning-center/what-is-a-kubernetes-operator)Kubernetes Operator for Apache Cassandra with Helm
• - Provisioning and running a multi-node Cassandra cluster
• - Deploying Kong Gateway with Helm
• - Implementing multiple ingress approaches through Kong Gateway, with an accompanying discussion on the pros and cons of each
• - Validation of each approach through an external client application

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