<p>While working with Kubernetes for some months now, I found a nice way to use one single existing domain name and expose the cluster-ip through a sub-domain but also most of the microservices through different sub-sub-domains using the ingress controller.</p>
<p>My ingress example code:</p>
<pre><code>kind: Ingress
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: cluster-ingress-basic
  namespace: ingress-basic
  selfLink: &gt;-
    /apis/networking.k8s.io/v1beta1/namespaces/ingress-basic/ingresses/cluster-ingress-basic
  uid: 5d14e959-db5f-413f-8263-858bacc62fa6
  resourceVersion: '42220492'
  generation: 29
  creationTimestamp: '2021-06-23T12:00:16Z'
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
  managedFields:
    - manager: Mozilla
      operation: Update
      apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
      time: '2021-06-23T12:00:16Z'
      fieldsType: FieldsV1
      fieldsV1:
        'f:metadata':
          'f:annotations':
            .: {}
            'f:kubernetes.io/ingress.class': {}
        'f:spec':
          'f:rules': {}
    - manager: nginx-ingress-controller
      operation: Update
      apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
      time: '2021-06-23T12:00:45Z'
      fieldsType: FieldsV1
      fieldsV1:
        'f:status':
          'f:loadBalancer':
            'f:ingress': {}
spec:
  rules:
    - host: microname1.subdomain.domain.com
      http:
        paths:
          - pathType: ImplementationSpecific
            backend:
              serviceName: kylin-job-svc
              servicePort: 7070
    - host: microname2.subdomain.domain.com
      http:
        paths:
          - pathType: ImplementationSpecific
            backend:
              serviceName: superset
              servicePort: 80
    - {}
status:
  loadBalancer:
    ingress:
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.xx
</code></pre>
<p>With this configuration:</p>
<ol>
<li>microname1.subdomain.domain.com is pointing into Apache Kylin</li>
<li>microname2.subdomain.domain.com is pointing into Apache Superset</li>
</ol>
<p>This way all microservices can be exposed using the same Cluster-Load-Balancer(IP) but the different sub-sub domains.</p>
<p>I tried to do the same for the SQL Server but this is not working, not sure why but I have the feeling that the reason is that the SQL Server communicates using TCP and not HTTP.</p>
<pre><code>- host: microname3.subdomain.domain.com
  http:
    paths:
      - pathType: ImplementationSpecific
        backend:
          serviceName: mssql-linux
          servicePort: 1433
</code></pre>
<p>Any ideas on how I can do the same for TCP services?</p>

Stavros Koureas
<p>Your understanding is good, by default NGINX Ingress Controller only supports HTTP and HTTPs traffic configuration (Layer 7) so probably your SQL server is not working because of this.</p>
<p>Your SQL service is operating using TCP connections so it is <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56798909/resolve-domain-name-uri-when-listening-to-tcp-socket-in-c-sharp/56799133#56799133">does not take into consideration custom domains that you are trying to setup as they are using same IP address anyway</a> .</p>
<p>The solution for your issue is not use custom sub-domain(s) for this service but to setup <a href="https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/user-guide/exposing-tcp-udp-services/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">exposing TCP service in NGINX Ingress Controller</a>. For example you can setup this SQL service to be available on ingress IP on port 1433:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Ingress controller uses the flags <code>--tcp-services-configmap</code> and <code>--udp-services-configmap</code> to point to an existing config map where the key is the external port to use and the value indicates the service to expose using the format: <code>&lt;namespace/service name&gt;:&lt;service port&gt;:[PROXY]:[PROXY]</code></p>
</blockquote>
<p>To setup it you can follow steps provided in <a href="https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/user-guide/exposing-tcp-udp-services/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">official NGINX Ingress documentation</a> but there are also some more detailed instructions on StackOverflow, for example <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61430311/exposing-multiple-tcp-udp-services-using-a-single-loadbalancer-on-k8s/61461960#61461960">this one</a>.</p>
