NGF: add control plane/data plane TLS doc #488
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With the control plane and data plane split in NGF, a secure connection is necessary for communication between the two entities. We secure this by default, but for production environments, users should use an official solution to secure this communication channel. This doc describes how to do that.
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Co-authored-by: Alan Dooley <[email protected]>
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With the control plane and data plane split in NGF, a secure connection is necessary for communication between the two entities. We secure this by default, but for production environments, users should use an official solution to secure this communication channel. This doc describes how to do that.
Related nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric#3236
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