HashiCorp Consul integrates with Ambassador to securely route Ingress traffic to Consul Service Mesh when using Kubernetes. When onboarding applications onto a service mesh or when integrating with existing applications outside of the Mesh, a north south API gateway is typically required for communications with clients outside of the network. Ambassador is a Kubernetes API Gateway that allows you to route incoming traffic to your Consul Service Mesh proxies while also providing the ability to leverage advanced API Gateway functionalities such as rate limiting and authentication.