---------------------- The remote Kubernetes plugin in Garden requires ingress and DNS setup to function properly for several key reasons: 1. Service Accessibility: Ingress allows external access to services running in the Kubernetes cluster. As mentioned in the [Remote K8s Plugin Configuration]() documentation, you need to "point one or more DNS entries to your cluster, and configure a TLS certificate for the hostnames you will expose for ingress." 2. Hostname Configuration: The plugin needs a hostname to route traffic to your services. The [Remote K8s Plugin Configuration]() guide states that you need "The hostname for your services" as one of the required values for configuring the plugin. 3. TLS Security: Ingress setup often includes TLS configuration for secure communication. The documentation mentions that you may need "A TLS secret (optional)" when setting up ingress and DNS. 4. Environment-specific Routing: DNS setup allows for environment-specific routing. As noted in the [Remote K8s Plugin Configuration](), "Templating the ingress to the application enables you to have DNS entries for every developer's namespace." 5. Default Hostname: The plugin uses a default hostname for services. In the configuration example provided in the [Remote K8s Plugin Configuration]() guide, there's a

defaultHostname

field that needs to be set with the hostname from the ingress and DNS setup.

It's worth noting that while ingress and DNS setup are typically required, Garden does provide some flexibility. The documentation states, "By default, Garden will not install an ingress controller for remote environments. This can be toggled by setting the

setupIngressController

flag to

nginx

." In summary, the ingress and DNS setup are crucial for making your services accessible, securing communications, and enabling environment-specific routing in the remote Kubernetes setup with Garden. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

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