nginx · sankalpsthakur · Aug 1, 2026
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 # Intended for internal catalogue and search, case sensitive:
 # Agent, N4Azure, NIC, NIM, NGF, NAP-DOS, NAP-WAF, NGINX One, NGINX+, Solutions, Unit
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
+f5-summary: >
+  NGINX Gateway Fabric is a Kubernetes Gateway API implementation that uses NGINX as the data plane.
+  Use it to configure HTTP, gRPC, TCP, and UDP load balancing, reverse proxying, and API gateway features for applications on Kubernetes.
+  This landing page links to get started, install, traffic management, security, monitoring, and reference documentation.
+f5-description: "Implement the Kubernetes Gateway API with NGINX Gateway Fabric using NGINX as the data plane."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, NGF, Gateway API, Kubernetes, load balancer, reverse proxy, API gateway"
 ---
 
 ## About

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 ---
-title: Changelog
+title: NGINX Gateway Fabric changelog
 toc: true
 weight: 900
 f5-content-type: reference
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1359
+f5-summary: >
+  Find NGINX Gateway Fabric release notes and version history.
+  Use the changelog to track new features, fixes, and breaking changes across releases.
+f5-description: "Review release notes and version history for NGINX Gateway Fabric."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, changelog, release notes, version history, updates"
 nollms: true
 ---
 

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 ---
-title: Get started
+title: Get started with NGINX Gateway Fabric
 weight: 200
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1834
+f5-summary: >
+  Deploy NGINX Gateway Fabric on a local kind cluster and exercise a basic Gateway and HTTPRoute setup.
+  This quickstart is intended for evaluation and learning, not production environments.
+f5-description: "Try NGINX Gateway Fabric on a kind cluster for a non-production quickstart."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, get started, kind, quickstart, tutorial, Kubernetes, Gateway API"
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@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 title: "How-to guides"
 url: /nginx-gateway-fabric/how-to/
 weight: 550
+f5-summary: >
+  Browse task-focused how-to guides for NGINX Gateway Fabric operations.
+  Topics include control plane and data plane configuration, scaling, inference extension, and zero-downtime app upgrades.
+f5-description: "Operational how-to guides for configuring and running NGINX Gateway Fabric."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, how-to, guides, configuration, operations"
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@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ weight: 400
 toc: true
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1839
+f5-summary: >
+  Update NGINX Gateway Fabric control plane settings without reinstalling the product.
+  Use this guide when you need to change controller behavior at runtime.
+f5-description: "Dynamically update the NGINX Gateway Fabric control plane configuration."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, control plane, NginxGateway, configuration, dynamic update"
 f5-content-type: how-to
 ---
 

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1838
+f5-summary: >
+  Change global data plane settings that apply across NGINX instances managed by NGINX Gateway Fabric.
+  Use this when you need product-wide NGINX configuration beyond per-route policies.
+f5-description: "Dynamically update global NGINX data plane configuration for NGINX Gateway Fabric."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, data plane, NginxProxy, global configuration, NGINX settings"
 ---
 
 Learn how to dynamically update the NGINX Gateway Fabric global data plane configuration.

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 ---
-title: Gateway API Inference Extension
+title: Configure Gateway API Inference Extension routing
 weight: 800
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-0000
+f5-summary: >
+  Enable the Gateway API Inference Extension so NGINX Gateway Fabric can act as an Inference Gateway for self-hosted generative AI models on Kubernetes.
+  This guide covers CRD install, controller flags, and model-aware routing features such as serving priority and model rollouts.
+f5-description: "Use the Gateway API Inference Extension with NGINX Gateway Fabric to route traffic to self-hosted AI models."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, Gateway API Inference Extension, InferencePool, AI, generative AI, model routing, Endpoint Picker"
 ---
 
 Learn how to use NGINX Gateway Fabric with the Gateway API Inference Extension to optimize traffic routing to self-hosting Generative AI Models on Kubernetes. 

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1840
+f5-summary: >
+  Scale control plane and data plane components separately to match availability and traffic needs.
+  Use this guide when sizing NGINX Gateway Fabric for production workloads.
+f5-description: "Scale the NGINX Gateway Fabric control plane and data plane independently."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, scaling, control plane, data plane, high availability, replicas"
 ---
 
 This document describes how you can separately scale the NGINX Gateway Fabric control plane and data plane.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1841
+f5-summary: >
+  Shift traffic safely while upgrading application versions so users experience no downtime.
+  Use Gateway API routes with NGINX Gateway Fabric to control rollout of backend changes.
+f5-description: "Upgrade Kubernetes applications without downtime using NGINX Gateway Fabric routing."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, rolling update, zero downtime, application upgrade, HTTPRoute, blue green"
 ---
 
 Learn how to use NGINX Gateway Fabric to upgrade applications without downtime.

@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 title: "Install"
 url: /nginx-gateway-fabric/install/
 weight: 300
+f5-summary: >
+  Choose an installation path for NGINX Gateway Fabric in Kubernetes.
+  This section covers Helm, manifests, OpenShift OperatorHub, NGINX Plus, upgrades, and related setup tasks.
+f5-description: "Install NGINX Gateway Fabric using Helm, manifests, OpenShift, or NGINX Plus options."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, install, Helm, manifests, OpenShift, NGINX Plus"
 ---
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1431
+f5-summary: >
+  Manually build NGINX Gateway Fabric and NGINX images when you need custom images instead of published charts or manifests.
+  Most users should prefer Helm or Kubernetes manifests for installation.
+f5-description: "Build custom NGINX Gateway Fabric and NGINX container images from source."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, build image, container image, Docker, custom build"
 ---
 
 ## Overview

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1854
+f5-summary: >
+  Provision data plane instances through a Gateway and adjust them with NGINX custom resources.
+  Use this after installing the control plane when you are ready to serve traffic.
+f5-description: "Deploy NGINX data plane instances by creating a Gateway and related custom resources."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, Gateway, data plane, NginxProxy, deploy instances"
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 ## Overview

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1430
+f5-summary: >
+  Deploy NGINX Gateway Fabric with the official Helm chart, including upgrade and uninstall steps.
+  Helm is a primary installation path for Kubernetes clusters.
+f5-description: "Install, upgrade, and uninstall NGINX Gateway Fabric in Kubernetes using Helm."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, Helm, install, upgrade, uninstall, chart, Kubernetes"
 ---
 
 ## Overview

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ weight: 800
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
+f5-summary: >
+  Move workloads from NGINX Ingress Controller to NGINX Gateway Fabric and the Gateway API model.
+  Use this guide when adopting Gateway API resources in place of Ingress-based configuration.
+f5-description: "Migrate from F5 NGINX Ingress Controller to NGINX Gateway Fabric."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, migration, NGINX Ingress Controller, Gateway API, Ingress"
 ---
 
 This document describes how to migrate from F5 NGINX Ingress Controller to NGINX Gateway Fabric.

@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 title: "Manifests"
 url: /nginx-gateway-fabric/install/manifests
 weight: 200
+f5-summary: >
+  Use static Kubernetes manifests as an alternative to Helm for installing NGINX Gateway Fabric.
+  Choose Open Source or Plus variants, including experimental feature sets.
+f5-description: "Install or uninstall NGINX Gateway Fabric using Kubernetes manifests."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, manifests, YAML, kubectl, install"
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@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1429
+f5-summary: >
+  Apply Kubernetes manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX Open Source and experimental Gateway API features enabled.
+  Use this path when you need experimental resources without Helm.
+f5-description: "Install NGINX Gateway Fabric with experimental features using manifests and NGINX Open Source."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, manifests, NGINX Open Source, experimental, Gateway API"
 ---
 
 This page describes how to use Manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric (experimental) with NGINX Open Source.

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1429
+f5-summary: >
+  Apply Kubernetes manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric with the NGINX Open Source data plane.
+  Use this when you prefer declarative YAML over Helm.
+f5-description: "Install NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX Open Source using Kubernetes manifests."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, manifests, NGINX Open Source, install, YAML"
 ---
 
 This page describes how to use Manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX Open Source.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ weight: 400
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
+f5-summary: >
+  Apply Kubernetes manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX Plus and experimental Gateway API features.
+  Requires NGINX Plus credentials and is suited to non-Helm deployments.
+f5-description: "Install NGINX Gateway Fabric with experimental features using manifests and NGINX Plus."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, manifests, NGINX Plus, experimental, install"
 ---
 
 This page describes how to use Manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric (experimental) with NGINX Plus.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ weight: 200
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
+f5-summary: >
+  Apply Kubernetes manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric with the NGINX Plus data plane.
+  Use this when you need Plus features and prefer manifests to Helm.
+f5-description: "Install NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX Plus using Kubernetes manifests."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, manifests, NGINX Plus, install, YAML"
 ---
 
 This page describes how to use Manifests to install NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX Plus.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ weight: 500
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
+f5-summary: >
+  Remove NGINX Gateway Fabric installed via manifests, including custom resource definitions and Gateway API resources as needed.
+  Follow this page for a clean teardown of YAML-based installs.
+f5-description: "Uninstall a manifests-based NGINX Gateway Fabric deployment and related resources."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, uninstall, manifests, CRDs, Gateway API, cleanup"
 ---
 
 This page describes how to uninstall NGINX Gateway Fabric in a Manifest-based deployment, its custom resource definitions, and its Gateway API resources.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1853
+f5-summary: >
+  Configure the JWT required to download and run NGINX Plus with NGINX Gateway Fabric.
+  From version 1.5.0, the JWT is needed both to pull the image and to run NGINX Plus.
+f5-description: "Install NGINX Gateway Fabric with NGINX Plus using a JWT for image pull and runtime."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, NGINX Plus, JWT, install, F5 registry, image pull"
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 ## Overview

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ weight: 400
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
+f5-summary: >
+  Install F5 NGINX Gateway Fabric on OpenShift using OperatorHub and configure it with the NginxGatewayFabric custom resource.
+  Use this path for OpenShift-managed clusters.
+f5-description: "Install NGINX Gateway Fabric on Red Hat OpenShift through OperatorHub."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, OpenShift, OperatorHub, NginxGatewayFabric, install"
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 ## Overview

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1851
+f5-summary: >
+  Manage TLS certificates that secure communication between the NGINX Gateway Fabric control plane and data plane pods.
+  By default a cert-generator job creates self-signed certificates at install time.
+f5-description: "Add or replace certificates used to secure control plane to data plane authentication."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, certificates, TLS, cert-generator, control plane, data plane"
 ---
 
 By default, NGINX Gateway Fabric installs self-signed certificates to secure the connection between the NGINX Gateway Fabric control plane and the NGINX data plane pods. These certificates are created by a `cert-generator` job when NGINX Gateway Fabric is first installed.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1852
+f5-summary: >
+  Move an existing NGINX Gateway Fabric installation to a newer version.
+  Follow the upgrade steps that match how you originally installed the product.
+f5-description: "Upgrade NGINX Gateway Fabric to a new release version."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, upgrade, version, Helm, manifests, release"
 ---
 
 This document describes how to upgrade NGINX Gateway Fabric when a new version releases.

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 title: "Monitoring"
 url: /nginx-gateway-fabric/monitoring/
 weight: 600
+f5-summary: >
+  Observe NGINX Gateway Fabric health and traffic using NGINX Plus dashboard, Prometheus metrics, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry tracing.
+  Start here to pick the right monitoring approach for your cluster.
+f5-description: "Monitor NGINX Gateway Fabric with dashboards, Prometheus, Grafana, and tracing."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, monitoring, metrics, tracing, Prometheus, Grafana, dashboard"
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@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1417
+f5-summary: >
+  Open the NGINX Plus dashboard to view real-time metrics for NGINX data plane instances.
+  Requires NGINX Plus as the data plane.
+f5-description: "Access the NGINX Plus dashboard for real-time NGINX Gateway Fabric metrics."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, NGINX Plus dashboard, metrics, real-time, monitoring"
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 This topic describes how to view the NGINX Plus dashboard to see real-time metrics.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1418
+f5-summary: >
+  Install and configure Prometheus and Grafana to scrape and visualize NGINX Gateway Fabric metrics.
+  This guide also lists which metrics are available for alerting and dashboards.
+f5-description: "Monitor NGINX Gateway Fabric with Prometheus and Grafana, including available metrics."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, Prometheus, Grafana, metrics, scrape, monitoring"
 ---
 
 This document describes how to monitor NGINX Gateway Fabric using Prometheus and Grafana. It explains installation and configuration, as well as what metrics are available.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: how-to
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1844
+f5-summary: >
+  Configure distributed tracing for HTTPRoutes so you can follow requests through NGINX Gateway Fabric.
+  This guide uses the OpenTelemetry Collector and Jaeger to collect and process traces.
+f5-description: "Enable OpenTelemetry tracing on HTTPRoutes in NGINX Gateway Fabric with the Collector and Jaeger."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, tracing, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, HTTPRoute, distributed tracing"
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 This guide explains how to enable tracing on HTTPRoutes in NGINX Gateway Fabric using the OpenTelemetry Collector. Jaeger is used to process and collect the traces.

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
 title: "Overview"
 weight: 100
+f5-summary: >
+  Read conceptual topics for NGINX Gateway Fabric before you install or configure traffic.
+  Coverage includes architecture, Gateway API compatibility, policies, validation, telemetry, and technical specifications.
+f5-description: "Learn core concepts for NGINX Gateway Fabric, including architecture and Gateway API support."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, overview, architecture, Gateway API, concepts"
 url: /nginx-gateway-fabric/overview
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 ---
-title: Custom policies
+title: Custom policies for NGINX data plane features
 weight: 700
 toc: true
 f5-content-type: reference
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1835
+f5-summary: >
+  Custom policies let you configure NGINX features that are not available in the Gateway API itself.
+  Learn how policy attachments work and when to use first-class NGINX Gateway Fabric CRDs.
+f5-description: "Understand custom policies that expose NGINX data plane features beyond the Gateway API."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, custom policies, PolicyAttachment, CRD, extensions"
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 This topic explains the custom policies for NGINX Gateway Fabric CRDs (Custom Resource Definitions), which allow users to configure NGINX data plane features that are unavailable in the Gateway API.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: reference
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1412
+f5-summary: >
+  Review Gateway API compatibility for NGINX Gateway Fabric, including supported resources and support levels.
+  Use this page to confirm whether a Gateway API feature is available before you design your configuration.
+f5-description: "See which Gateway API resources and features NGINX Gateway Fabric supports."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, Gateway API, compatibility, supported resources, conformance"
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 This page describes which Gateway API resources NGINX Gateway Fabric supports and to which level.

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ toc: true
 f5-content-type: reference
 f5-product: NGINX Gateway Fabric
 f5-docs: DOCS-1413
+f5-summary: >
+  Understand how the NGINX Gateway Fabric control plane and NGINX data plane work together as a Gateway API implementation.
+  This overview covers design principles and component roles.
+f5-description: "Learn the architecture and design principles of NGINX Gateway Fabric."
+f5-keywords: "NGINX Gateway Fabric, architecture, control plane, data plane, design principles, NGINX Agent"
 ---
 
 Learn about the architecture and design principles of NGINX Gateway Fabric: a Kubernetes Gateway API implementation which uses NGINX as the data plane.