How to setup nginx ingress controller , such that the kubernetes pod remains http but the nginx serves request on https

Question

How can i setup nginx in such a way that in the nginx reverse proxy, we proxy pass set to http://xyz ( ie redirecting to the kubernetes pod ) i want only my nginx to be made as https, i dont want to change the proxy pass to https, would it be possible

Answer 1

To my knowledge, what you describe is the default behavior of an Ingress Controller:

the SSL/TLS Termination is done by the Ingress Controller and the downstream traffic to the nodes is over HTTP.