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Ingress Redirect Template for Domain Migration

Date: 2026-02-03 Status: Implemented Type: Feature Addition

Summary​

Added an optional ingress redirect template to the CAIPE UI Helm chart that creates separate ingress resources for redirecting old domains to new domains. This enables zero-downtime domain migrations with automatic HTTP 301 permanent redirects while maintaining SEO, bookmarks, and user sessions.

Motivation​

Organizations frequently need to migrate applications to new domain names due to:

  • Rebranding: Company or product name changes
  • Domain Consolidation: Merging multiple domains into one
  • Infrastructure Changes: Moving to new infrastructure or cloud providers
  • SEO Improvements: Better domain names for discoverability

Manual redirect configuration is error-prone and varies across ingress controllers. Users needed:

  • Declarative redirect configuration via Helm values
  • Automatic TLS certificate provisioning for old domains
  • Clean separation between primary and redirect ingresses
  • Preservation of request paths and query parameters