I have a frontend application built with React and backend on nodejs. Both have a separate Docker image and therefore a separate deployment on k8s (gce).

Each deployment has a corresponding k8s service, let's say fe-serice and be-service.

I am trying to setup an Ingress so that both services are exposed on a single domain in the following manner:

• /api/* - are routed to be-service
• everything else is routed to fe-service

Here is my yaml file:

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: my-ingress
  annotations:
    ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
spec:
  rules:
  - host: my-host
    http:
      paths:
      - path: /*
        backend:
          serviceName: fe-service
          servicePort: 80
      - path: /api/*
        backend:
          serviceName: be-service
          servicePort: 5000

Here is what I get with curl:

curl [ip] --header "Host: my-host" -> React app (as expected)

curl [ip]/foo --header "Host: my-host" -> nginx 404 (why?)

curl [ip]/api --header "Host: my-host" -> nginx 404 (why?)

curl [ip]/api/ --header "Host: my-host" -> nodejs app

curl [ip]/api/foo --header "Host: my-host" -> nodejs app

As far as I can see a part with api/ works fine, but I can't figure out everything else, I tried different combinations with/without wildcards, but it still does not work in the way a want it tщ work.

What am I missing? Is this even possible? Thanks in advance!