Missing edge from nginx ingress controller pod to GRPC backend
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Description
## Bug Report
### What is the issue?
I am using nginx ingress controller to allow external traffic into my cluster. When I run the command `linkerd edges po`, I see the edges from the nginx ingress controller pods to my internal services for all services that accept http1 traffic. However, the edges to the services using GRPC are do not appear on the list.
This doesn't seem to affect the traffic flow and all GRPC services seem to be getting the requests and serving them properly but it would be nice to have the edges for better tracing.
### How can it be reproduced?
Install nginx ingress controller from https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx into your mesh.
Setup a GRPC service and define an ingress which uses the ingress controller you installed.
run `linkerd edges po` - the edge from the nginx ingress controller pod to your app should not appear
### Logs, error output, etc
(If the output is long, please create a [gist](https://gist.github.com/) and
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#### `linkerd check` output
```kubernetes-api
--------------
√ can initialize the client
√ can query the Kubernetes API
kubernetes-version
------------------
√ is running the minimum Kubernetes API version
√ is running the minimum kubectl version
linkerd-config
--------------
√ control plane Namespace exists
√ control plane ClusterRoles exist
√ control plane ClusterRoleBindings exist
√ control plane ServiceAccounts exist
√ control plane CustomResourceDefinitions exist
√ control plane MutatingWebhookConfigurations exist
√ control plane ValidatingWebhookConfigurations exist
√ control plane PodSecurityPolicies exist
linkerd-existence
-----------------
√ 'linkerd-config' config map exists
√ control plane replica sets are ready
√ no unschedulable pods
√ controller pod is running
√ can initialize the client
√ can query the control plane API
linkerd-api
-----------
√ control plane pods are ready
√ control plane self-check
√ [kubernetes] control plane can talk to Kubernetes
√ [prometheus] control plane can talk to Prometheus
√ no invalid service profiles
linkerd-version
---------------
√ can determine the latest version
√ cli is up-to-date
control-plane-version
---------------------
√ control plane is up-to-date
√ control plane and cli versions match
Status check results are √```
### Environment
- Kubernetes Version: 1.12.7-gke.25
- Cluster Environment: GKE
- Linkerd version: 2.5.0
### Additional context
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Research direction
Reproduce the setup described with the nginx ingress controller, a gRPC service, and an ingress, then run `linkerd edges po` to inspect the missing edge. Trace how this command discovers HTTP/1 and gRPC connections; done means the nginx ingress controller pod-to-service edge appears for gRPC traffic without disrupting requests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- grpc, kubernetes, nginx
- Domain
- backend, networking, observability
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100