Requirement

According to the current documentation for getting started with the Jaeger Operator, users are advised to deploy an ingress-controller to access the Jaeger UI. This approach has caused some confusion and operational hurdles for users. Especially for beginners.

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Problem

• The approach to exposing Kubernetes services has changed considerably over the years. While Ingress is still relevant, it may not be the preferred choice for the majority.
• The variance in ingress controller implementations makes it challenging to support and test all of them. And should not be the scope of this project.
• Exposing services outside of the cluster might not be advisable for all users, especially those just starting with Kubernetes.

Proposal

I propose the following changes to the Jaeger Operator's simplest profile and Getting started guide

• Remove the Ingress setup from the simplest profile configuration.
• Introduce kubectl port-forward as the recommended method for accessing the Jaeger UI in the simplest profile.

Open questions

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