docs: expose Redpanda Console through Gateway API HTTPRoute (26.2)

[david-yu]

Documents Gateway API HTTPRoute support for Redpanda Console (redpanda-operator#1329, merged 2026-06-30, ships in operator/chart v26.2.x).

Changes

1. New section Expose Redpanda Console with the Gateway API on deploy:console/kubernetes/deploy.adoc:
   • When to choose Gateway API over Ingress, the Gateway/route ownership split, and the mutual-exclusivity rule with the exact chart validation error (ingress and gateway cannot both be enabled; use one or the other)
   • Prerequisites: Gateway API CRDs (v1.5.1 standard install — not bundled), a compatible controller (Envoy Gateway / Istio / Cilium / NGINX Gateway Fabric), and a Gateway manifest including allowedRoutes.namespaces (the field that silently blocks cross-namespace route attachment when missed)
   • Operator (Console CR spec.gateway) and Helm (gateway values) tabs with callouts for parentRefs/sectionName, hostnames, pathType
   • Verification: Accepted/ResolvedRefs route conditions, the NotAllowedByListeners failure mode, Gateway address lookup, and a pre-DNS curl --resolve check
   • Switching between Ingress and Gateway API (both directions)
   • Both existing Ingress callouts (Operator + Helm install examples) now point at the new section
2. What's new: Gateway API support for Redpanda Console entry under Redpanda Operator v26.2.x in get-started:release-notes/operator.adoc.

Verification

Field names and behavior verified against operator main: Console CRD spec.gateway (GatewayConfig: enabled, annotations, parentRefs[{name,namespace,sectionName}], hostnames, path, pathType) and the console chart gateway values block, including the "HTTPRoute renders but attaches to nothing without parentRefs" default noted in values.yaml. Note the eng PR body's CR example uses spec.clusterSource; the actual CRD json field is spec.cluster, and the docs follow the code. The feature's changelog entries carry no beta marker, so the section is not badged beta (unlike the TLSRoute guide for Redpanda listeners).

Preview pages

• Deploy Redpanda Console on Kubernetes (updated)
• What's New in the Redpanda Operator (updated)

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