Unable to Connect to Ingress Controller in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Question

I'm facing connectivity issues with my backend service deployed in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Although the service and pods are running, I cannot connect to the backend through the ingress.

Deployment Details:

1. Deployment Configuration:
   • File: aks_deployment/orbo-aks-deployment.yaml
   • Kind: Deployment
   • Namespace: ingress-basic
   • Replicas: 1
   • Container Image: orboregistry.azurecr.io/orbobackend/orbobackend-app:latest
   • Service: ClusterIP on port 80

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: orbobackend
  namespace: ingress-basic
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: orbobackend
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: orbobackend
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: orbobackend
        image: orboregistry.azurecr.io/orbobackend/orbobackend-app:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
        env:
         Some Keys
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 2
            memory: 13Gi
          requests:
            cpu: 500m
            memory: 4Gi 
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: orbobackend
  namespace: ingress-basic
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  selector:
    app: orbobackend
  ports:
    - port: 80
      targetPort: 80
      name: http-ws
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: backend-config
  namespace: ingress-basic
data:
  NODE_ENV: production

1. Ingress Configuration:
   • File: ingress-basic/orbobackend-ingress.yaml
   • TLS Configured: Yes (with Let's Encrypt)
   • Host: api.orbo.finance

           apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
           kind: Ingress
           metadata:
             name: orbobackend-ingress
             namespace: ingress-basic
             annotations:
               cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt
               nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
               nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/force-ssl-redirect: "true"
           
           spec:
             ingressClassName: nginx
             tls:
             - hosts:
               - api.orbo.finance
               secretName: orbobackend-tls-secret
             rules:
             - host: api.orbo.finance
               http:
                 paths:
                 - path: /
                   pathType: Prefix
                   backend:
                     service:
                       name: orbobackend
                       port:
                         number: 80
     

Commands and Outputs:

• Services:

    
    kubectl get services -n ingress-basic
    
    NAME                                 TYPE           CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP     PORT(S)                      AGE
    cert-manager                         ClusterIP      10.0.46.77