diff --git a/apps/README.md b/apps/README.md
index d689716e..ed3b038b 100644
--- a/apps/README.md
+++ b/apps/README.md
@@ -385,6 +385,40 @@ EOF
 
 <details><summary>HARBOR</summary>
 
+### w/ INGRESS (DAGGER)
+
+```bash
+dagger call -m github.com/stuttgart-things/dagger/helm@v0.57.0 \
+helmfile-operation \
+--helmfile-ref "git::https://github.com/stuttgart-things/helm.git@apps/harbor.yaml.gotmpl" \
+--operation apply \
+--state-values "namespace=harbor,domain=idp.kubermatic.sva.dev,issuerName=letsencrypt-prod,storageClass=vsphere-csi,adminPassword=<HARBOR_PASSWORD>" \
+--kube-config file://config.yaml \
+--progress plain -vv
+```
+
+### w/ HTTPROUTE (GATEWAY API)
+
+```bash
+cat <<EOF > harbor.yaml
+---
+helmfiles:
+  - path: git::https://github.com/stuttgart-things/helm.git@apps/harbor.yaml.gotmpl
+    values:
+      - namespace: harbor
+      - hostname: harbor
+      - domain: 172.18.0.2.nip.io
+      - storageClass: standard
+      - adminPassword: <HARBOR_PASSWORD>
+      - deployHttpRoute: true
+      - gatewayName: cilium-gateway
+      - gatewayNamespace: default
+EOF
+
+helmfile template -f harbor.yaml # RENDER ONLY
+helmfile apply -f harbor.yaml # APPLY HELMFILE
+```
+
 ### w/ INGRESS + CERT (INGRESS ANNOTATION - CERT-MANAGER)
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/apps/harbor.yaml.gotmpl b/apps/harbor.yaml.gotmpl
index 3215b8bb..4d26c7c6 100644
--- a/apps/harbor.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/apps/harbor.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ environments:
       - issuerKind: ClusterIssuer
       - issuerKindAnnotation: cluster-issuer
       - createCertificateResource: false
+      - deployHttpRoute: false
+      - gatewayName: cilium-gateway
+      - gatewayNamespace: default
       - certificates:
           harbor:
             hostname: {{ .Values.hostname }}
@@ -49,6 +52,19 @@ releases:
     values:
       - "values/harbor.values.yaml.gotmpl"
 
+{{- if .Values.deployHttpRoute }}
+  - name: harbor-httproute
+    disableValidationOnInstall: true
+    installed: true
+    namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
+    chart: stuttgart-things/sthings-cluster
+    version: 0.3.20
+    needs:
+      - {{ .Values.namespace }}/harbor
+    values:
+      - "values/harbor-httproute.values.yaml.gotmpl"
+{{- end }}
+
 repositories:
   - name: bitnami
     url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
diff --git a/apps/values/harbor-httproute.values.yaml.gotmpl b/apps/values/harbor-httproute.values.yaml.gotmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a533b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/values/harbor-httproute.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+customresources:
+  harbor-httproute:
+    apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+    kind: HTTPRoute
+    metadata:
+      name: harbor
+      namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
+    spec:
+      parentRefs:
+        - name: {{ .Values.gatewayName }}
+          namespace: {{ .Values.gatewayNamespace }}
+      hostnames:
+        - "{{ .Values.hostname }}.{{ .Values.domain }}"
+      rules:
+        - backendRefs:
+            - name: harbor
+              port: 443
diff --git a/apps/values/harbor.values.yaml.gotmpl b/apps/values/harbor.values.yaml.gotmpl
index c1a79f6d..bc0ddfa3 100644
--- a/apps/values/harbor.values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/apps/values/harbor.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ volumePermissions:
 
 
 
+{{- if .Values.deployHttpRoute }}
+exposureType: clusterIP
+{{- else }}
 exposureType: ingress
+{{- end }}
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
 
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ ipFamily:
   ipv4:
     enabled: true
 
+{{- if not .Values.deployHttpRoute }}
 ingress:
   core:
     ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingressClassName }}
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ ingress:
       ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "0"
       nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
       nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "0"
+{{- end }}
 
 {{- if .Values.enablePersistence }}
 global: