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Install

Kong Gateway Operator can be installed using Kong provided Kubernetes manifests.

If you intend to use Kong Ingress Controller with Kong Gateway Operator you will need to install the KIC and Gateway API CRDs before installing Kong Gateway Operator:

kubectl apply -k https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/config/crd
kubectl apply -k "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/config/crd?ref=v0.8.1"

To install Kong Gateway Operator use kubectl apply:

kubectl apply -f https://docs.konghq.com/assets/gateway-operator/v1.0.3/crds.yaml --server-side
kubectl apply -f https://docs.konghq.com/assets/gateway-operator/v1.0.3/default.yaml

You can wait for the operator to be ready using kubectl wait:

kubectl -n kong-system wait --for=condition=Available=true --timeout=120s deployment/gateway-operator-controller-manager