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DB-less Deployments

Kong Gateway Operator can deploy both a Kong Ingress Controller Control Plane and Data Plane resources automatically.

DB-less deployments are powered using the Kubernetes Gateway API. You configure your GatewayClass, Gateway and GatewayConfiguration objects and Kong Gateway Operator translates those requirements in to Kong specific configuration.

Installation

echo '
kind: GatewayConfiguration
apiVersion: gateway-operator.konghq.com/v1alpha1
metadata:
  name: kong
  namespace: default
spec:
  dataPlaneOptions:
    deployment:
      podTemplateSpec:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: proxy
            image: kong/kong-gateway:3.10.0.2
  controlPlaneOptions:
    deployment:
      podTemplateSpec:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: controller
            image: kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:3.4.4
            env:
            - name: CONTROLLER_LOG_LEVEL
              value: debug
---
kind: GatewayClass
apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: kong
spec:
  controllerName: konghq.com/gateway-operator
  parametersRef:
    group: gateway-operator.konghq.com
    kind: GatewayConfiguration
    name: kong
    namespace: default
---
kind: Gateway
apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: kong
  namespace: default
spec:
  gatewayClassName: kong
  listeners:
  - name: http
    protocol: HTTP
    port: 80
' | kubectl apply -f -

You can now run kubectl get -n default gateway kong to get the IP address for the running gateway.

Note: if your cluster can not provision LoadBalancer type Services then the IP you receive may only be routable from within the cluster.

Configuring Gateways

A Gateway resource has subcomponents such as a ControlPlane and a DataPlane, which are created and managed on its behalf. At a deeper technical level, ControlPlane corresponds with the Kong Ingress Controller and DataPlane corresponds with the Kong Gateway.

While not required for primary usage, it is possible to provide configuration for these subcomponents using the GatewayConfiguration API. That configuration can include the container image and image version to use for the subcomponents, as well as environment and volume mount overrides will be passed down toPods created for that component.

For example:

kind: GatewayConfiguration
apiVersion: gateway-operator.konghq.com/v1alpha1
metadata:
  name: kong
  namespace: default
spec:
  dataPlaneOptions:
    deployment:
      podTemplateSpec:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: proxy
            image: kong/kong-gateway:3.10.0.2
          env:
          - name: TEST_VAR
            value: TEST_VAL
  controlPlaneOptions:
    deployment:
      podTemplateSpec:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: controller
            image: kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:3.4.4
          env:
          - name: TEST_VAR
            value: TEST_VAL

Configurations like the above can be created on the API, but won’t be active until referenced by a GatewayClass:

kind: GatewayClass
apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: kong
spec:
  controllerName: konghq.com/gateway-operator
  parametersRef:
    group: gateway-operator.konghq.com
    kind: GatewayConfiguration
    name: kong
    namespace: default

With the parametersRef in the above GatewayClass being used to attach the GatewayConfiguration, that configuration will start applying to all Gatewayresources created for that class, and will retroactively apply to any Gatewayresources previously created.

Kong Gateway Enterprise

You can use Kong Gateway Enterprise as the data plane using the following steps:

Note: The license secret, the GatewayConfiguration, and the Gateway MUST be created in the same namespace.

1. Create a secret with the Kong license in the namespace you intend to use for deploying the gateway.

    kubectl create secret generic kong-enterprise-license --from-file=license=<license-file> -n <your-namespace>
   

2. Create a GatewayConfiguration specifying the enterprise container image and the environment variable referencing the license secret. The operator will use the image and the environment variable specified in the GatewayConfiguration to customize the dataplane. As the result, the dataplane will use kong/kong-gateway:3.10.0.2 as the image and mount the license secret.

    kind: GatewayConfiguration
    apiVersion: gateway-operator.konghq.com/v1alpha1
    metadata:
      name: kong
      namespace: <your-namespace>
    spec:
      dataPlaneOptions:
        deployment:
          podTemplateSpec:
            spec:
              containers:
              - name: proxy
                image: kong/kong-gateway:3.10.0.2
              env:
              - name: KONG_LICENSE_DATA
                valueFrom:
                  secretKeyRef:
                    key: license
                    name: kong-enterprise-license
   

3. Create a GatewayClass that references the GatewayConfiguration above.

    kind: GatewayClass
    apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
    metadata:
      name: kong
    spec:
      controllerName: konghq.com/gateway-operator
      parametersRef:
        group: gateway-operator.konghq.com
        kind: GatewayConfiguration
        name: kong
        namespace: <your-namespace>
   

4. And finally create a Gateway that uses the GatewayClass above:

    kind: Gateway
    apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
    metadata:
      name: kong
      namespace: <your-namespace>
    spec:
      gatewayClassName: kong
      listeners:
      - name: http
        protocol: HTTP
        port: 80
   

5. Wait for the Gateway to be Ready:

    kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready=true gateways.gateway.networking.k8s.io/kong
   

6. Check that the data plane is using the enterprise image:

    $ kubectl get deployment -l konghq.com/gateway-operator=dataplane -o jsonpath='{.items[0].spec.template.spec.containers[0].image}'
   
    kong/kong-gateway:3.10.0.2
   

7. A log message should describe the status of the provided license.

    $ kubectl logs $(kubectl get po -l app=$(kubectl get dataplane -o=jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') -o=jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}") | grep license_helpers.lua
   
    2022/08/29 10:50:55 [error] 2111#0: *8 [lua] license_helpers.lua:194: log_license_state(): The Kong Enterprise license will expire on 2022-09-20. Please contact <support@konghq.com> to renew your license., context: ngx.timer