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Create a Gateway

Note: Gateway and ControlPlane controllers are still alpha so be sure to use the installation steps from this guide in order to get your Gateway up and running.

Creating GatewayClass and Gateway resources in Kubernetes causes Kong Gateway Operator to create a Kong Ingress Controller and Kong Gateway deployment.

GatewayConfiguration

You can customize your Kong Ingress Controller and Kong Gateway deployments using the GatewayConfiguration CRD. This allows you to control the image being used, and set any required environment variables.

echo 'kind: GatewayConfiguration
apiVersion: gateway-operator.konghq.com/v1alpha1
metadata:
  name: kong
  namespace: default
spec:
  dataPlaneOptions:
    deployment:
      podTemplateSpec:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: proxy
            image: kong:3.8.1
            readinessProbe:
              initialDelaySeconds: 1
              periodSeconds: 1
  controlPlaneOptions:
    deployment:
      podTemplateSpec:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: controller
            image: kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:3.3.1
            env:
            - name: CONTROLLER_LOG_LEVEL
              value: debug' | kubectl apply -f -

The results should look like this:

gatewayconfiguration.gateway-operator.konghq.com/kong created

GatewayClass

To use the Gateway API resources to configure your routes, you need to create a GatewayClass instance and create a Gateway resource that listens on the ports that you need.

echo '
kind: GatewayClass
apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
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/v1
metadata:
  name: kong
  namespace: default
spec:
  gatewayClassName: kong
  listeners:
  - name: http
    protocol: HTTP
    port: 80' | kubectl apply -f -

The results should look like this:

gatewayclass.gateway.networking.k8s.io/kong created
gateway.gateway.networking.k8s.io/kong created

You can verify that everything works by checking the Gateway resource via kubectl:

kubectl get gateway kong -o wide

You should see the following output:

NAME   CLASS   ADDRESS        PROGRAMMED   AGE
kong   kong    172.18.0.102   True         9m5s

If the Gateway has Programmed condition set to True then you can visit Konnect and see your configuration being synced by Kong Ingress Controller.