Install KIC with Kong Gateway Operator

Both Kong Gateway Operator and Kong Ingress Controller can be configured using the Kubernetes Gateway API.

You can configure your GatewayClass and Gateway objects in a vendor independent way and Kong Gateway Operator translates those requirements in to Kong specific configuration.

This means that CRDs for both the Gateway API and Kong Ingress Controller have to be installed.

Install Kong Gateway Operator

Update the Helm repository:

helm repo add kong https://charts.konghq.com
helm repo update kong

Install Kong Gateway Operator with Helm:

helm upgrade --install kgo kong/gateway-operator -n kong-system --create-namespace --set image.tag=1.4

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

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