Install Kong Gateway Operator

Kong Gateway Operator can deploy and manage data planes attached to a Konnect control plane. All the services, routes, and plugins are configured in Konnect and sent to the data planes automatically.

To install Kong Gateway Operator use kubectl apply:

kubectl apply -f https://docs.konghq.com/assets/gateway-operator/v1.1.0/crds.yaml --server-side
kubectl apply -f https://docs.konghq.com/assets/gateway-operator/v1.1.0/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

Once the gateway-operator-controller-manager deployment is ready, you can deploy a DataPlane resource that is attached to a Konnect control plane.