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.

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=1.6 \
  --set kubernetes-configuration-crds.enabled=true \
  --set env.ENABLE_CONTROLLER_KONNECT=true

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

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