Kong Ingress on Minikube

Setup Minikube

Install minikube

Minikube is a tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally. Minikube runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a VM on your laptop for users looking to try out Kubernetes or develop with it day-to-day.

Start minikube

minikube start

It will take a few minutes to get all resources provisioned.

kubectl get nodes

Deploy the Kubernetes Ingress Controller

Deploy the Kubernetes Ingress Controller using kubectl:

$ kubectl create -f https://bit.ly/k4k8s
namespace/kong created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/kongplugins.configuration.konghq.com created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/kongconsumers.configuration.konghq.com created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/kongcredentials.configuration.konghq.com created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/kongingresses.configuration.konghq.com created
serviceaccount/kong-serviceaccount created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kong-ingress-clusterrole created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kong-ingress-clusterrole-nisa-binding created
configmap/kong-server-blocks created
service/kong-proxy created
service/kong-validation-webhook created
deployment.extensions/kong created

Alternatively, you can use our helm chart as well. Please ensure that you’ve Tiller working and then execute:

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

# Helm 3
$ helm install kong/kong --generate-name --set ingressController.installCRDs=false

Note: this process could take up to five minutes the first time.

Setup environment variables

Next, we will setup an environment variable with the IP address at which Kong is accessible. This will be used to actually send requests into the Kubernetes cluster.

$ export PROXY_IP=$(minikube service -n kong kong-proxy --url | head -1)
# If installed by helm, service name would be "<release-name>-kong-proxy".
# $ export PROXY_IP=$(minikube service <release-name>-kong-proxy --url | head -1)
$ echo $PROXY_IP
http://192.168.99.100:32728

Once you’ve installed the Kubernetes Ingress Controller, please follow our getting started tutorial to learn about how to use the Ingress Controller.