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Kong for Kubernetes

Kong for Kubernetes is an Ingress Controller based on the Open-Source Kong Gateway. It consists of two components:

Kong: the Open-Source Gateway
Controller: a daemon process that integrates with the Kubernetes platform and configures Kong.

Installers

Kong for Kubernetes can be installed using an installer of your choice.

Once you’ve installed Kong for Kubernetes, jump to the next section on using it.

YAML manifests

Please pick one of the following guides depending on your platform:

Kustomize

Kustomize manifests are provided for illustration purposes only and are not officially supported by Kong. There is no guarantee of backwards compatibility or upgrade capabilities for our Kustomize manifests. For a production setup with Kong support, use the Helm chart.

Use Kustomize to install Kong for Kubernetes:

kustomize build github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/config/base

You can use the above URL as a base kustomization and build on top of it to make it suite better for your cluster and use-case.

Once installed, set an environment variable, $PROXY_IP with the External IP address of the kong-proxy service in kong namespace:

export PROXY_IP=$(kubectl get -o jsonpath="{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}" service -n kong kong-proxy)

Helm

You can use Helm to install Kong via the official Helm chart:

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


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

Once installed, set an environment variable, $PROXY_IP with the External IP address of the demo-kong-proxy service in kong namespace:

export PROXY_IP=$(kubectl get -o jsonpath="{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}" service -n kong demo-kong-proxy)

Note: Alternatively, you can also specify ingress[0].hostname depending on your environment.

Using Kong for Kubernetes

Once you’ve installed Kong for Kubernetes, please follow our getting started tutorial to learn more.