Using kong-operator to install the open source gateway and ingress controller?

[kastl-ars]

Dear all,

I was playing around with kong and the different helm charts. I am currently trying the kong-operator, but I fail to find in-depth documentation on the GatewayConfiguration CRD. I am especially interested in using this to "mimic" the results from the kong chart, i.e.

the [Open-Source](https://github.com/kong/kong) offering. It is a full-blown API Gateway and Ingress solution with a wide-array of functionality. When Kong Gateway is combined with the Ingress based configuration method, you get Kong for Kubernetes. This is the default deployment for this Helm Chart.

https://github.com/Kong/charts/blob/main/charts/kong/README.md?plain=1#L236

Is there a way to use the operator to do that?

Kind Regards,
Johannes

[pmalek]

👋

GatewayConfiguration docs can be found at https://developer.konghq.com/operator/reference/custom-resources/#gateway-operator-konghq-com-v1beta1-gatewayconfiguration.

One of the guides that can help is at https://developer.konghq.com/operator/get-started/gateway-api/deploy-gateway/.

Example manifests can be found e.g. in https://github.com/Kong/kong-operator/blob/732b7eec503d4741bbf205e44d45488a98f7aa8d/config/samples/gateway-with-gatewayconfiguration_v2.yaml.

Happy to hear feedback or answer any questions that you might have on this.

[kastl-ars]

One of the guides that can help is at https://developer.konghq.com/operator/get-started/gateway-api/deploy-gateway/.

That one is using konnect which (AFAIU) is connecting to the Kong Konnect offering? The other example manifest you gave does not have the konnect: section, so this seems to be "self-sustained"?

[kastl-ars]

Example manifests can be found e.g. in https://github.com/Kong/kong-operator/blob/732b7eec503d4741bbf205e44d45488a98f7aa8d/config/samples/gateway-with-gatewayconfiguration_v2.yaml.

This one is similar to the one I tried, but with that I do not have any kong-related pods being started (other than the operator pod)?

[pmalek]

One of the guides that can help is at https://developer.konghq.com/operator/get-started/gateway-api/deploy-gateway/.

That one is using konnect which (AFAIU) is connecting to the Kong Konnect offering? The other example manifest you gave does not have the konnect: section, so this seems to be "self-sustained"?

Top right corner has a toggle where you specify your deployment platform:

You probably want on prem to be selected there AFAIU.

Example manifests can be found e.g. in https://github.com/Kong/kong-operator/blob/732b7eec503d4741bbf205e44d45488a98f7aa8d/config/samples/gateway-with-gatewayconfiguration_v2.yaml.

This one is similar to the one I tried, but with that I do not have any kong-related pods being started (other than the operator pod)?

How are you deploying the operator? Helm? kong-operator chart? Which version and what values.yaml do you use?

[kastl-ars]

top right corner has a toggle where you specify your deployment platform:

Ah thanks, I missed that.

[kastl-ars]

but with that I do not have any kong-related pods being started (other than the operator pod)?

Sorry, my bad, there was a leftover single quote in the podTemplateSpec's image, so apparently the operator got lost on that and never deployed anything. Without the rogue single quote it works and I have pods... :-)

Thanks for your help!