Install Kong Operator in Konnect hybrid mode

Kong 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.

If you want to use Gateway API resources, run this command:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/download/v1.3.0/standard-install.yaml

1. Add the Kong Helm charts:

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

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2. Install Kong Gateway Operator using Helm:

   helm upgrade --install kong-operator kong/kong-operator -n kong-system \
     --create-namespace \
     --set image.tag=2.0.2 \
     --set env.ENABLE_CONTROLLER_KONNECT=true
   

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If you want cert-manager to issue and rotate the admission and conversion webhook certificates, install cert-manager to your cluster and enable cert-manager integration by passing the following argument while installing:

--set global.webhooks.options.certManager.enabled=true

If you do not enable this, the chart will generate and inject self-signed certificates automatically. We recommend enabling cert-manager to manage the lifecycle of these certificates.

If you want cert-manager to issue and rotate the admission and conversion webhook certificates, install cert-manager to your cluster and enable cert-manager integration by passing the following argument while installing:

--set global.webhooks.options.certManager.enabled=true

If you do not enable this, the chart will generate and inject self-signed certificates automatically. We recommend enabling cert-manager to manage the lifecycle of these certificates.

Wait for Kong Operator to be ready

kubectl -n kong-system wait --for=condition=Available=true --timeout=120s deployment/kong-operator-kong-operator-controller-manager

deployment.apps/kong-operator-kong-operator-controller-manager condition met

if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "Did not receive the expected return code"
fi

Once the kong-operator-kong-operator-controller-manager deployment is ready, you can deploy a DataPlane resource that is attached to a Konnect Gateway Control Plane. You can use this guide to learn more about how to do this.