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.

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

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=1.6.1 \
  --set kubernetes-configuration-crds.enabled=true \
  --set env.ENABLE_CONTROLLER_KONNECT=true

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

deployment.apps/kgo-gateway-operator-controller-manager condition met

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

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