Kong for Kubernetes
Use Kong for Kubernetes Ingress.
Configure plugins, health checking,
load balancing and more in Kong
for Kubernetes Services, all using
Custom Resource Definitions(CRDs) and Kubernetes-native tooling.
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Features
- Ingress routing
Use Ingress resources to configure Kong - Enhanced API management using plugins
Use a wide-array of plugins
to monitor, transform, protect your traffic. - Native gRPC support
Proxy gRPC traffic and gain visibility into it using
Kong's plugin. - Health checking and Load-balancing
Load balance requests across your pods and supports active & passive health-checks. - Request/response transformations
Use plugins to
modify your requests/responses on the fly. - Authentication
Protect your services using authentication methods
of your choice. - Declarative configuration for Kong
Configure all of Kong
using CRDs in Kubernetes and manage Kong declaratively.
Get started
You can use
Minikube
on your local machine or use
a hosted k8s service like
GKE.
Setting up Kong for Kubernetes is as simple as:
# using YAMLs
$ kubectl apply -f https://bit.ly/k4k8s
# or using Helm
$ helm repo add kong https://charts.konghq.com
$ helm repo update
$ helm install kong/kong
If you are setting up Kong for Kubernetes Enterprise, please
follow along this guide.
Follow the Getting Started guide to start
using Ingress in Kubernetes.
Documentation
All documentation around Kong Ingress Controller is present in this
repository inside the docs directory.
Pull Requests are welcome for additions and corrections.
Version support matrix
Version compatibility doc
details on compatibility between versions of the
controller and versions of Kong, Kong for Kubernetes Enterprise and
Kong Enterprise.
Master branch builds
If you would like to use the latest and the greatest version of the controller,
you can use latest tag from the master repository
hosted on Bintray:
docker pull kong-docker-kubernetes-ingress-controller.bintray.io/master:latest
Seeking help
Please search through the posts on
Kong Nation as it's
likely that another user has run into the same problem.
If you don't find an answer, please feel free to post a question.
For a feature request, please post in
Feature Suggestions
category.
You can also talk to the developers behind Kong in the
#kong channel on the
Kubernetes Slack server.
If you've spotted a bug, please open an issue
on our Github.
License
Copyright 2018-2020 Kong Inc.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.