Quickstart
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This “quick start” will help you get started with Envoy Gateway in a few simple steps.
Prerequisites
A Kubernetes cluster.
Note: Refer to the Compatibility Matrix for supported Kubernetes versions.
Note: In case your Kubernetes cluster does not have a LoadBalancer implementation, we recommend installing one
so the Gateway resource has an Address associated with it. We recommend using MetalLB.
Note: For Mac user, you need install and run Docker Mac Net Connect to make the Docker network work.
Installation
Install the Gateway API CRDs and Envoy Gateway:
helm install eg oci://docker.io/envoyproxy/gateway-helm --version v1.2.1 -n envoy-gateway-system --create-namespace
Wait for Envoy Gateway to become available:
kubectl wait --timeout=5m -n envoy-gateway-system deployment/envoy-gateway --for=condition=Available
Install the GatewayClass, Gateway, HTTPRoute and example app:
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/download/v1.2.1/quickstart.yaml -n default
Note: quickstart.yaml defines that Envoy Gateway will listen for
traffic on port 80 on its globally-routable IP address, to make it easy to use
browsers to test Envoy Gateway. When Envoy Gateway sees that its Listener is
using a privileged port (<1024), it will map this internally to an
unprivileged port, so that Envoy Gateway doesn’t need additional privileges.
It’s important to be aware of this mapping, since you may need to take it into
consideration when debugging.
Testing the Configuration
You can also test the same functionality by sending traffic to the External IP. To get the external IP of the Envoy service, run:
export GATEWAY_HOST=$(kubectl get gateway/eg -o jsonpath='{.status.addresses[0].value}')
In certain environments, the load balancer may be exposed using a hostname, instead of an IP address. If so, replace
ip in the above command with hostname.
Curl the example app through Envoy proxy:
curl --verbose --header "Host: www.example.com" http://$GATEWAY_HOST/get
Get the name of the Envoy service created the by the example Gateway:
export ENVOY_SERVICE=$(kubectl get svc -n envoy-gateway-system --selector=gateway.envoyproxy.io/owning-gateway-namespace=default,gateway.envoyproxy.io/owning-gateway-name=eg -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
Port forward to the Envoy service:
kubectl -n envoy-gateway-system port-forward service/${ENVOY_SERVICE} 8888:80 &
Curl the example app through Envoy proxy:
curl --verbose --header "Host: www.example.com" http://localhost:8888/get
What to explore next?
In this quickstart, you have:
- Installed Envoy Gateway
- Deployed a backend service, and a gateway
- Configured the gateway using Kubernetes Gateway API resources Gateway and HttpRoute to direct incoming requests over HTTP to the backend service.
Here is a suggested list of follow-on tasks to guide you in your exploration of Envoy Gateway:
Review the Tasks section for the scenario matching your use case. The Envoy Gateway tasks are organized by category: traffic management, security, extensibility, observability, and operations.
Clean-Up
Use the steps in this section to uninstall everything from the quickstart.
Delete the GatewayClass, Gateway, HTTPRoute and Example App:
kubectl delete -f https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/download/v1.2.1/quickstart.yaml --ignore-not-found=true
Delete the Gateway API CRDs and Envoy Gateway:
helm uninstall eg -n envoy-gateway-system
Next Steps
Checkout the Developer Guide to get involved in the project.
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