Version: Next

AKS (Azure)

This document explains how you can install APISIX ingress on Azure AKS.

Prerequisites#

Setting up APISIX ingress on AKS requires the following:

Create an AKS cluster.
Install Azure CLI and update your kube config file by running:
```
az aks get-credentials
```
Install Helm.

Install APISIX and ingress controller#

The script below installs APISIX and the ingress controller:

helm repo add apisix https://charts.apiseven.com
helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
helm repo update
#  We use Apisix 3.0 in this example. If you're using Apisix v2.x, please set to v2
ADMIN_API_VERSION=v3
helm install apisix apisix/apisix \
  --set gateway.type=LoadBalancer \
  --set ingress-controller.enabled=true \
  --create-namespace \
  --namespace ingress-apisix \
  --set ingress-controller.config.apisix.serviceNamespace=ingress-apisix \
  --set ingress-controller.config.apisix.adminAPIVersion=$ADMIN_API_VERSION
kubectl get service --namespace ingress-apisix

note

By default, APISIX ingress controller will watch the apiVersion of networking.k8s.io/v1.

If the target Kubernetes version is under v1.19, add the flag --set ingress-controller.config.kubernetes.ingressVersion=networking/v1beta1.

Else, if your Kubernetes cluster version is under v1.16, set the flag --set ingress-controller.config.kubernetes.ingressVersion=extensions/v1beta1.

tip

APISIX Ingress also supports (beta) the new Kubernetes Gateway API.

If the Gateway API CRDs are not installed in your cluster by default, you can install it by running:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/download/v0.5.0/standard-install.yaml

You should also enable APISIX Ingress controller to work with the Gateway API. You can do this by adding the flag --set ingress-controller.config.kubernetes.enableGatewayAPI=true while installing through Helm.

See this tutorial for more info.

This will create the five resources mentioned below:

apisix-gateway: dataplane that process the traffic.
apisix-admin: control plane that processes all configuration changes.
apisix-ingress-controller: ingress controller which exposes APISIX.
apisix-etcd and apisix-etcd-headless: stores configuration and handles internal communication.

The gateway service type will be set to LoadBalancer. You can find the load balancer IP address by running:

kubectl get service apisix-gateway --namespace ingress-apisix -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[].ip}'

You should now be able to use APISIX ingress controller. You can try running this minimal example to see if everything is working perfectly.

Next steps#

Enable SSL#

SSL is disabled by default. You can enable it by adding the flag --set gateway.tls.enabled=true.

Change default keys#

It is recommended to change the default keys for security:

--set ingress-controller.config.apisix.adminKey=ADMIN_KEY_GENERATED_BY_YOURSELF

--set admin.credentials.admin=ADMIN_KEY_GENERATED_BY_YOURSELF

--set admin.credentials.viewer=VIEWER_KEY_GENERATED_BY_YOURSELF

note

The ingress-controller.config.apisix.adminKey and admin.credentials.admin must be the same. It is better if these are not same as admin.credentials.viewer.