Ingress

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This page only concerns installation on an existing cluster using KOTS or Helm.

KOTS-based installation

On existing clusters, a default Ingress is provided. This default Ingress is backed by a Kubernetes service (named gitguardian).

The default ingress is customizable, allowing modifications to className, pathType, Annotations/Labels.

TLS will be enabled if you upload a certificate in TLS certificates section.

In the KOTS Admin Console, you may configure the following parameters:

• ClassName of the resource to use
• PathType and Path to route to the GitGuardian instance
• Annotations and Labels specific to your ingress controller

Helm-based installation

In your values.yaml file, add the following extract, adapted to your needs:

ingress:
  enabled: true
  # -- Ingress controller in use in the cluster. Mandatory if using istio or `experimental.ingressRoutes=true`
  # Supported: ingress-nginx / traefik / contour / aws_alb / openshift (Openshift Route) / istio
  controller: 'ingress-nginx'
  pathType: "Prefix"
  path: "/"
  ingressClassName: "my-class-name"
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: <ingress_class>  # for ingress controllers that do not support ingressClassName
  labels:
    example.of.a.label: 'my-label'
  tls:
    enabled: true
    secretName: "secret-containing-the-ingress-tls-certificates"
  istio:
    # -- Istio revision, if any
    revision: ''
    gateway:
      # -- Enable Istio gateway handling
      enabled: false
      # -- Istio Gateway name
      name: ''
      # -- Istio Gateway namespace
      namespace: ''
      # -- Istio Gateway selector
      selector: 'ingressgateway'

See TLS certificate) for help configuring TLS.

Ingress routes

We redesigned how we access the cluster using Ingress to get rid of our all-in-one nginx container. This option works for a limited number of Ingress Controller: ingress-nginx, traefik, contour, aws_alb, openshift, istio. Activation is optional and disabled by default.

To activate Ingress routes, update the values.yaml:

experimental:
  # -- Use new Ingress routes instead of legacy nginx
  ingressRoutes: true

If you notice any unwanted behaviour, please let us know and switch back to ingressRoutes: false.

Using your own Ingress

You have the option to disable the default Ingress and set up your own. Here's how you can go about it based on your installation type:

KOTS-based installation

In the KOTS Admin Console, simply use a Service.

Helm-based installation

In the values.yaml file, set the ingress.enabled parameter to false.

Custom ingress configuration

If you opt to use your own Ingress, here are the fields you would need to modify:

• defaultBackend
• ingressClassName (use this for Ingress controllers that support it; otherwise, use the deprecated kubernetes.io/ingress.class annotation)
• rules
• tls

To get more details on each of these fields, run the command kubectl explain ingress.spec.

Protocol configuration

The service backend is configured to listen only on HTTPS, and your Ingress needs to be set up accordingly.

If you are utilizing the NGINX Ingress controller, this configuration is already handled in the included Ingress through the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: HTTPS annotation. However, if you are using a different Ingress controller, you may need to add the necessary annotations in the provided text area.

Sample configuration

Below is an example of how a custom Ingress configuration might look:

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: <ingress_class>  # for ingress controllers that do not support ingressClassName
  labels:
    kots.io/app-slug: gitguardian-seal
    kots.io/backup: velero
  name: gitguardian
  namespace: <your-namespace>
spec:
  ingressClassName: <ingress_class>  # for ingress controllers that support this field
  rules:
  - host: <application_hostname>
    http:
      paths:
      - backend:
          service:
            name: gitguardian
            port:
              number: 443
        path: /
        pathType: Prefix
  tls:
  - hosts:
    - <application_hostname>
    secretName: <secret_name>  # when using a kubernetes secret