Install on Google GKE

This section shows you how to install HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller in Google Kubernetes Engine. You can install either with Helm or kubectl.

Pre-installation checklist

• A running GKE Kubernetes cluster
• The Google Cloud SDK
• The helm command-line tool
• The kubectl command-line tool

Connect to your GKE cluster

1. Connect to your cluster using the gcloud command-line tool:

   $ gcloud init
   $ gcloud container clusters get-credentials [Your cluster name] --zone [Your zone] --project [Your project name]

2. Check that you can access the cluster by calling kubectl get pods:

   $ kubectl get pods

Install

Choose one of the following installation methods:

Install with Helm

1. Add the HAProxy Technologies Helm repository:

   $ helm repo add haproxytech https://haproxytech.github.io/helm-charts

2. Update your list of charts:

   $ helm repo update

3. Install the latest version of the ingress controller with type set to LoadBalancer:

   $ helm install haproxy-kubernetes-ingress haproxytech/kubernetes-ingress \
       --create-namespace \
       --namespace haproxy-controller \
       --set controller.service.type=LoadBalancer

   This will create a Google Cloud Load Balancer that routes traffic to the ingress controller service. You can map the load balancer’s IP address to your public DNS domain name.

   By default, the Helm chart adds --ingress.class=haproxy to the ingress controller. That means that it will use Ingress resources only if they specify an annotation of kubernetes.io/ingress.class: haproxy. You can disable this by setting --set controller.ingressClass=null when calling helm install.

Install with kubectl

1. Download the deployment YAML file

2. Edit the haproxy-ingress Service object in the YAML file, setting its type field to LoadBalancer:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Service
   metadata:
     labels:
       run: haproxy-ingress
     name: haproxy-ingress
     namespace: haproxy-controller
   spec:
     selector:
       run: haproxy-ingress
     type: LoadBalancer
     ports:
     - name: http
       port: 80
       protocol: TCP
       targetPort: 80
     - name: https
       port: 443
       protocol: TCP
       targetPort: 443
     - name: stat
       port: 1024
       protocol: TCP
       targetPort: 1024

3. Use the kubectl apply command to deploy the controller:

   $ kubectl apply -f haproxy-ingress.yaml

   This will create a Google Cloud Load Balancer that routes traffic to the ingress controller service. You can map the load balancer’s IP address to your public DNS domain name.

Check your installation

Verify that the controller is installed into your Kubernetes cluster by using the command kubectl get pods:

$ kubectl get pods --namespace haproxy-controller

output

NAME                                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
haproxy-kubernetes-ingress-7dd4cc4b-x5fkv   1/1     Running   0          1m

Get the External IP, which you can use to access your cluster:

$ kubectl get services --namespace haproxy-controller

output

NAME                         TYPE           CLUSTER-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                                     AGE
haproxy-kubernetes-ingress   LoadBalancer   10.8.14.69   34.68.15.92   80:32693/TCP,443:30866/TCP,1024:32181/TCP   45s

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