Prerequisites

Helm / Tiller

If you are deploying dependency databases or Tyk components via Helm Charts, you will need to ensure that Helm is installed on your host / bastion machine, and Tiller service account has been created.

Install Tiller (Quickstart)

kubectl -n kube-system create serviceaccount tiller
kubectl create clusterrolebinding tiller --clusterrole cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:tiller
helm init --service-account=tiller

Uninstall Tiller

kubectl -n kube-system delete deployment tiller-deploy
kubectl delete clusterrolebinding tiller
kubectl -n kube-system delete serviceaccount tiller

Redis

Redis needs to be installed inside the Kubernetes cluster, or reachable from inside Kubernetes. To get started quickly, you may use the following Helm Chart

helm repo add tc http://trusted-charts.stackpoint.io
helm repo update
helm install tc/redis --name redis --namespace=redis --set usePassword=false 

GKE allow connection to MemoryStore

MemoryStore is a GCP service for Redis and is alternative to installing to k8s via helm above.

git clone https://github.com/bowei/k8s-custom-iptables.git
cd k8s-custom-iptables/
TARGETS="IP_RANGE_OF_MEMORYSTORE_REDIS" ./install.sh

MongoDB

If you are deploying a Pro or Enterprise version of Tyk (With Dashboard and or MDCB component), you will need to have a MongoDB installation installed within the Kubernetes cluster, or reachable from inside Kubernetes. To get started quickly, you may use the following Helm Chart.

helm repo add tc http://trusted-charts.stackpoint.io
helm repo update
helm install tc/mongodb-replicaset --name mongodb --namespace=mongodb 

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Installing Kubernetes

Please see the guide to setting up Tyk on Kubernetes on Github.

Tyk Helm Chart

https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-helm-chart

Tyk Kubernetes Ingress Controller

https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-helm-chart#using-the-ingress-controller

Tyk as a Service Mesh

https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-helm-chart#using-the-injector