Set up Ingress on Minikube with the NGINX Ingress Controller

An Ingress is an API object that defines rules which allow external access to services in a cluster. An Ingress controller fulfills the rules set in the Ingress.

This page shows you how to set up a simple Ingress which routes requests to Service web or web2 depending on the HTTP URI.

Before you begin

You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds:

• Katacoda
• Play with Kubernetes

Create a Minikube cluster

1. Click Launch Terminal

   Launch Terminal

2. (Optional) If you installed Minikube locally, run the following command:

   minikube start
   

Enable the Ingress controller

1. To enable the NGINX Ingress controller, run the following command:

   minikube addons enable ingress
   

2. Verify that the NGINX Ingress controller is running

   kubectl get pods -n kube-system
   

   Note: This can take up to a minute.

   Output:

   NAME                                        READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   default-http-backend-59868b7dd6-xb8tq       1/1       Running   0          1m
   kube-addon-manager-minikube                 1/1       Running   0          3m
   kube-dns-6dcb57bcc8-n4xd4                   3/3       Running   0          2m
   kubernetes-dashboard-5498ccf677-b8p5h       1/1       Running   0          2m
   nginx-ingress-controller-5984b97644-rnkrg   1/1       Running   0          1m
   storage-provisioner                         1/1       Running   0          2m
   

Deploy a hello, world app

1. Create a Deployment using the following command:

   kubectl create deployment web --image=gcr.io/google-samples/hello-app:1.0
   

   Output:

   deployment.apps/web created
   

2. Expose the Deployment:

   kubectl expose deployment web --type=NodePort --port=8080
   

   Output:

   service/web exposed
   

3. Verify the Service is created and is available on a node port:

   kubectl get service web
   

   Output:

   NAME      TYPE       CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)          AGE
   web       NodePort   10.104.133.249   <none>        8080:31637/TCP   12m
   

4. Visit the service via NodePort:

   minikube service web --url
   

   Output:

   http://172.17.0.15:31637
   

   Note: Katacoda environment only: at the top of the terminal panel, click the plus sign, and then click Select port to view on Host 1. Enter the NodePort, in this case 31637, and then click Display Port.

   Output:

   Hello, world!
   Version: 1.0.0
   Hostname: web-55b8c6998d-8k564
   

   You can now access the sample app via the Minikube IP address and NodePort. The next step lets you access the app using the Ingress resource.

Create an Ingress resource

The following file is an Ingress resource that sends traffic to your Service via hello-world.info.

1. Create example-ingress.yaml from the following file:

service/networking/example-ingress.yaml

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: example-ingress
  annotations:
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /$1
spec:
  rules:
    - host: hello-world.info
      http:
        paths:
          - path: /
            pathType: Prefix
            backend:
              service:
                name: web
                port:
                  number: 8080

1. Create the Ingress resource by running the following command:

   kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/service/networking/example-ingress.yaml
   

   Output:

   ingress.networking.k8s.io/example-ingress created
   

2. Verify the IP address is set:

   kubectl get ingress
   

   Note: This can take a couple of minutes.

   NAME              CLASS    HOSTS              ADDRESS        PORTS   AGE
   example-ingress   <none>   hello-world.info   172.17.0.15    80      38s
   

3. Add the following line to the bottom of the /etc/hosts file.

   Note: If you are running Minikube locally, use minikube ip to get the external IP. The IP address displayed within the ingress list will be the internal IP.

   172.17.0.15 hello-world.info
   

   This sends requests from hello-world.info to Minikube.

4. Verify that the Ingress controller is directing traffic:

   curl hello-world.info
   

   Output:

   Hello, world!
   Version: 1.0.0
   Hostname: web-55b8c6998d-8k564
   

   Note: If you are running Minikube locally, you can visit hello-world.info from your browser.

Create Second Deployment

1. Create a v2 Deployment using the following command:

   kubectl create deployment web2 --image=gcr.io/google-samples/hello-app:2.0
   

   Output:

   deployment.apps/web2 created
   

2. Expose the Deployment:

   kubectl expose deployment web2 --port=8080 --type=NodePort
   

   Output:

   service/web2 exposed
   

Edit Ingress

1. Edit the existing example-ingress.yaml and add the following lines:

         - path: /v2
           pathType: Prefix
           backend:
             service:
               name: web2
               port:
                 number: 8080
   

2. Apply the changes:

   kubectl apply -f example-ingress.yaml
   

   Output:

   ingress.networking/example-ingress configured
   

Test Your Ingress

1. Access the 1st version of the Hello World app.

   curl hello-world.info
   

   Output:

   Hello, world!
   Version: 1.0.0
   Hostname: web-55b8c6998d-8k564
   

2. Access the 2nd version of the Hello World app.

   curl hello-world.info/v2
   

   Output:

   Hello, world!
   Version: 2.0.0
   Hostname: web2-75cd47646f-t8cjk
   

   Note: If you are running Minikube locally, you can visit hello-world.info and hello-world.info/v2 from your browser.

What's next

• Read more about Ingress
• Read more about Ingress Controllers
• Read more about Services