Install Apache APISIX from Helm Charts

Chao Zhang

Update At 2/26/2021

A few days ago, API7.ai released an online Helm Charts repository. Users can easily install Apache APISIX, Apache apisix-dashboard and Apache apisix-ingress-controller from it (rather than cloning the corresponding project in advance).

How To Use

Just a few steps to install Apache APISIX

  1. Add the repository and fetch the update

    1$ helm repo add apisix https://charts.apiseven.com
2$ helm repo update

  1. Check out the available charts in repository

    1$ helm search repo apisix
2
3NAME                    CHART VERSION   APP VERSION     DESCRIPTION
4apisix/apisix           0.1.2           2.1.0           A Helm chart for Apache APISIX
5apisix/apisix-dashboard 0.1.0           2.3.0           A Helm chart for Apache APISIX Dashboard

  2. Install Apache APISIX to your Kubernetes cluster

    1$ helm install apisix-gw apisix/apisix --namespace default
2
3NAME: apisix-gw
4LAST DEPLOYED: Fri Feb 19 11:34:14 2021
5NAMESPACE: default
6STATUS: deployed
7REVISION: 1
8TEST SUITE: None
9NOTES:
101. Get the application URL by running these commands:
11  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services apisix-gw-gateway)
12  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
13  echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT

See Also