Getting Started
To jump right in with Gloo Edge, the quickest way is with your own Kubernetes cluster. Your cluster might be on your local workstation or in a cloud environment. For more details, see the Preparation guide and Kubernetes cluster setup.
Quick start installation
After you have a cluster, you can install Gloo Edge through the command line with the glooctl
CLI or Helm.
- Install
glooctl
. The steps vary on your operating system.- Linux or macOS
curl -sL https://run.solo.io/gloo/install | sh export PATH=$HOME/.gloo/bin:$PATH
- Windows
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("https://run.solo.io/gloo/windows/install") | iex $env:Path += ";$env:userprofile/.gloo/bin/"
- Linux or macOS
- Install Gloo Edge.
glooctl install gateway
- Add the Helm repository for Gloo Edge.
helm repo add gloo https://storage.googleapis.com/solo-public-helm helm repo update
- Create the namespace for the Gloo Edge components.
kubectl create namespace gloo-system
- Install the Helm chart.
helm install gloo gloo/gloo --namespace gloo-system
That’s it! Now, you can try the Hello World example or the following hands-on demo to get an idea of how Gloo Edge can be used.
From zero to Gloo Edge in 15 minutes
Configure your first cloud-native application with the Gloo Edge API gateway by working your way through the following Instruqt sandbox environment.