Helm chart overview
To extensively customize the settings of your Gloo Mesh Gateway installation, you can use the gloo-platform and gloo-platform-crds Helm charts.
Installation Helm chart
All components for a full Gloo Mesh Gateway installation are available in the gloo-platform Helm chart.
Helm installations allow for extensive customization of Gloo settings, and are suitable for proof-of-concept or production setups. Within the gloo-platform chart, you can find the configuration options for all components in the following sections.
| Component section | Description |
|---|---|
common | Common values shared across components. When applicable, these can be overridden in specific components. |
demo | Demo-specific features that improve quick setups. Do not use in production. |
experimental | Experimental features for Gloo Mesh Gateway. Disabled by default. Do not use in production. |
extAuthService | Configuration for the Gloo external authentication service. |
glooAgent | Configuration for the Gloo agent. |
glooAnalyzer | Configuration for the Gloo analyzer, which gathers data on Gloo and Istio components. |
glooInsightsEngine | Configuration for the Gloo insights engine, which creates Solo insights. |
glooMgmtServer | Configuration for the Gloo management server. |
glooNetwork | Gloo Network agent configuration options. |
glooPortalServer | Configuration for the Gloo Portal server deployment. |
glooUi | Configuration for the Gloo UI. |
istioInstallations | Configuration for deploying managed Istio control plane and gateway installations by using the Istio lifecycle manager. The istioInstallations Helm settings can be helpful for simple use cases to set up Istio quickly, such as single cluster Gloo Mesh Gateway demos. Otherwise, install Istio by using the IstioLifecycleManager and GatewayLifecycleManager custom resources. |
licensing | Gloo product licenses. |
prometheus | Helm values for configuring Prometheus. See the Prometheus Helm chart for the complete set of values. |
rateLimiter | Configuration for the Gloo rate limiting service. |
redis | Configuration for the default Redis instance. |
telemetryCollector | Configuration for the Gloo telemetry collector agents. See the OpenTelemetry Helm chart for the complete set of values. |
telemetryCollectorCustomization | Optional customization for the Gloo telemetry collector agents. |
telemetryGateway | Configuration for the Gloo telemetry gateway. See the OpenTelemetry Helm chart for the complete set of values. |
telemetryGatewayCustomization | Optional customization for the Gloo telemetry gateway. |
You can see all possible fields that you can set for the chart by running the following command.
helm show values gloo-platform/gloo-platform --version v2.3.24 > all-values.yaml
For more information about each field, see the Helm values documentation. To set up Gloo Mesh Gateway with Helm, see the advanced installation guide.
CRD Helm chart
All CRDs that are required for a Gloo Mesh Gateway installation are available in the gloo-platform-crds Helm chart. To see all CRD installation options, see the Helm values documentation. If you already installed the chart, you can run kubectl get crds -A | grep gloo.solo.io to see the installed CRDs.
Legacy Gloo Helm charts
The gloo-mesh-enterprise, gloo-mesh-agent, gloo-mesh-managed-installations, and other included Helm charts are considered legacy as of Gloo version 2.3, and are unsupported in Gloo version 2.5 and later. If you installed Gloo Mesh Gateway by using these legacy Helm charts, or if you used meshctl version 2.2 or earlier to install Gloo Mesh Gateway, you must migrate your legacy installation to the new gloo-platform Helm chart.
The following table provides an overview of the legacy Gloo Helm chart components.
| Helm chart | Component | Prefix | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| gloo-mesh-enterprise | Management server | glooMeshMgmtServer | A component of the Gloo Platform chart to deploy the management server on the management cluster. |
| gloo-mesh-enterprise | UI | glooMeshUi | A component of the Gloo Platform chart to render the UI that you can launch with the meshctl dashboard command. |
| gloo-mesh-enterprise | Redis | glooMeshRedis | An optional component of the Gloo Platform chart to store the ID tokens you use to log in to the UI. |
| gloo-mesh-agent | Agent | glooMeshAgent | The Gloo agent, deployed on each workload cluster. |
| gloo-mesh-managed-installations | Managed Istio installations | managedInstallations | An optional subchart for managed installations of Istio control planes and gateways in workload clusters. |
| ext-auth-service | External auth | ext-auth-service | An optional subchart of the enterprise server or agent Helm charts to configure the settings of the Gloo external auth service. |
| rate-limiter | Rate limiting | rate-limiter | An optional subchart of the enterprise server or agent Helm charts to configure the settings of the Gloo rate limiting service. |