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==Background==
This page is to document the attempt of installing Kubernetes Ingress with MetalLB at AWS Cluster. Beforehand the kubernetes cluster is installed an all worker nodes has joined the master node. Refer to [[K8s_Installation/Process|K8S Installation Process]] for installation process.

One can check the cluster nodes by using below command
 kubectl get nodes
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NAME      STATUS   ROLES                  AGE     VERSION
kmaster   Ready    control-plane,master   23d     v1.21.3
w1        Ready    <none>                 4d10h   v1.22.0
w2        Ready    <none>                 23d     v1.21.3
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Below are the structured of installation process that we are going to perform
# Install Helm
# Install Kubernetes Ingress
# Apply configuration
# Check Result

==Install Helm==
This document using helm version v3.4.2. Start with downloading and unpack the binary release of this version.
 wget https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.4.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 tar -xzvf helm-v3.4.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Then, move to desire location
 mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm

You might need sudo to execute it, once it executed, you can add the chart repository of bitnami into the helm installation
 helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami

Then you can check the repository content of helm
 helm search repo bitnami
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NAME                                        	CHART VERSION	APP VERSION  	DESCRIPTION
bitnami/bitnami-common                      	0.0.9        	0.0.9        	DEPRECATED Chart with custom templates used in ...
bitnami/airflow                             	10.2.8       	2.1.2        	Apache Airflow is a platform to programmaticall...
bitnami/apache                              	8.6.0        	2.4.48       	Chart for Apache HTTP Server
bitnami/argo-cd                             	1.0.1        	2.0.5        	Declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool fo...
bitnami/aspnet-core                         	1.3.14       	3.1.18       	ASP.NET Core is an open-source framework create...
bitnami/cassandra                           	8.0.2        	4.0.0        	Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source dist...
bitnami/cert-manager                        	0.1.12       	1.5.0        	Cert Manager is a Kubernetes add-on to automate...
bitnami/common                              	1.8.0        	1.8.0        	A Library Helm Chart for grouping common logic ...
bitnami/concourse                           	0.1.3        	7.4.0        	Concourse is a pipeline-based continuous thing-...
...
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==Getting Started with NGINX Ingress==
First thing to be done, is to register the repository of NGINX Ingress into helm, update the repository, and install it through helm chart
 helm repo add ingress-nginx https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx
 helm repo update

 helm install ingress-nginx ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx
 helm repo update
Response
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"ingress-nginx" has been added to your repositories

Hang tight while we grab the latest from your chart repositories...
...Successfully got an update from the "ingress-nginx" chart repository
...Successfully got an update from the "bitnami" chart repository
Update Complete. ⎈Happy Helming!⎈
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And, check on available repository, will display available ingress-nginx helm chart
 helm search repo ingress
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NAME                            	CHART VERSION	APP VERSION	DESCRIPTION
bitnami/nginx-ingress-controller	7.6.19       	0.48.1     	Chart for the nginx Ingress controller
ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx     	3.35.0       	0.48.1     	Ingress controller for Kubernetes using NGINX a...
bitnami/contour                 	5.1.0        	1.18.0     	Contour Ingress controller for Kubernetes
bitnami/kong                    	3.8.2        	2.5.0      	Kong is a scalable, open source API layer (aka ...
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==External Links==
1. Tutorial references
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2. Github Kubernetes Ingress repository : </br>
https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx

3. Getting started document : </br>
https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/