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Container Service for Kubernetes:Manage the ALB Ingress controller

Last Updated:Mar 12, 2024

The Application Load Balancer (ALB) Ingress controller controls the traffic forwarding of ACK Serverless clusters based on Layer 7 forwarding rules provided by ALB. This topic describes how to install, update, and uninstall the ALB Ingress controller in an ACK Serverless cluster.

Prerequisites

An ACK Serverless cluster is created.

Install the ALB Ingress controller

Method 1: Install the ALB Ingress controller when you create an ACK Serverless cluster

When you create an ACK Serverless cluster, select ALB Ingress in the Ingress section. For more information, see ACK Serverless quick start.

Ingress controller

Method 2: Enable the ALB Ingress controller in an existing ACK Serverless cluster

  1. Log on to the ACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters.

  2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster that you want to manage and choose Operations > Add-ons in the left-side navigation pane.

  3. On the Add-ons page, click the Networking tab. In the ALB Ingress Controller section, click Install.

    Note

    The ALB Ingress controller is not supported in the China (Hohhot) and China (Heyuan) regions.

  4. In the Install ALB Ingress Controller message, click OK.

Update the ALB Ingress controller

  1. Log on to the ACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters.

  2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster that you want to manage and choose Operations > Add-ons in the left-side navigation pane.

  3. On the Add-ons page, click the Networking tab, find ALB Ingress Controller, and then click Upgrade.

    Note

    If the Upgrade button is not displayed for ALB Ingress Controller, the ALB Ingress controller in your cluster is already updated to the latest version.

  4. In the Upgrade message, click OK.

Uninstall the ALB Ingress controller

  1. Log on to the ACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters.

  2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster that you want to manage and choose Operations > Add-ons in the left-side navigation pane.

  3. On the Add-ons page, click the Networking tab, find ALB Ingress Controller, and then click Uninstall.

  4. In the Uninstall message, click OK.