The Application Load Balancer (ALB) Ingress controller is a fully managed component provided by serverless Kubernetes (ASK). The ALB Ingress controller controls the traffic forwarding of ASK 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 ASK cluster.

Install the ALB Ingress controller

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

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

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Method 2: Install the ALB Ingress controller from the Add-ons page in the ACK console

  1. Log on to the ACK console and click Clusters in the left-side navigation pane.
  2. On the Clusters page, click the name of a cluster and click Cluster Information in the left-side navigation pane.
  3. On the Clusters page, click the name of a cluster and choose Operations > Add-ons in the left-side navigation pane.
  4. On the Add-ons page, click the Networking tab, find ALB Ingress Controller, and then click Install.
    Note The ALB Ingress controller is not supported in the China (Hohhot) and China (Heyuan) regions.
  5. In the Install ALB Ingress Controller message, click OK.

Update the ALB Ingress controller

  1. Log on to the ACK console and click Clusters in the left-side navigation pane.
  2. On the Clusters page, click the name of a cluster and click Cluster Information in the left-side navigation pane.
  3. On the Clusters page, click the name of a cluster and choose Operations > Add-ons in the left-side navigation pane.
  4. 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.
  5. In the Upgrade message, click OK.

Uninstall the ALB Ingress controller

  1. Log on to the ACK console and click Clusters in the left-side navigation pane.
  2. On the Clusters page, click the name of a cluster and click Cluster Information in the left-side navigation pane.
  3. On the Clusters page, click the name of a cluster and choose Operations > Add-ons in the left-side navigation pane.
  4. On the Add-ons page, click the Networking tab, find ALB Ingress Controller, and then click Uninstall.
  5. In the Uninstall message, click OK.