Install the Agent Gateway Operator for KrakenD

This guide walks you through installing the KrakenD Agent Gateway Operator on your Kubernetes cluster.

Dependencies

The operator requires the following dependencies:

Kubernetes: A running Kubernetes cluster
Agent Runtime Operator: Includes the required CRDs for Agent Gateways. See Install the Agent Runtime Operator for installation instructions.

Installation

Install with Kubernetes YAML

Install the Operator

# Install the operator
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/agentic-layer/agent-gateway-krakend-operator/releases/download/v0.2.1/install.yaml
# Wait for the operator to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=Available --timeout=60s -n agent-gateway-krakend-operator-system deployment/agent-gateway-krakend-operator-controller-manager

Find the latest version at https://github.com/agentic-layer/agent-gateway-krakend-operator/releases/

Install with Flux

If you’re using Flux for GitOps, you can install the operator using an OCI repository:

apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: OCIRepository
metadata:
  name: agent-gateway-krakend-operator
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  interval: 5m
  url: oci://ghcr.io/agentic-layer/manifests/agent-gateway-krakend-operator
  ref:
    semver: ">= 0, < 1"
---
apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
kind: Kustomization
metadata:
  name: agent-gateway-krakend-operator
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  sourceRef:
    kind: OCIRepository
    name: agent-gateway-krakend-operator
  interval: 10m
  path: ./default
  prune: true
  wait: true
  dependsOn:
    # Ensure cert-manager is installed first (if you install it with Flux as well)
    - name: cert-manager

Verify the installation

# Check that the operator is running
kubectl get pods -n agent-gateway-krakend-operator-system

You should see the operator pod running.