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layout: docs
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page_title: Consul API Gateway Technical Specifications
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description: >-
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This topic describes technical specifications for Consul API Gateway.
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2022-02-22 21:57:04 +00:00
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# Technical Specifications
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## Required Software and Supported Versions
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## Consul Server Deployments
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- Consul Editions supported: OSS and Enterprise
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- Supported Consul Server deployment types:
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- Self Managed
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- HCP Consul
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## Deployment Environments
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Consul API Gateway can be deployed in the following Kubernetes-based environments:
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- Generic Kubernetes
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- AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
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- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
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- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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## Kubernetes Gateway API Specification
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Supported version of the Gateway API spec: v1alpha2
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## Resource Allocations
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2022-02-22 22:27:28 +00:00
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The tables below list the resource allocations for each component of the API Gateway.
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### Gateway Controller Pod
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| Resource | Allocation |
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| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| CPU | None specified. Will use namespace or cluster default depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration. |
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| Memory | None specified. Will use namespace or cluster default depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration. |
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### Gateway Instance Pod
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| Resource | Allocation |
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| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| CPU | None specified. Will use namespace or cluster default depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration. |
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| Memory | None specified. Will use namespace or cluster default depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration. |
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## TCP Ports Required
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The tables below list the TCP ports that are used by each component of the API Gateway.
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### Gateway Controller Pod
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| Port | Used For |
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| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| 9090 | Secret Discovery Service (SDS) |
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| Configurable | Port for scraping Prometheus metrics. Disabled by default. |
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### Gateway Instance Pod
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| Port | Used For |
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| ----- | ----------------------------- |
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| 9090 | Secret Discovery Service (SDS) |
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| 20000 | Kubernetes readiness probe |
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