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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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# Technical Specifications
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This topic describes the technical specifications associated with using Consul API Gateway.
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## Requirements
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Verify that your environment meets the following requirements prior to using Consul API Gateway.
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### Datacenter Requirements
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Your datacenter must meet the following requirements prior to configuring the Consul API Gateway:
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- Kubernetes 1.21+
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- `kubectl` 1.21+
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- Consul 1.12.0+
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- HashiCorp Consul Helm chart 0.43.0+
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- Consul Service Mesh must be deployed on the Kubernetes cluster that API Gateway is deployed on.
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- Envoy: Envoy proxy support is determined by the Consul version deployed. Refer to [Envoy Integration](/docs/connect/proxies/envoy) for details.
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### TCP Port Requirements
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The following table describes the TCP port requirements for each component of the API Gateway.
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| Port | Description | Component |
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| ---- | ----------- | --------- |
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| 9090 | Secret discovery service (SDS) | Gateway controller pod <br/> Gateway instance pod |
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| 20000 | Kubernetes readiness probe | Gateway instance pod |
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| Configurable | Port for scraping Prometheus metrics. Disabled by default. | Gateway controller pod |
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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 - Supported Versions
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See the Release Notes for the version of Consul API Gateway being used.
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## Resource Allocations
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The following resources are allocated for each component of the API Gateway.
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### Gateway Controller Pod
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- **CPU**: None. Either the namespace or cluster default is allocated, depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration.
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- **Memory**: None. Either the the namespace or cluster default is allocated, depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration.
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### Gateway Instance Pod
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- **CPU**: None. Either the namespace or cluster default is allocated, depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration.
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- **Memory**: None. Either the namespace or cluster default is allocated, depending on the Kubernetes cluster configuration.
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