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  • New user? Get Edgectl, the Ambassador CLI
  • sudo curl -fL https://metriton.datawire.io/downloads/darwin/edgectl \
    -o /usr/local/bin/edgectl && \
    sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/edgectl
  • New user? Get Edgectl, the Ambassador CLI
  • sudo curl -fL https://metriton.datawire.io/downloads/linux/edgectl \
    -o /usr/local/bin/edgectl && \
    sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/edgectl
  • New user? Get Edgectl, the Ambassador CLI
  • Install Ambassador Edge Stack
  • edgectl install
  • Have Kubernetes? Deploy with YAML
  • kubectl apply -f https://app.getambassador.io/yaml/ambassador-docs/$version$/aes-crds.yaml && \
    kubectl wait --for condition=established --timeout=90s crd -lproduct=aes && \
    kubectl apply -f https://app.getambassador.io/yaml/ambassador-docs/$version$/aes.yaml && \
    kubectl -n ambassador wait --for condition=available --timeout=90s deploy -lproduct=aes
  • Get your cluster's IP address
  • kubectl get -n ambassador service ambassador -o "go-template={{range .status.loadBalancer.ingress}}{{or .ip .hostname}}{{end}}"
  • Visit http://your-IP-address to login to the console
  • Prefer Helm? Add this repo to your Helm client
  • helm repo add datawire https://www.getambassador.io
  • Install the Ambassador Edge Stack chart
  •  Helm2
    kubectl create namespace ambassador && \
    helm install --name ambassador --namespace ambassador datawire/ambassador
     Helm3
    kubectl create namespace ambassador && \
    helm install ambassador --namespace ambassador datawire/ambassador
  • Install Ambassador Edge Stack
  • edgectl install
Ambassador's OpenSource Blackbird

Ambassador Edge Stack gives you

  • First-in-class Kubernetes ingress support with CRD- based configuration
  • Authentication with OAuth/OIDC integration
  • Integrations with tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Okta, Consul, and Istio
  • Layer 7 Load Balancing including support for circuit breakers and automatic retries
  • A Developer Portal with a fully customizable API catalog plus Swagger/OpenAPI support and more...