Troubleshooting Kubernetes Gateway API configuration with Contour on MicroK8s

[ppb31]

Hello everyone,

I am currently experiencing difficulties configuring the Kubernetes Gateway API with Contour on my MicroK8s cluster (version 1.26). I installed MicroK8s using the following command:

sudo snap install microk8s --classic --channel=1.26/stable

Then, I deployed Contour following the official documentation and using the provided YAML manifests. However, after creating the GatewayClass and Gateway resources, I notice that the Gateway remains stuck in a "Waiting for controller" state with an "Unknown" status. Here are the results of the commands used to check the status of the resources:

GatewayClass status:

kubectl get gatewayclass 
NAME      CONTROLLER                  ACCEPTED   AGE
contour   projectcontour.io/contour   Unknown    11s

Gateway status:

kubectl get gateway -n projectcontour
NAME CLASS ADDRESS PROGRAMMED AGE
contour-gateway contour Unknown 18m

Detailed Gateway description:

kubectl describe gateway -n projectcontour contour-gateway
...
Status:
Conditions:
Last Transition Time: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Message: Waiting for controller
Reason: Pending
Status: Unknown
Type: Accepted
Last Transition Time: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Message: Waiting for controller
Reason: Pending
Status: Unknown
Type: Programmed
Events:

The Contour and Envoy pods are running without any apparent errors, and the Contour logs do not show any specific errors related to the Gateway. It's important to note that I encountered similar issues when using Traefik as the Gateway API controller, which suggests the problem is likely not specific to Contour or Traefik. I would appreciate any suggestions or leads to unblock this situation and get the Kubernetes Gateway API working with Contour on my MicroK8s cluster.

Thank you in advance for your help!

[sunjayBhatia]

Hey @ppb31 what method for installing Contour did you use, static provisioning or dynamic provisioning with the Gateway Provisioner? (see: https://projectcontour.io/docs/main/config/gateway-api/#enabling-gateway-api-in-contour) If "static," what does your contour configuration ConfigMap look like? You'll need to make sure Contour is configured to reconcile either a specific Gateway or (now-deprecated on main) GatewayClasses with a particular controller name