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title: Configuration keywords:

• APISIX Ingress
• Apache APISIX
• Kubernetes Ingress
• Gateway API description: Configuration of the APISIX Ingress Controller

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The APISIX Ingress Controller is a Kubernetes Ingress Controller that implements the Gateway API. This document describes how to configure the APISIX Ingress Controller.

Example

log_level: "info"                               # The log level of the APISIX Ingress Controller.
                                                # the default value is "info".

controller_name: apisix.apache.org/apisix-ingress-controller  # The controller name of the APISIX Ingress Controller,
                                                          # which is used to identify the controller in the GatewayClass.
                                                          # The default value is "apisix.apache.org/apisix-ingress-controller".

leader_election_id: "apisix-ingress-controller-leader" # The leader election ID for the APISIX Ingress Controller.
                                                        # The default value is "apisix-ingress-controller-leader".

Controller Name

The controller_name field is used to identify the controllerName in the GatewayClass.

apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: GatewayClass
metadata:
  namespace: ingress-apisix
  name: apisix
spec:
  controllerName: "apisix.apache.org/apisix-ingress-controller"