Sidecar-based installation, upgrade and uninstallation

The articles in this chapter address the Airlock Microgateway sidecar-based data plane mode where a Microgateway Engine sidecar is injected into application Pods, based on a special label. This data plane mode is explained in the article Sidecar-based architectures.

Installation articles

The installation-related articles provide instructions for the Helm-based installation process. Additionally, mind the installation modes described in the article Sidecar-based installation.

Brief installation information may also be found on our Microgateway GitHub page and Microgateway Artifact Hub page.

 
Notice

It is possible to upgrade the Airlock Microgateway manually. See also the article Uninstallation and upgrade.

You may contact our service department if you plan to upgrade Airlock Microgateway in a production environment.

Installation prerequisites

  • To use Airlock Microgateway, a valid license is required. Airlock Microgateway is available in a Premium and a free Community edition. To request and configure/change a license, see the article Configuring and monitoring licenses.
  • Depending on the license and the planned installation mode, see the article Sidecar-based installation for namespace-scoped/cluster-scoped setups and the corresponding configuration notes for Helm chart adjustments in the Microgateway Operator article.