Kong-ingress-controller CrashLoopBackOff : "kong-proxy" is forbidden - kubernetes

Question

I've installed kong-ingress-controller using yaml file on a 3-nodes k8s cluster.
but I'm getting this (the status of pod is CrashLoopBackOff):
$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kong ingress-kong-74d8d78f57-57fqr 1/2 CrashLoopBackOff 12 (3m23s ago) 40m
[...]
there are 2 container declarations in kong yaml file: proxy and ingress-controller.
The first one is up and running but the ingress-controller container is not:
$kubectl describe pod ingress-kong-74d8d78f57-57fqr -n kong |less
[...]
ingress-controller:
Container ID: docker://8e9a3370f78b3057208b943048c9ecd51054d0b276ef6c93ccf049093261d8de
Image: kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:1.3
Image ID: docker-pullable://kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller#sha256:cff0df9371d5ad07fef406c356839736ce9eeb0d33f918f56b1b232cd7289207
Port: 8080/TCP
Host Port: 0/TCP
State: Waiting
Reason: CrashLoopBackOff
Last State: Terminated
Reason: Error
Exit Code: 1
Started: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:15:54 +0430
Finished: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:15:54 +0430
Ready: False
Restart Count: 13
Liveness: http-get http://:10254/healthz delay=5s timeout=1s period=10s #success=1 #failure=3
Readiness: http-get http://:10254/healthz delay=5s timeout=1s period=10s #success=1 #failure=3
Environment:
CONTROLLER_KONG_ADMIN_URL: https://127.0.0.1:8444
CONTROLLER_KONG_ADMIN_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY: true
CONTROLLER_PUBLISH_SERVICE: kong/kong-proxy
POD_NAME: ingress-kong-74d8d78f57-57fqr (v1:metadata.name)
POD_NAMESPACE: kong (v1:metadata.namespace)
Mounts:
/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from kube-api-access-ft7gg (ro)
Conditions:
Type Status
Initialized True
Ready False
ContainersReady False
PodScheduled True
Volumes:
kube-api-access-ft7gg:
Type: Projected (a volume that contains injected data from multiple sources)
TokenExpirationSeconds: 3607
ConfigMapName: kube-root-ca.crt
ConfigMapOptional: <nil>
DownwardAPI: true
QoS Class: BestEffort
Node-Selectors: <none>
Tolerations: node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute op=Exists for 300s
node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute op=Exists for 300s
Events:
Type Reason Age From Message
---- ------ ---- ---- -------
Normal Scheduled 46m default-scheduler Successfully assigned kong/ingress-kong-74d8d78f57-57fqr to kung-node-2
Normal Pulled 46m kubelet Container image "kong:2.5" already present on machine
Normal Created 46m kubelet Created container proxy
Normal Started 46m kubelet Started container proxy
Normal Pulled 45m (x4 over 46m) kubelet Container image "kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:1.3" already present on machine
Normal Created 45m (x4 over 46m) kubelet Created container ingress-controller
Normal Started 45m (x4 over 46m) kubelet Started container ingress-controller
Warning BackOff 87s (x228 over 46m) kubelet Back-off restarting failed container
And here is the log of ingress-controller container:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kong Ingress controller
Release:
Build:
Repository:
Go: go1.16.7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
W0907 12:56:12.940106 1 client_config.go:614] Neither --kubeconfig nor --master was specified. Using the inClusterConfig. This might not work.
time="2021-09-07T12:56:12Z" level=info msg="version of kubernetes api-server: 1.22" api-server-host="https://10.*.*.1:443" git_commit=632ed300f2c34f6d6d15ca4cef3d3c7073412212 git_tree_state=clean git_version=v1.22.1 major=1 minor=22 platform=linux/amd64
time="2021-09-07T12:56:12Z" level=fatal msg="failed to fetch publish-service: services \"kong-proxy\" is forbidden: User \"system:serviceaccount:kong:kong-serviceaccount\" cannot get resource \"services\" in API group \"\" in the namespace \"kong\"" service_name=kong-proxy service_namespace=kong
If someone could help me to get a solution, that would be awesome.
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UPDATE:
The kong-ingress-controller's yaml file:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: kong
---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
name: kongclusterplugins.configuration.konghq.com
spec:
additionalPrinterColumns:
- JSONPath: .plugin
description: Name of the plugin
name: Plugin-Type
type: string
- JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
description: Age
name: Age
type: date
- JSONPath: .disabled
description: Indicates if the plugin is disabled
name: Disabled
priority: 1
type: boolean
- JSONPath: .config
description: Configuration of the plugin
name: Config
priority: 1
type: string
group: configuration.konghq.com
names:
kind: KongClusterPlugin
plural: kongclusterplugins
shortNames:
- kcp
scope: Cluster
subresources:
status: {}
validation:
openAPIV3Schema:
properties:
config:
type: object
configFrom:
properties:
secretKeyRef:
properties:
key:
type: string
name:
type: string
namespace:
type: string
required:
- name
- namespace
- key
type: object
type: object
disabled:
type: boolean
plugin:
type: string
protocols:
items:
enum:
- http
- https
- grpc
- grpcs
- tcp
- tls
type: string
type: array
run_on:
enum:
- first
- second
- all
type: string
required:
- plugin
version: v1
---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
name: kongconsumers.configuration.konghq.com
spec:
additionalPrinterColumns:
- JSONPath: .username
description: Username of a Kong Consumer
name: Username
type: string
- JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
description: Age
name: Age
type: date
group: configuration.konghq.com
names:
kind: KongConsumer
plural: kongconsumers
shortNames:
- kc
scope: Namespaced
subresources:
status: {}
validation:
openAPIV3Schema:
properties:
credentials:
items:
type: string
type: array
custom_id:
type: string
username:
type: string
version: v1
---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
name: kongingresses.configuration.konghq.com
spec:
group: configuration.konghq.com
names:
kind: KongIngress
plural: kongingresses
shortNames:
- ki
scope: Namespaced
subresources:
status: {}
validation:
openAPIV3Schema:
properties:
proxy:
properties:
connect_timeout:
minimum: 0
type: integer
path:
pattern: ^/.*$
type: string
protocol:
enum:
- http
- https
- grpc
- grpcs
- tcp
- tls
type: string
read_timeout:
minimum: 0
type: integer
retries:
minimum: 0
type: integer
write_timeout:
minimum: 0
type: integer
type: object
route:
properties:
headers:
additionalProperties:
items:
type: string
type: array
type: object
https_redirect_status_code:
type: integer
methods:
items:
type: string
type: array
path_handling:
enum:
- v0
- v1
type: string
preserve_host:
type: boolean
protocols:
items:
enum:
- http
- https
- grpc
- grpcs
- tcp
- tls
type: string
type: array
regex_priority:
type: integer
request_buffering:
type: boolean
response_buffering:
type: boolean
snis:
items:
type: string
type: array
strip_path:
type: boolean
upstream:
properties:
algorithm:
enum:
- round-robin
- consistent-hashing
- least-connections
type: string
hash_fallback:
type: string
hash_fallback_header:
type: string
hash_on:
type: string
hash_on_cookie:
type: string
hash_on_cookie_path:
type: string
hash_on_header:
type: string
healthchecks:
properties:
active:
properties:
concurrency:
minimum: 1
type: integer
healthy:
properties:
http_statuses:
items:
type: integer
type: array
interval:
minimum: 0
type: integer
successes:
minimum: 0
type: integer
type: object
http_path:
pattern: ^/.*$
type: string
timeout:
minimum: 0
type: integer
unhealthy:
properties:
http_failures:
minimum: 0
type: integer
http_statuses:
items:
type: integer
type: array
interval:
minimum: 0
type: integer
tcp_failures:
minimum: 0
type: integer
timeout:
minimum: 0
type: integer
type: object
type: object
passive:
properties:
healthy:
properties:
http_statuses:
items:
type: integer
type: array
interval:
minimum: 0
type: integer
successes:
minimum: 0
type: integer
type: object
unhealthy:
properties:
http_failures:
minimum: 0
type: integer
http_statuses:
items:
type: integer
type: array
interval:
minimum: 0
type: integer
tcp_failures:
minimum: 0
type: integer
timeout:
minimum: 0
type: integer
type: object
type: object
threshold:
type: integer
type: object
host_header:
type: string
slots:
minimum: 10
type: integer
type: object
version: v1
---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
name: kongplugins.configuration.konghq.com
spec:
additionalPrinterColumns:
- JSONPath: .plugin
description: Name of the plugin
name: Plugin-Type
type: string
- JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
description: Age
name: Age
type: date
- JSONPath: .disabled
description: Indicates if the plugin is disabled
name: Disabled
priority: 1
type: boolean
- JSONPath: .config
description: Configuration of the plugin
name: Config
priority: 1
type: string
group: configuration.konghq.com
names:
kind: KongPlugin
plural: kongplugins
shortNames:
- kp
scope: Namespaced
subresources:
status: {}
validation:
openAPIV3Schema:
properties:
config:
type: object
configFrom:
properties:
secretKeyRef:
properties:
key:
type: string
name:
type: string
required:
- name
- key
type: object
type: object
disabled:
type: boolean
plugin:
type: string
protocols:
items:
enum:
- http
- https
- grpc
- grpcs
- tcp
- tls
type: string
type: array
run_on:
enum:
- first
- second
- all
type: string
required:
- plugin
version: v1
---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
name: tcpingresses.configuration.konghq.com
spec:
additionalPrinterColumns:
- JSONPath: .status.loadBalancer.ingress[*].ip
description: Address of the load balancer
name: Address
type: string
- JSONPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
description: Age
name: Age
type: date
group: configuration.konghq.com
names:
kind: TCPIngress
plural: tcpingresses
scope: Namespaced
subresources:
status: {}
validation:
openAPIV3Schema:
properties:
apiVersion:
type: string
kind:
type: string
metadata:
type: object
spec:
properties:
rules:
items:
properties:
backend:
properties:
serviceName:
type: string
servicePort:
format: int32
type: integer
type: object
host:
type: string
port:
format: int32
type: integer
type: object
type: array
tls:
items:
properties:
hosts:
items:
type: string
type: array
secretName:
type: string
type: object
type: array
type: object
status:
type: object
version: v1beta1
status:
acceptedNames:
kind: ""
plural: ""
conditions: []
storedVersions: []
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: kong-serviceaccount
namespace: kong
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
name: kong-ingress-clusterrole
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- endpoints
- nodes
- pods
- secrets
verbs:
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- nodes
verbs:
- get
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- services
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
- extensions
- networking.internal.knative.dev
resources:
- ingresses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- events
verbs:
- create
- patch
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
- extensions
- networking.internal.knative.dev
resources:
- ingresses/status
verbs:
- update
- apiGroups:
- configuration.konghq.com
resources:
- tcpingresses/status
verbs:
- update
- apiGroups:
- configuration.konghq.com
resources:
- kongplugins
- kongclusterplugins
- kongcredentials
- kongconsumers
- kongingresses
- tcpingresses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- configmaps
verbs:
- create
- get
- update
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: kong-ingress-clusterrole-nisa-binding
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: kong-ingress-clusterrole
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: kong-serviceaccount
namespace: kong
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
annotations:
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-backend-protocol: tcp
service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: nlb
name: kong-proxy
namespace: kong
spec:
ports:
- name: proxy
port: 80
protocol: TCP
targetPort: 8000
- name: proxy-ssl
port: 443
protocol: TCP
targetPort: 8443
selector:
app: ingress-kong
type: LoadBalancer
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: kong-validation-webhook
namespace: kong
spec:
ports:
- name: webhook
port: 443
protocol: TCP
targetPort: 8080
selector:
app: ingress-kong
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
labels:
app: ingress-kong
name: ingress-kong
namespace: kong
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: ingress-kong
template:
metadata:
annotations:
kuma.io/gateway: enabled
prometheus.io/port: "8100"
prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
traffic.sidecar.istio.io/includeInboundPorts: ""
labels:
app: ingress-kong
spec:
containers:
- env:
- name: KONG_PROXY_LISTEN
value: 0.0.0.0:8000, 0.0.0.0:8443 ssl http2
- name: KONG_PORT_MAPS
value: 80:8000, 443:8443
- name: KONG_ADMIN_LISTEN
value: 127.0.0.1:8444 ssl
- name: KONG_STATUS_LISTEN
value: 0.0.0.0:8100
- name: KONG_DATABASE
value: "off"
- name: KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
value: "2"
- name: KONG_ADMIN_ACCESS_LOG
value: /dev/stdout
- name: KONG_ADMIN_ERROR_LOG
value: /dev/stderr
- name: KONG_PROXY_ERROR_LOG
value: /dev/stderr
image: kong:2.5
lifecycle:
preStop:
exec:
command:
- /bin/sh
- -c
- kong quit
livenessProbe:
failureThreshold: 3
httpGet:
path: /status
port: 8100
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 10
successThreshold: 1
timeoutSeconds: 1
name: proxy
ports:
- containerPort: 8000
name: proxy
protocol: TCP
- containerPort: 8443
name: proxy-ssl
protocol: TCP
- containerPort: 8100
name: metrics
protocol: TCP
readinessProbe:
failureThreshold: 3
httpGet:
path: /status
port: 8100
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 10
successThreshold: 1
timeoutSeconds: 1
- env:
- name: CONTROLLER_KONG_ADMIN_URL
value: https://127.0.0.1:8444
- name: CONTROLLER_KONG_ADMIN_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY
value: "true"
- name: CONTROLLER_PUBLISH_SERVICE
value: kong/kong-proxy
- name: POD_NAME
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
apiVersion: v1
fieldPath: metadata.name
- name: POD_NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
apiVersion: v1
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
image: kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:1.3
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
livenessProbe:
failureThreshold: 3
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 10254
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 10
successThreshold: 1
timeoutSeconds: 1
name: ingress-controller
ports:
- containerPort: 8080
name: webhook
protocol: TCP
readinessProbe:
failureThreshold: 3
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 10254
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 10
successThreshold: 1
timeoutSeconds: 1
serviceAccountName: kong-serviceaccount

Answer 1

Having analysed the comments it looks like changing apiVersion from rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1 to rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 has solved the problem temporally, an alternative to this solution is to downgrade the cluster.

Answer 2

I had installed kubernetes:1.22 and tried to use kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:1.3 .
as #mdaniel said in the comment:
Upon further investigation into that repo, 1.x only works up to k8s 1.21 so I'll delete my answer and you'll have to downgrade your cluster(!) or find an alternative Ingress controller
‌Based on documentation(you can find this at KIC version compatibility) :
As you can see, Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller supports a maximum version of 1.21 of kubernetes(at the time of writing this answer). So I decided to downgrade my cluster to version 1.20 and this solved my problem.