How to connect api management with ingress controller with private ip?

Question

Hello, reviewing the documentation on how to configure API management, it indicates that an ingress controller can be created for communication between API management and AKS, is it necessarily mandatory for the ingress controller to have a public IP? What happens if I need the ingress controller to have a private IP, can a standard or standardv2 type API management be configured to connect to the ingress controller with a private IP or is it required to change to developer or premium type to integrate it within the AKS vnet and be able to communicate.

Answer 1

Hello Gerald Ortiz Candela

Thanks for your question.

No, It is not mandatory for Ingress Controller to Have Public IP.

Yes, Standard and Standardv2 tiers support VNet integration and can be used to connect APIM with an ingress controller using a private IP. You need to Integrate your APIM instance into the same VNet as your AKS cluster and configure it in Internal mode for private communication.

See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/concepts-network-ingress?source=recommendations

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Abiola