# Running Kong on Istio kubernetes setup

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/running-kong-on-istio-kubernetes-setup/2114>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** service-mesh, kubernetes\
**Created:** [October 16, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/running-kong-on-istio-kubernetes-setup/2114 "2018-10-16T13:48:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Vijay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4bbf92/32.png) [@Vijay](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Vijay)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/running-kong-on-istio-kubernetes-setup/2114/1 "2018-10-16T13:48:26Z")

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Hi,

Has anyone tried to run Kong on top of Istio and Kubernetes?  
Currently installing kong using istioctl doesnt work at all.

Installing kong outside istio but on the same kubernetes cluster is possible but the routing to the microservices running inside istio is not working.  
I am able to list services, routes on the kong admin endpoint.  
Getting below error, when tried to reach the kong proxy where / has been mapped to a microservice running inside Istio:

http: error: ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, error(111, ‘Connection refused’)) while doing GET request to URL: [http://localhost:30010/](http://localhost:30010/)

Deployment Details:  
Kong version 0.14.1  
Istio v1.0.2  
K8s v1.10.2

Regards,  
Vijay

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**Author:** ![Vijay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4bbf92/32.png) [@Vijay](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Vijay)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/running-kong-on-istio-kubernetes-setup/2114/2 "2018-11-09T13:15:31Z")

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@hbagdi Any clues on how to fix this issue?

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**Author:** ![hbagdi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/hbagdi/32/562_2.png) [@hbagdi](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/hbagdi)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/running-kong-on-istio-kubernetes-setup/2114/3 "2018-11-26T19:48:24Z")

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Have you made sure that Kong can resolve DNS and reach the IP of your microservice running inside Istio?  
The error log seems to suggest that it is a connection problem.

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**Author:** ![atio\_qq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@atio\_qq](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/atio_qq)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/running-kong-on-istio-kubernetes-setup/2114/4 "2018-12-14T01:54:01Z")

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hello @hbagdi, how to implementation with kong service mesh? are there any documentation for kong service mesh… thx

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**Author:** ![hbagdi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/hbagdi/32/562_2.png) [@hbagdi](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/hbagdi)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/running-kong-on-istio-kubernetes-setup/2114/5 "2018-12-14T18:22:32Z")

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Hello @atio_qq,

Kong 1.0 is currently going through an RC phase, which is the first version of Kong that adds support for deploying Kong in a service mesh pattern. The documents are currently work in progress and we will share them once they are public. Stay tuned!