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Status Under review
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 27, 2024

BAW standalone on Azure AKS should support use of AGIC Appl.Gateway Ingress Controller

Client runs Business Automation Workflow 23.0.2 standalone deploment on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Currently, Ingresses are configured using custom nginx Ingress Controller as multiple attempts to configure ingresses using Azure Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC) failed. 

In Azure AKS environments, AGIC is the preferred and primary choice. For performance and ease of operations reasons, AGIC is superior to custom nginx ingress controller implementations. Therefore, client aims to switch to Azure Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC), enabling End-to-End encryption as described here https://azure.github.io/application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress/tutorials/tutorial.e2e-ssl/

It is understood that according to “IBM Business Automation Workflow support statement for Kubernetes platforms” ,https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-business-automation-workflow-support-statement-kubernetes-platforms configuring the Ingress is not part of the Operator. In similar cases in FileNet deployments however, IBM-provided code (operators) needed to be changed to modify the certificates generated by the operator. Also in BAW, we assume that similar issues apply. 

We kindly ask to describe a test case installing BAW in Azure environment involving AKS and AGIC, resolve code related findings and document a valid configuration. Thank you.

Idea priority High