Using authentication method not supported by ApiDefinition CRD

[omrilama]

Hi,

I installed the tyk gateway OSS (using helm) and tyk-operator on my k8s cluster and just noticed that HMAC is yet to be supported by the ApiDefinition CRD.

I was wondering if, when using the tyk-operator, I must define all definitions using the ApiDefinition or can I also use the dashboard or simply the gateway api (https://tyk.io/docs/tyk-gateway-api/api-definition-objects/) ?

Assuming I can use either (the dashboard or the api-gateway api) I guess I can support HMAC but it just won't be represented in the ApiDefintion CRD?

Is there any other/better option for me to support HMAC and still use oss tyk?

Thanks!

[asoorm]

Hi, and thanks for your enquiry. We didn't implement HMAC as an authentication method yet for Tyk Operator - because we did not see demand for it till now and we had to prioritise more popular features.

API Definition CRD Documentation

If this is something critical for you - please open a feature request (GH issue) and we can bump the priority for you.

Open a feature request

[omrilama]

Thank you for the reply.

Is it possible though to use the gateway api (or some other way) to create this authentication (without a CRD) assuming I'm running on the open source version?