AKO is an operator which works as an ingress controller and performs Avi Load Balancer specific functions in an OpenShift/Kubernetes environment with the Avi Load Balancer Controller. It runs as a pod in the cluster and translates the required OpenShift/Kubernetes objects to Avi Load Balancer objects and automates the implementation of ingresses/routes/services on the Service Engines (SE) through the Avi Load Balancer Controller .
Avi Load Balancer Controller
The Avi Load Balancer Controller provides the central control, management, and observability functions in the Avi Load Balancer architecture. It manages the lifecycle of the Service Engines, their configurations, and provides centralized analytics and observability.
Avi Load Balancer Service Engines (cluster-external)
The Avi Load Balancer Service Engines are the data-plane engines that implement the virtual services for Kubernetes ingresses. These SEs handle all the data plane responsibilities in the platform.
