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docs: Update K8s TGW tutorial to reliably obtain role ID (#18474)
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The `grep` command used to obtain the ID for the terminating gateway
role is not reliable in all scenarios. For example, if there is a
similarly named role, the command may return the wrong role ID for the
active terminating gateway instance.

This commit updates the command to use jq to obtain the role ID. If
multiple roles are found, jq will raise an error informing the user
that it cannot reliably determine the role ID.
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blake authored Aug 16, 2023
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The Helm chart may be deployed using the [Consul on Kubernetes CLI](/consul/docs/k8s/k8s-cli).
```shell-session
$ consul-k8s install -f values.yaml
$ consul-k8s install --config-file values.yaml
```

## Accessing the Consul agent
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<Tab heading="Without TLS">

```shell-session
$ kubectl port-forward consul-server-0 8500 &
$ kubectl port-forward service/consul-server 8500 &
```

```shell-session
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If TLS is enabled use port 8501:

```shell-session
$ kubectl port-forward consul-server-0 8501 &
$ kubectl port-forward service/consul-server 8501 &
```

```shell-session
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<Tab heading="Using ServiceDefaults and TransparentProxy">

The [`destination`](/consul/docs/connect/config-entries/service-defaults#terminating-gateway-destination) field of the `ServiceDefaults` Custom Resource Definition (CRD) allows clients to dial an external service directly. For this method to work, [`TransparentProxy`](/consul/docs/connect/transparent-proxy) must be enabled.

The following table describes traffic behaviors when using the `destination` field to route traffic through a terminating gateway:

| <nobr>External Services Layer</nobr> | <nobr>Client dials</nobr> | <nobr>Client uses TLS</nobr> | Allowed | Notes |
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### Update terminating gateway ACL role if ACLs are enabled

If ACLs are enabled, update the terminating gateway acl role to have `service: write` permissions on all of the services
If ACLs are enabled, update the terminating gateway ACL role to have `service:write` permissions on all of the services
being represented by the gateway.

Create a new policy that includes the write permission for the service you created.
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}
```

Fetch the ID of the terminating gateway token.
Obtain the ID of the terminating gateway role.

```shell-session
consul acl role list | grep -B 6 -- "- RELEASE_NAME-terminating-gateway-policy" | grep ID
ID: <role id>
$ consul acl role list -format=json | jq --raw-output '[.[] | select(.Name | endswith("-terminating-gateway-acl-role"))] | if (. | length) == 1 then (. | first | .ID) else "Unable to determine the role ID because there are multiple roles matching this name.\n" | halt_error end'
<role id>
```

Update the terminating gateway ACL token with the new policy.
Update the terminating gateway ACL role with the new policy.

```shell-session
$ consul acl role update -id <role id> -policy-name example-https-write-policy
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You can verify connectivity of the static-client and terminating gateway via a curl command.

<Tabs>
<Tab heading="Registered with `ServiceDefaults` destinations">
<Tab heading="Registered with ServiceDefaults destinations">

```shell-session
$ kubectl exec deploy/static-client -- curl -vvvs https://example.com/
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