Property Reference

This document describes the configuration directives for the Kong Developer Portal.

proxy_url

Default: NONE (auto generated)

Description:
The URL on which Kong is accessible. This is used primarily by the Dev Portal. By default the Dev Portal will use the window request host and append the resolved listener port depending on the requested protocol.

Example:

proxy_url = http://127.0.0.1:8000

portal

Default: off

Description:
Should Kong enable the Kong Dev Portal?

If enabled, Kong will expose the Kong Dev Portal GUI, Kong Dev Portal API on the portal_gui_listen address, and management endpoints on the Admin API.

Example:

portal = on

portal_gui_listen

Default: 0.0.0.0:8003, 0.0.0.0:8446 ssl

Description:
Comma-separated list of addresses on which Kong will expose the Kong Dev Portal GUI. Suffixes can be specified for each pair, similar to the admin_listen directive.

Example:

portal_gui_listen = 0.0.0.0:8003, 0.0.0.0:8446 ssl

portal_gui_url

Default: NONE (auto generated)

Description:
The URL on which your Kong Dev Portal is accessible.

When not provided, The Kong Dev Portal GUI will attempt to determine the port and host based on the browsers window.location, this assumes that the accessed host has exposed the ports defined on the portal_gui_listener directive.

If the above does not reflect your setup, we highly recommend setting this value.

Example:

portal_gui_url = https://portal.domain.tld

portal_gui_ssl_cert

Default: NONE (auto generated)

Description:
The absolute path to the SSL certificate for portal_gui_listen values with SSL enabled.

Example:

portal_gui_ssl_cert = /path/to/portal_gui_ssl.cert

portal_gui_ssl_cert_key

Default: NONE (auto-generated)

Description:
The absolute path to the SSL key for portal_gui_listen values with SSL enabled.

Example:

portal_gui_ssl_key = /path/to/portal_gui_ssl.key

portal_api_listen

Default: 0.0.0.0:8004, 0.0.0.0:8447 ssl

Description:
Comma-separated list of addresses on which Kong will expose the Dev Portal API. Suffixes can be specified for each pair, similarly to the admin_listen directive.

portal_api_listen = 0.0.0.0:8004, 0.0.0.0:8447 ssl

portal_api_url

Default: NONE (empty)

Description:
The address on which your Kong Dev Portal API is accessible by Kong. You should only set this value if your Kong Dev Portal API lives on a different node than your Kong Proxy.

When not provided, Kong will use the listeners defined on portal_api_listen as the value.

Example:

portal_api_url = https://portal-api.domain.tld

portal_api_ssl_cert

Default: NONE (auto generated)

Description:
Dev Portal API SSL Certificate.

The absolute path to the SSL certificate for portal_api_listen values with SSL enabled.

Example:

portal_api_ssl_cert = /path/to/portal_api_ssl.cert

portal_api_ssl_cert_key

Default: NONE (auto generated)

Description:
Dev Portal API SSL Certificate Key.

The absolute path to the SSL key for portal_api_listen values with SSL enabled.

Example:

portal_api_ssl_cert_key = /path/to/portal_api_ssl_cert.key

portal_api_access_log

Default: logs/portal_api_access.log

Description:
Location of log containing all calls made to the Portal API.

portal_api_access.log location can be absolute or relative. When using relative pathing, logs will be placed under the prefix location.

Setting this value to off will disable logging Portal API access logs.

Example:

portal_api_access_log = logs/portal_api_access.log

portal_auto_approve

Default: off

Description:
Dev Portal Auto Approve Access.

When set to on, a developer will automatically be marked as approved after completing Dev Portal registration. Access can still be revoked through the Admin GUI or API.

Example:

portal_auto_approve = on

portal_auth

Default: NONE (empty)

Description:
Use portal_auth to specify the authentication plugin to apply to your Dev Portal. Developers will use the specified form of authentication to request access, register, and login to your Dev Portal.

Example (Basic Auth):

portal_auth = basic-auth

portal_auth_config

Default: NONE (empty)

Description:
Here you can specify authentication plugin configuration via JSON Object format to be applied to your Developer Portal auth plugin. For information about Plugin Configuration consult the associated plugin documentation.

Example (Basic Auth):

portal_auth_conf = { "hide_credentials": true }

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