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install Kong Enterprise and PostgreSQL onto Ubuntu

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Install Kong Enterprise

curl the EE binary for Ubuntu (or Debian) from Bintray to your Ubuntu server

Then, with the file local:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install openssl libpcre3 procps perl
$ sudo dpkg -i kong-enterprise-edition-0.32.zesty.all.deb

NOTE: EE file may differ in last step above. In addition to Zesty, we currently build for Precise, Trusty, and Xenial.

Install PostgreSQL

$ sudo apt-get install postgresql
$ sudo -i -u postgres (puts you into new shell)

Create kong user

$ psql
> CREATE USER kong; CREATE DATABASE kong OWNER kong; ALTER USER kong WITH password 'kong'; 
> \q
$ exit

Finish Kong Enterprise setup steps

# Add contents of your license file (copy & paste)
$ sudo vi /etc/kong/license.json
$ sudo cp /etc/kong/kong.conf.default /etc/kong/kong.conf
# Uncomment and add 'kong' to pg_password line
$ sudo vi /etc/kong/kong.conf

Run migrations and start kong

$ sudo /usr/local/bin/kong migrations up
$ sudo /usr/local/bin/kong start

Test your Kong installation

$ curl -i -X POST \
  --url http://localhost:8001/apis/ \
  --data 'name=demo' \
  --data 'uris=/' \
  --data 'upstream_url=http://httpbin.org'
$ curl -i -X GET \
  --url http://localhost:8000/ip

Setup Admin GUI

# Get the local IP address
$ ifconfig 

# Uncomment the admin_listen setting, and update to 
# something like this `admin_listen = 172.31.3.8:8001`
$ sudo vi /etc/kong/kong.conf

# Restart kong
$ sudo /usr/local/bin/kong stop 
$ sudo /usr/local/bin/kong start

In a browser, load your server on port 8002

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