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  • Enable the Dev Portal for a Workspace
  • Access and Interact with the Dev Portal
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Publish, Locate, and Consume Services

Dev Portal provides a single source of truth for all developers to locate, access, and consume services. With intuitive content management for documentation, streamlined developer onboarding, and role-based access control (RBAC), the Dev Portal provides a comprehensive solution for creating and customizing a unified developer experience.

Before you begin

Make sure the Dev Portal is on. You should have enabled it during installation.

Enable the Dev Portal for a Workspace

Using Kong Manager
Using the Admin API
  1. In Kong Manager, open the Workspaces tab and open your workspace (for example, SecureWorkspace).

  2. Scroll down in the sidebar, then click the Overview link under the Dev Portal section.

  3. Click Enable Developer Portal and refresh the browser page.

cURL
HTTPie
curl -X PATCH http://<admin-hostname>:8001/workspaces/SecureWorkspace \
  --data config.portal=true
http -f PATCH http://<admin-hostname>:8001/workspaces/SecureWorkspace \
  config.portal=true

This will expose the Dev Portal at http://<admin-hostname>:8003/SecureWorkspace.

After the Dev Portal is enabled for the Workspace, a few new links appear in the left navigation menu. It may take a few seconds for the Settings page to populate.

You can learn more about personalization in the the Dev Portal documentation, including:

  • Customizing the look and feel of the site and editor
  • Managing access
  • Configuring the Dev Portal

Access and Interact with the Dev Portal

  1. Go back to Dev Portal > Overview and open the link in a new tab, or open the Dev Portal directly using this URL: http://<admin-hostname>:8003/SecureWorkspace.

    You’ll see a list of available API catalogs. By default, httpbin.org and Swagger Petstore appear as examples.

  2. Click on the httpbin.org entry to explore the API.

    On the left side, tags for the API as configured by the spec are displayed for easy searching.

    On the right, you can see the HTTP methods of the API. Clicking into each method shows its details, lets you test the method, and provides code snippets developers can use to leverage the method in their applications.

  3. Test the GET method:

    1. Under HTTP Methods, click the GET method.
    2. Click Try it Out, then click Execute. Review the results of the response.

Publish a Spec to Dev Portal

In this section, you’re going to add a new spec, the Kong Vitals API, to the Dev Portal catalog. The Kong Vitals API shows how Kong Gateway and connected APIs are performing.

  1. In Kong Manager, navigate to Dev Portal > Editor and open the link in a new tab. The editor lets you customize the Dev Portal.

  2. Click on New File + to add a new spec.

  3. In the New File dialog, open the dropdown and select spec, then name the spec vitals_spec.yaml.

  4. Click on Create File.

    The editor creates the file and prepares it for editing. Since you haven’t added any content to the file, the preview displays “Unable to render this definition”.

  5. In another tab, open the Kong Vitals Overview page to download the vitalsSpec.yaml. Open it in your favorite text editor and copy the contents of the file.

  6. In the Dev Portal editor, clear the contents of the editor, then paste the contents of vitalsSpec.yaml.

  7. Click Save Changes. If done correctly, the preview should show the API now.

  8. View the Dev Portal at http://<admin-hostname>:8003/SecureWorkspace and notice the new spec published to the Dev Portal.

Summary

In this topic, you:

  • Enabled the Dev Portal on the Workspace SecureWorkspace.
  • Tested the httpbin GET method.
  • Added a new spec for the Kong Vitals API to the Dev Portal catalog.
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