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Install Kong Gateway on Ubuntu

The Kong Gateway software is governed by the Kong Software License Agreement. Kong is licensed under an Apache 2.0 license.

This page will install Kong Gateway in traditional mode, where it acts as both the control plane and data plane. Running in this mode may have a small performance impact.  

 

We recommend using Konnect as your control plane to allow your data plane to run at maximum performance and decrease your deployment complexity

Prerequisites

Installation

Note: Kong Gateway supports running on AWS Graviton processors. It can run in all AWS Regions where AWS Graviton is supported.

The quickest way to get started with Kong Gateway is using our install script:

bash <(curl -sS https://get.konghq.com/install) -v 3.0.2.0

bash <(curl -sS https://get.konghq.com/install) -p kong -v 3.0.2

This script detects your operating system and automatically installs the correct package. It will also install a Postgres database and bootstrap Kong Gateway for you.

If you’d prefer to install just the package, please see the Package Install section.

Verify install

Once the script completes, run the following in the same terminal window:

curl -i http://localhost:8001

You should receive a 200 status code.

Next steps

Once Kong Gateway is running, you may want to do the following:

Advanced Installation

Package Install

You can install Kong Gateway by downloading an installation package or using our APT repository.

  • We currently package Kong Gateway for Ubuntu Bionic and Focal. If you are using a different release, replace $(lsb_release -sc) with focal in the commands below. To check your release name run lsb_release -sc.
  • Kong Gateway supports running on AWS Graviton processors. It can run in all AWS Regions where AWS Graviton is supported.

Install Kong Gateway on Ubuntu from the command line.

  1. Download the Kong package:

    curl -Lo kong-enterprise-edition-3.0.2.0.amd64.deb "https://download.konghq.com/gateway-3.x-ubuntu-$(lsb_release -sc)/pool/all/k/kong-enterprise-edition/kong-enterprise-edition_3.0.2.0_amd64.deb"
    curl -Lo kong-3.0.2.amd64.deb "https://download.konghq.com/gateway-3.x-ubuntu-$(lsb_release -sc)/pool/all/k/kong/kong_3.0.2_amd64.deb"

  2. Install the package:

    sudo apt install -y ./kong-enterprise-edition-3.0.2.0.amd64.deb
    sudo apt install -y ./kong-3.0.2.amd64.deb

To uninstall the package, run: sudo apt remove kong-enterprise-edition.

To uninstall the package, run: sudo apt remove kong.

Install the APT repository from the command line.

  1. Setup the Kong APT repository: 
     echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.konghq.com/gateway-3.x-ubuntu-$(lsb_release -sc)/ \
 default all" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kong.list
  2. Update the repository: 
     sudo apt-get update

  3. Install Kong:

    sudo apt install -y kong-enterprise-edition=3.0.2.0
    apt install -y kong=3.0.2

  4. Optional: Prevent accidental upgrades by marking the package as hold:

    sudo apt-mark hold kong-enterprise-edition
    sudo apt-mark hold kong