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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
- A supported system with root or root-equivalent access.
- (Enterprise only) A
license.json
file from Kong
Installation
Notes:
- Kong Gateway supports running on AWS Graviton processors. It can run in all AWS Regions where AWS Graviton is supported.
- In July of 2023 Kong announced that package hosting was shifting from https://download.konghq.com to https://packages.konghq.com. Read more about it in this blog post!
The quickest way to get started with Kong Gateway is using the install script:
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:
- Optional: Add your Enterprise license.
- Enable Kong Manager
- Enable Dev Portal
- Create services and routes.
Advanced Installation
Package Install
You can install Kong Gateway by downloading an installation package or using the APT repository.
We currently package Kong Gateway for Ubuntu Bionic, Focal, and Jammy. If you are using a different release, replace jammy
with $(lsb_release -sc)
or the release name 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.