How To Enable the Dev Portal

Enable Dev Portal in the Kong Configuration or within a Docker container for Docker installations.

Enable Dev Portal in the Kong Configuration

1. To enable the Dev Portal, the following properties must be set in the Kong configuration file (kong.conf):

   portal = on
   

   Kong Gateway must be restarted for this value to take effect.

2. Enable the default Workspace Dev Portal via Kong Manager:

   1. Navigate to the default Workspace in Kong Manager
   2. Click the Settings link under Dev Portal
   3. Toggle the Dev Portal Switch

   It may take a few seconds for the Settings page to populate.

   To enable the default Workspace’s Dev portal via the command line:

   curl -X PATCH http://localhost:8001/workspaces/default   --data "config.portal=true"
   

   • This will expose the default Dev Portal at http://localhost:8003/default
   • The Dev Portal Files endpoint can be accessed at :8001/files
   • The Public Dev Portal Files API can be accessed at :8004/files

Enable Dev Portal with Docker installation

This feature is only available with a Kong Konnect Enterprise subscription.

1. Deploy a license.

2. In your Docker container, set the Portal URL and set KONG_PORTAL to on:

    echo "KONG_PORTAL_GUI_HOST=localhost:8003 KONG_PORTAL=on kong reload exit" \
      | docker exec -i kong /bin/sh
   

   The HOSTNAME for KONG_PORTAL_GUI_HOST should not be preceded by a protocol, for example, http://.

3. Execute the following command:

   curl -X PATCH --url http://
   {HOSTNAME}
   :8001/workspaces/default \
        --data "config.portal=true"

4. Access the Dev Portal for the default workspace using the URL specified in the KONG_PORTAL_GUI_HOST variable:

   http://
   {HOSTNAME}
   :8003/default