Amazon Linux

Packages

Start by downloading the following package specifically built for the Amazon Linux AMI:

• Download

Enterprise trial users should download their package from their welcome email and save their license to /etc/kong/license.json after step 1.

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Installation

1. Install Kong

   After downloading the package, execute:

    $ sudo yum install epel-release
    $ sudo yum install kong-community-edition-1.1.0.aws.rpm --nogpgcheck
   

2. Prepare your database

   Configure Kong so it can connect to your database. Kong supports both PostgreSQL 9.5+ and Cassandra 3.x.x as its datastore.

   If you are using Postgres, please provision a database and a user before starting Kong, i.e.:

    CREATE USER kong; CREATE DATABASE kong OWNER kong;
   

   Now, run the Kong migrations:

    $ kong migrations bootstrap [-c /path/to/kong.conf]
   

   Note for Kong < 0.15: with Kong versions below 0.15 (up to 0.14), use the up sub-command instead of bootstrap. Also note that with Kong < 0.15, migrations should never be run concurrently; only one Kong node should be performing migrations at a time. This limitation is lifted for Kong 0.15, 1.0, and above.

3. Start Kong

    $ kong start [-c /path/to/kong.conf]
   

4. Use Kong

   Kong is running:

    $ curl -i http://localhost:8001/
   

   Quickly learn how to use Kong with the 5-minute Quickstart.

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