macOS Installation

Packages

• Homebrew Formula

Installation

1. Install Kong

   Use the Homebrew package manager to add Kong as a tap and install it:

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    $ brew tap kong/kong
    $ brew install kong
   

2. Prepare your database or declarative configuration file

   Kong can run either with or without a database.

   When using a database, you will use the kong.conf configuration file for setting Kong’s configuration properties at start-up and the database as storage of all configured entities, such as the Routes and Services to which Kong proxies.

   When not using a database, you will use kong.conf’s configuration properties and a kong.yml file for specifying the entities as a declarative configuration.

   Using a database

   Configure Kong so it can connect to your database. Kong supports PostgreSQL 9.5+ and Cassandra 3.x.x as datastores, and can also run in DB-less mode

   If you are using Postgres, provision a database and a user before starting Kong:

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    CREATE USER kong; CREATE DATABASE kong OWNER kong;
   

   Next, run the Kong migrations:

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

   By default, Kong is configured to communicate with a local Postgres instance. If you are using Cassandra, or need to modify any settings, download the kong.conf.default file and adjust it as necessary. Then, as root, add kong.conf.default to /etc:

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    $ sudo mkdir -p /etc/kong
    $ sudo cp kong.conf.default /etc/kong/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.

   Without a database

   If you are going to run Kong in DB-less mode, you should start by generating a declarative config file. The following command will generate a kong.yml file in your current folder. It contains instructions about how to populate it.

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    $ kong config init
   

   After populating the kong.yml file, edit your kong.conf file. Set the database option to off and the declarative_config option to the path of your kong.yml file:

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    database = off
    declarative_config = /path/to/kong.yml
   

3. Start Kong

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

4. Use Kong

   Verify that Kong is running:

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

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