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How to run Kong API Gateway using docker containers?

I am very new to Kong API Gateway, and am currently attempting to run a Kong container with PostgreSQL as my database container.

How can i achieve this?

Solution

  • 1. Start your database:

     $ docker run -d --name kong-database \
                  -p 5432:5432 \
                  -e "POSTGRES_USER=kong" \
                  -e "POSTGRES_DB=kong" \
                  postgres:9.4

    2. Start Kong:

    Start a Kong container and link it to your database container, configuring the KONG_DATABASE environment variable with postgres.

    $ docker run -d --name kong \
              --link kong-database:kong-database \
              -e "KONG_DATABASE=postgres" \
              -e "KONG_PG_HOST=kong-database" \
              -p 8000:8000 \
              -p 8443:8443 \
              -p 8001:8001 \
              -p 7946:7946 \
              -p 7946:7946/udp \
              kong

    3.Verify Kong is running:

    $ curl http://127.0.0.1:8001