Kong is a scalable, open source API Layer (also known as a API Gateway, or API Middleware). Kong runs in front of any RESTful API and provide functionalities and services such as requests routing, authentication, rate limiting, etc.
Kong dashboard is a UI tool that will let you manage your Kong Gateway setup.
Current version of Kong dashboard is compatible with Kong 0.6.x, 0.7.x, 0.8.x and 0.9.x.
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You will need:
- a running Kong gateway. https://getkong.org/install/
- nodejs and npm.
# Install Kong Dashboard
npm install -g kong-dashboard
# Start Kong Dashboard
kong-dashboard start
# To start Kong Dashboard on a custom port
kong-dashboard start -p [port]
# To start Kong Dashboard with basic auth
kong-dashboard start -a user=password
# You can set basic auth user with environment variables
# Do not set -a parameter or this will be overwritten
set kong-dashboard-name=admin && set kong-dashboard-pass=password && kong-dashboard start
# Pull repository
git clone https://github.com/PGBI/kong-dashboard.git
cd kong-dashboard
# Build Kong Dashboard
npm install
# Start Kong Dashboard
npm start
# To start Kong Dashboard on a custom port or with basic auth
npm start -- [-p port] [-a user=password]
# Start Kong Dashboard
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 pgbi/kong-dashboard
# Start Kong Dashboard on a custom port
docker run -d -p [port]:8080 pgbi/kong-dashboard
# Start Kong Dashboard with basic auth
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 pgbi/kong-dashboard npm start -- -a user=password
# Pull repository
git clone https://github.com/PGBI/kong-dashboard.git
cd kong-dashboard
# Start VM
vagrant up
You can now browse your kong dashboard at http://localhost:8080/dashboard/
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