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Configure Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal

Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal Configuration Options

To configure the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal, you can use either a config file or environment variables. The below table provides reference to all options available to you when configuring the portal.

Portal settings

This section explains the general portal settings, including which port it will be listening on, how often it should synchronize API Products and plans with the Tyk Dashboard, and so on. Most of these settings are optional, except for the PORTAL_LICENSEKEY. If you don’t specify these settings, the default values will be used. However, you can leverage the settings below to customize the deployment of your portal.

Sample storage setting section via config file

{
  "HostPort": 3001,
  "RefreshInterval": 10,
  "LicenseKey": "your-license-key",
  "Theming": {
    "Theme": "default",
    "Path": "./themes"
  },
  "ProductDocRenderer": "stoplight",
  "LogLevel": "debug",
  "LogFormat": "dev",
  "TLSConfig": {
    "Enable": true,
    "InsecureSkipVerify": true,
    "Certificates": [
      {
        "Name": "localhost",
        "CertFile": "portal.crt",
        "KeyFile": "portal.key"
      }
    ]
  },
  "PortalAPISecret": "your-portal-api-secret"
}

Sample storage setting section via environment variables

PORTAL_HOSTPORT=3001
PORTAL_REFRESHINTERVAL=10
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=your-license-key
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=default
PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=./themes
PORTAL_DOCRENDERER=stoplight
PORTAL_LOG_LEVEL=debug
PORTAL_LOG_FORMAT=dev
PORTAL_TLS_ENABLE=true
PORTAL_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY=true
PORTAL_TLS_CERTIFICATES = '[{"Name": "localhost","CertFile": "portal.crt","KeyFile": "portal.key"}]'
PORTAL_API_SECRET=your-portal-api-secret

PORTAL_HOSTPORT

Config file: HostPort
Type: int
Description: The port on which the portal will run inside the container. Not required. If it is not specified, the default value is 3001.

PORTAL_REFRESHINTERVAL

Config file: RefreshInterval
Type: int
Description: How the portal will synchronise API Products and plans with the Tyk Dashboard. The value is specified in minutes. Not required. If it is not specified, the default value is 10.

PORTAL_LICENSEKEY

Config file: LicenseKey
Type: string
Description: A licence key that Tyk provides. Required to start the portal.

PORTAL_THEMING_THEME

Config file: Theming.Theme
Type: string
Description: The name of a theme the portal should use after the start-up. You can change this later via the Themes UI. It’s not required to specify as the portal comes with only one theme named default, therefore, PORTAL_THEMING_THEME defaults default. However, if you already created a theme and want the portal to use when it’s starts for the first time, then you can use this setting to achieve that.

PORTAL_THEMING_PATH

Config file: Theming.Path
Type: string
Description: Defines a folder where themes are located. Depending on the storage type that you use, you can specify either a relative or an absolute path:

  • If you use the fs storage type, you can specify both a relative path (e.g., ./themes) and an absolute path (e.g., /themes)
  • If you use the s3 or db storage type, however, you can only use an absolute path (e.g., /themes).

The default value for this variable is ./themes, so it’s important to redefine it if you plan to use the s3 or db storage types.

PORTAL_DOCRENDERER

Config file: ProductDocRenderer
Type: string
Options:

  • stoplight to use Stoplight as a documentation renderer;
  • redoc to use Redoc as a documentation renderer.

Description: Use this setting to specify which OAS documentation renderer to use to render Open API Specification. Not required. If it is not specified, the default value is stoplight.

PORTAL_LOG_LEVEL

Config file: LogLevel
Type: string
Description: Defines the log level, available options are:

  • debug
  • info
  • warn
  • error
  • dpanic
  • panic
  • fatal

PORTAL_LOG_FORMAT

Config file: LogFormat
Type: string
Description: Defines the log format, available options are:

  • dev for verbose human-readable output
  • prod for output in json format.

PORTAL_TLS_ENABLE

Config file: TLSConfig.Enable
Type: boolean
Description: Enables TLS.

PORTAL_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY

Config file: TLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify
Type: boolean
Description: Skip verification of self-signed certificates.

PORTAL_TLS_CERTIFICATES

Config file: TLSConfig.Certificates
Type: json
Description: JSON (or JSON-formatted string in case of environment variable) containing list of certificates. Each certificate is defined by three properties:

  • Name
  • CertFile
  • KeyFile

PORTAL_API_SECRET

Config file: PortalAPISecret
Type: string
Description: API secret for enabling Single Sign-on (SSO) flow with the Tyk Identity Broker. You can specify any string value in this setting. Omit this setting if you don’t require SSO.

Storage settings

Using variables from this section, you can configure storage for the portal’s CMS assets such as themes, images, and Open API Specification files. The portal supports two types of storage:

  • S3 volume;
  • And filesystem.

Sample storage setting section via config file

{
  "Storage": "s3",
  "S3": {
    "AccessKey": "your-access-key",
    "SecretKey": "your-secret-key",
    "Region": "sa-east-1",
    "Endpoint": "https://s3.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com",
    "Bucket": "your-portal-bucket",
    "ACL": "private",
    "PresignURLs": true
    }
}

Sample storage setting section via environment variables

PORTAL_STORAGE=s3
PORTAL_S3_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your-access-key
PORTAL_S3_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your-secret-key
PORTAL_S3_REGION=sa-east-1
PORTAL_S3_ENDPOINT=your-portal-bucket
PORTAL_S3_BUCKET=https://s3.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com
PORTAL_S3_ACL=private
PORTAL_S3_PRESIGN_URLS=true

PORTAL_STORAGE

Config file: Storage
Type: string
Options:

  • fs to use file system storage type;
  • db to use the portal’s main database. If the db is selected as a storage type, the portal application will create appropriate structure in the database that
  • s3 to use S3 volume for storing the portal assets.

Description: Defines which type of storage to use for the portal’s CMS assets. Not required. If it is not specified, the default value is fs.

PORTAL_S3_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

Config file: S3.AccessKey
Type: string
Description: Access key for your S3 bucket. This option is only required for the s3 storage type and will be ignored for the fs and db storage types.

PORTAL_S3_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Config file: S3.SecretKey
Type: string
Description: Secret access key for your S3 bucket. This option is only required for the s3 storage type and will be ignored for the fs and db storage types.

PORTAL_S3_REGION

Config file: S3.Region
Type: string
Description: AWS region where the S3 bucket is hosted. E.g., sa-east-1. This option is only required for the s3 storage type and will be ignored for the fs and db storage types.

PORTAL_S3_ENDPOINT

Config file: S3.Endpoint
Type: string
Description: URL to object storage service. E.g., https://s3.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com or https://play.min.io. This option is only required for the s3 storage type and will be ignored for the fs and db storage types.

PORTAL_S3_BUCKET

Config file: S3.Bucket
Type: string
Description: Name of the S3 bucket. Required only for the s3 storage type. This option is only required for the s3 storage type and will be ignored for the fs and db storage types.

PORTAL_S3_ACL

Config file: S3.ACL
Type: string
Description: ACL permissions are set on the bucket, with options including private, public-read, public-read-write, and authenticated-read. If the bucket uses a policy to set permissions, you should leave the ACL value empty. This option is only required for the s3 storage type and will be ignored for the fs and db storage types.

PORTAL_S3_PRESIGN_URLS

Config file: S3.PresignURLs
Type: string
Description: The PresignURLs option instructs the client to retrieve presigned URLs for the objects. This is particularly useful if the bucket is private and you need to access the object directly, such as when displaying an image on a web page. This option is only required for the s3 storage type and will be ignored for the fs and db storage types.

Database connection settings

This section provides a reference for the database connection settings used in the portal.

Sample database connection setting section via config file

{
  "Database": {
    "Dialect": "mysql",
    "ConnectionString": "admin:secr3t@(localhost:3308)/portal?charset=utf8&parseTime=True&loc=Local",
    "EnableLogs": true,
    "MaxRetries": 3,
    "RetryDelay": 2000
  }
}

Sample database connection setting section via environment variables

PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT="mysql"
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING="admin:secr3t@(localhost:3308)/portal?charset=utf8&parseTime=True&loc=Local"
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS=true
PORTAL_DATABASE_MAXRETRIES=3
PORTAL_DATABASE_RETRYDELAY=5000

PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT

Config file: Database.Dialect
Type: string
Description: A database will be used to store the portal data. Available dialects are:

  • mysql
  • postgres
  • sqlite3

PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING

Config file: Database.ConnectionString
Type: string
Description: Connection string to the selected database. This setting must be present if the PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT is specified.

PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS

Config file: Database.EnableLogs
Type: boolean
Description: Enables logging connection to the database. We recommend disabling this in production environments.

PORTAL_DATABASE_MAXRETRIES

Config file: Database.MaxRetries
Type: boolean
Description: Defines how many times the portal will retry to connect to the database. Optional, the default value is 3.

PORTAL_DATABASE_RETRYDELAY

Config file: Database.MaxRetries
Type: boolean
Description: Defines delay between connect attempts (in milliseconds). Optional, the default value is 5000.

Sample config file

{
  "HostPort": 3001,
  "RefreshInterval": 10,
  "LicenseKey": "your-license-key",
  "Theming": {
    "Theme": "default",
    "Path": "./themes"
  },
  "ProductDocRenderer": "stoplight",
  "LogLevel": "debug",
  "LogFormat": "dev",
  "TLSConfig": {
    "Enable": true,
    "InsecureSkipVerify": true,
    "Certificates": [
      {
        "Name": "localhost",
        "CertFile": "portal.crt",
        "KeyFile": "portal.key"
      }
    ]
  },
  "PortalAPISecret": "your-portal-api-secret",
  "Storage": "s3",
  "S3": {
    "AccessKey": "your-access-key",
    "SecretKey": "your-secret-key",
    "Region": "sa-east-1",
    "Endpoint": "https://s3.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com",
    "Bucket": "your-portal-bucket",
    "ACL": "private",
    "PresignURLs": true
  },
  "Database": {
    "Dialect": "mysql",
    "ConnectionString": "admin:secr3t@(localhost:3308)/portal?charset=utf8&parseTime=True&loc=Local",
    "EnableLogs": true,
    "MaxRetries": 3,
    "RetryDelay": 2000
  }
}

Sample .env file

PORTAL_HOSTPORT=3001
PORTAL_REFRESHINTERVAL=10
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=your-license-key
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=default
PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=./themes
PORTAL_DOCRENDERER=stoplight
PORTAL_LOG_LEVEL=debug
PORTAL_LOG_FORMAT=dev
PORTAL_TLS_ENABLE=true
PORTAL_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY=true
PORTAL_TLS_CERTIFICATES = '[{"Name": "localhost","CertFile": "portal.crt","KeyFile": "portal.key"}]'
PORTAL_API_SECRET=your-portal-api-secret
PORTAL_STORAGE=s3
PORTAL_S3_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your-access-key
PORTAL_S3_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your-secret-key
PORTAL_S3_REGION=sa-east-1
PORTAL_S3_ENDPOINT=your-portal-bucket
PORTAL_S3_BUCKET=https://s3.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com
PORTAL_S3_ACL=private
PORTAL_S3_PRESIGN_URLS=true
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT="mysql"
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING="admin:secr3t@(localhost:3308)/portal?charset=utf8&parseTime=True&loc=Local"
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS=true
PORTAL_DATABASE_MAXRETRIES=3
PORTAL_DATABASE_RETRYDELAY=5000
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