Docker

Introduction

We will show you two methods of installing our Community Edition Gateway on Docker. The quickest way to get started is using docker-compose. Visit our Dockerhub to view the official images.

Prerequisites

The following are required for a Tyk OSS installation:

Redis - required for all Tyk installations. Simple redis installation instructions are included below.
MongoDB - Required only if you chose to use the MongoDB Tyk pump with your Tyk OSS installation. Same goes with any other pump you choose to use.

Interactive tutorial

Get hands-on practice deploying a simple configuration within a live environment! You can find full configuration details in the steps below.

Installation

Step 1 - Clone the docker-compose repository

git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-gateway-docker

Output: Cloning into 'tyk-gateway-docker'...

Step 2 - Change to the new directory

cd tyk-gateway-docker

Step 3 - Deploy Tyk Gateway and Redis

docker-compose up -d

Step 1 - Let’s create a network

$ docker network create tyk
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Step 2 - Deploy Redis into the network, with the `6379` port open

$ docker run -itd --rm --name redis --network tyk -p 127.0.0.1:6379:6379 redis:4.0-alpine
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Step 3 - Next, let’s download a JSON `tyk.conf` configuration file.

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-gateway-docker/master/tyk.standalone.conf
...
2021-01-28 13:05:22 (6.81 MB/s) - ‘tyk.standalone.conf’ saved [1563/1563]

Step 4 - Run the Gateway, mounting the conf file into the container:

$ docker run \
  --name tyk_gateway \
  --network tyk \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v $(pwd)/tyk.standalone.conf:/opt/tyk-gateway/tyk.conf \
  -v $(pwd)/apps:/opt/tyk-gateway/apps \
  docker.tyk.io/tyk-gateway/tyk-gateway:latest

Congratulations, you’re done! Your Tyk Gateway is now configured and ready to use. Confirm this by checking against the ‘hello’ endpoint:

curl localhost:8080/hello

Output: {"status":"pass","version":"v3.2.1","description":"Tyk GW"}

Next Steps Tutorials

Follow the Tutorials on the Community Edition tabs for the following:

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