Install Tyk Enterprise Portal

Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal

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Installing Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal

We deliver the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal as a Docker container. To install Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal, you need to launch the Docker image for the portal.

The following paragraphs will explain the variable used by the Docker image for the portal and also how to get the portal running.

Environment variables and .env file

Environment variables reference

The Tyk Enterprise Developer portal is configured by using the following environment variables that should be passed to the container during the start-up:

Variable	Meaning	Required	Example value
PORTAL_HOST_PORT	The port on which the portal will run inside the container.	No. If it is not specified, the default value is 3001.	3001
PORTAL_REFRESHINTERVAL	How the portal will synchronise API Products and plans with the Tyk Dashboard. The value is specified in minutes.	No. If it is not specified, the default value is 10.	10
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT	A database will be used to store the portal data. Available dialects are mysql, postgres, and sqlite3.	No. If it is not specified, the portal will sqlite3 inside the container, we don’t recommend this configuration for production environments.	`mysql`
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING	Connection string to the selected database.	It is required if `PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT` is specified.	`login:[email protected](the-database-host:3306)/portal?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=true`
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS	It enables logging connection to the database. We recommend disabling this in production environments.	No. If it is not specified, the default value is `false`.	`false`
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME	It defines which theme the portal should use after the start-up. You can change this later via the Themes UI. By default, the portal comes with only one theme named `default`, therefore, PORTAL_THEMING_THEME should be equal to `default`.	No. If it is not specified, the default value is `default`.	`default`
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY	A licence key that Tyk provides.	Yes. You can’t use the portal without a licence key.	XXXX
ADMIN_EMAIL	The portal super admin email address for bootstrapping.	Yes. It must be specified on the first launch.	[email protected]
ADMIN_PASSWORD	The portal super admin password for bootstrapping	Yes. It must be specified on the first launch.	secr3t
PROVIDER_NAME	You can specify connection settings to your Tyk Dashboard either via the Provider UI or using `PROVIDER_NAME` and `PROVIDER_DATA` variables. `PROVIDER_NAME` defines the name of your Tyk instance as it will appear in the UI. Later you can add more instances of the Tyk Dashboard using UI.	If it is not specified, the default value is `Tyk Dashboard (Edit Me)`.	Tyk Dashboard
PROVIDER_DATA	It defines connection data for the Tyk Dashboard instance.	No. If it is not specified, the default value is `{"URL": "http://localhost:8000", "Secret": "your-dash-user-secret-here", "OrgID": "5fc07983cbfb8149a63a4ae3"}`.	`{"URL": "http://localhost:8000", "Secret": "your-dash-user-secret-here", "OrgID": "5fc07983cbfb8149a63a4ae3"}`

In a production environment, on the first launch you need to specify at least the following environment variables:

PORTAL_LICENSEKEY;
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT;
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING;
ADMIN_EMAIL;
ADMIN_PASSWORD.

.env file

If you have multiple environment variables, you can substitute them by adding them to a default environment variable file named .env or providing a path to your environment variables file using the –env-file command-line option. The below example demonstrates the .env file:

ADMIN_EMAIL=[email protected]  
ADMIN_PASSWORD=secr3t  
PORTAL_HOST_PORT=3001  
PORTAL_REFRESHINTERVAL=10  
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=mysql  
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=admin:[email protected](tyk-portal-mysql:3306)/portal?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=true  
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS=false  
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=default  
PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=./themes  
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=XXX

Launch the Tyk Enterprise Developer portal using docker

To launch the Tyk Enterprise Developer portal, specify the environment variables described above or specify a .env file. The following example demonstrates how to launch the portal using the .env file:

$ docker run -d \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  --env-file .env \
  --name tyk-portal \
  tykio/portal:v1.0.0 --bootstrap

This command will launch the portal on port 3001 and bootstrap the portal. Now you can access your portal on port 3001.

Bootstrapping

The portal must be bootstrapped on the first launch. You can remove the --bootstrap command later if you don’t want the portal to try bootstrapping. However, if --bootstrap is specified, the portal will firstly check if it’s already bootstrapped. If your portal is already bootstrapped, it is safe to launch the portal using --bootstrap command. Neither of your assets will be modified.

Launch the Tyk Enterprise Developer portal with MySQL

This guide demonstrates two approaches for setting up and running the portal with MySQL database: using docker-compose and using separate Docker containers. To launch the portal with other databases you can use this guide as a reference.

Installing Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal by using separate Docker containers

Create a network to connect your containers.

$ docker network create tyk-portal

Create a volume for the MySQL database.

$ docker volume create tyk-portal-mysql-data

Launch the MySQL container by using docker run. You can refer to the MySQL configuration guide for other configuration options.

$ docker run -d \  
--name tyk-portal-mysql \  
--restart on-failure:5 \  
-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=sup3rsecr3t \  
-e MYSQL_DATABASE=portal \  
-e MYSQL_USER=admin \  
-e MYSQL_PASSWORD=secr3t \  
--mount type=volume,source=tyk-portal-mysql-data,target=/var/lib/mysql \  
--network tyk-portal \  
-p 3306:3306 \  
mysql:5.7 --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --sql-mode=ALLOW_INVALID_DATES

Create a .env file as described above.
Launch the portal by executing the following command to finish the installation.

$ docker run -d \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  --env-file .env \
  --network tyk-portal \
  --name tyk-portal \
  tykio/portal:v1.0.0 --bootstrap

Now you should be able to access the portal on port 3001.
Execute the cleanup commands to clean up the installation:

$ docker stop tyk-portal                 # stop the portal container
$ docker rm tyk-portal                   # remove the portal container
$ docker stop tyk-portal-mysql           # stop the database container
$ docker rm tyk-portal-mysql             # remove the database container
$ docker volume rm tyk-portal-mysql-data # remove the database container volume

Installation by using separate docker-compose

Create the docker-compose file:

version: '3.6'  
services:  
  tyk-portal:
    depends_on:
      - tyk-portal-mysql
    image: tykio/portal:v1.0.0
    command: --bootstrap
    networks:
      - tyk-portal
    ports:
      - 3001:3001
    environment:
      - ADMIN_EMAIL=${ADMIN_EMAIL}
      - ADMIN_PASSWORD=${ADMIN_PASSWORD}
      - PROVIDER_DATA=${PROVIDER_DATA}
      - PROVIDER_NAME=${PROVIDER_NAME}
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=${PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT}
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=${PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=${PORTAL_THEMING_THEME}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=${PORTAL_THEMING_PATH}
      - PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=${PORTAL_LICENSEKEY}

  tyk-portal-mysql:
    image: mysql:5.7
    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
    volumes:
      - tyk-portal-mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
    networks:
      - tyk-portal
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=${MYSQL_DATABASE}
      - MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER} - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}

volumes:
  tyk-portal-mysql-data:

networks:  
  tyk-portal:

Create the .env file. This time you will need to specify variables for MySQL as well. You can use the following example as a blueprint:

MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=sup3rsecr3t  
MYSQL_DATABASE=portal  
MYSQL_USER=admin  
MYSQL_PASSWORD=secr3t0  
ADMIN_EMAIL=[email protected]  
ADMIN_PASSWORD=secr3t  
PORTAL_HOST_PORT=3001  
PORTAL_REFRESHINTERVAL=10  
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=mysql  
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=admin:[email protected](tyk-portal-mysql:3306)/portal?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=true  
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS=false  
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=default  
PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=./themes  
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=XXX  
PROVIDER_DATA={"URL":"http://192.168.1.55:3000","Secret":"eb18a1d86ae7492f55e6190ffde6ad55","OrgID":"617006c1829b6f0001c6c039"}  
PROVIDER_NAME=[email protected]

Launch the docker-compose file:

$ docker-compose --env-file .env up -d

Now you should be able to access the portal on port 3001.
Run the following commands to shutdown the stack:

$ docker-compose down       # to just shutdown the stack

$ docker-compose down -v    # to shutdown the stack and remove the volume

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