How to install Lura on Alpine Linux Latest

Lura is an open-source API gateway used to manage the API traffic. It is written in Go and is highly scalable. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Lura on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• A Linux OS with root privileges.
• Docker installed on the machine.

Steps

1. Let's first update the existing packages on the system by running the following command:

apk update

2. Install Git:

apk add git

3. Clone the Lura repository using Git:

git clone https://github.com/luraproject/lura.git

4. Enter into the Lura directory:

cd lura

5. Install the Go language and required Go packages:

apk add go && go get -u github.com/gin-gonic/gin && go get -u go.uber.org/zap

6. Build Lura:

go build main.go

7. Start Lura:

./main

This should start Lura and you should see the following output on your terminal:

INFO[0000] Loading configuration from [./lura.json] ....
INFO[0000] Configuration loaded.                        
INFO[0000] Running Lura ..........                                 

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lura.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Lura on Alpine Linux Latest. Lura is a powerful API gateway that can help you manage your API traffic efficiently.

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