Kong is an open-source API Gateway used to build, manage, and secure modern APIs and microservices architectures. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Kong on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting this tutorial, you must have:
Kong requires several dependencies to be installed on FreeBSD. Let's start by updating the package repository and installing those dependencies.
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg install -y wget curl openssl ca_root_nss
Kong is not available in the official FreeBSD package repository. Therefore, we will download and install it manually. Follow the below steps to download and install Kong on FreeBSD Latest.
Run the following command to download Kong.
sudo wget https://bintray.com/kong/kong-community-edition-freebsd/download_file?file_path=kong-community-edition-2.5.0-freebsd-amd64.tar.gz -O kong.tar.gz
This will download the Kong package archive to the current working directory.
Extract the downloaded archive file to the /usr/local directory.
sudo tar -xzf kong.tar.gz -C /usr/local/
This may take some time depending on the size of the archive, so be patient.
Now we have to add Kong's path to the system path.
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH' | sudo tee -a /etc/rc.conf
This will permanently add Kong location to the system path.
Now that Kong is installed, we can run it using the following command:
sudo kong start
This command will start Kong's Nginx web server, the Kong API Gateway, and other related processes.
To verify that Kong is running, use this command:
sudo kong health
This will show if all Kong processes are up and running.
In conclusion, we have illustrated how to install Kong on FreeBSD Latest. You are now ready to start using this powerful API gateway to build, manage, and secure your microservices architecture.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
Alternatively, for the best virtual desktop, try Shells!
