Tyk is an API gateway and management platform that helps businesses expose their APIs to the world more easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through installing Tyk on Void Linux.
To follow along with this tutorial, you will need:
Before installing Tyk, we need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S gcc make git tar wget ca-certificates
This will install gcc, make, git, tar, wget, and ca-certificates.
Next, we need to download the latest version of Tyk. You can download it from the Tyk website at https://tyk.io/downloads/.
Once downloaded, extract the contents of the archive to a directory of your choice using the following command:
tar -xvf <tyk_archive_name>.tar.gz
After extracting the content, navigate to the extracted directory.
cd <tyk_extracted_directory>
Now, run the following command to install Tyk:
sudo ./install.sh --no-dashboard --listenport=8080 --redishost=localhost --redisport=6379
This will install Tyk with the dashboard disabled, listening on port 8080, and using a local Redis server.
Now that Tyk is installed, we can start and enable its service.
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/tyk-gateway/ /var/service/
This will create a symbolic link to the Tyk service and add it to the list of services managed by runit. Finally, start the Tyk service:
sudo sv start tyk-gateway
And that's it! Tyk should now be running on your system.
In this tutorial, we guided you through installing Tyk on Void Linux. Tyk is a powerful API gateway and management platform that has a wide range of features to help you manage your APIs easily.
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