Tyk is an open source API gateway used to manage, secure, and monitor web APIs. It is a powerful tool for developers who need to organize and manage web API traffic. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Tyk on macOS.
Before installing Tyk on macOS, make sure the following components are installed on your computer:
If you don't have Homebrew installed, open Terminal and enter the following command:
$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
If you don't have Docker installed, go to the official Docker website and download it for macOS:
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/mac/install/
Once you've installed Homebrew and Docker, you are ready to install Tyk.
There are two main components you need to install to get Tyk up and running: Tyk Gateway and Tyk Dashboard. Tyk Gateway is a lightweight, high-performance proxy that routes API requests. Tyk Dashboard provides a web interface for you to manage your APIs and endpoints, monitor traffic and analytics, and more.
Open Terminal and enter the following command to install the latest version of Tyk Gateway using Homebrew:
$ brew install tyk-gateway
Create a new directory for the Tyk Dashboard files:
$ mkdir tyk-dashboard
$ cd tyk-dashboard
Use the following command to pull the latest Tyk Dashboard Docker image:
$ docker pull tykio/tyk-dashboard:latest
After the image is downloaded, you can spin up the Tyk Dashboard container by running the following command:
$ docker run -d --name tyk_dashboard \
-p 3000:3000 \
-v $(pwd)/tyk_org.conf:/opt/tyk-dashboard/tyk_analytics.conf \
tykio/tyk-dashboard:latest
This command runs the Docker container with the name tyk_dashboard in detached mode (-d). It maps the container's port 3000 to your local machine's port 3000 (-p 3000:3000). Lastly, it mounts the tyk_org.conf file from the current directory to the container's tyk_analytics.conf configuration file.
The Tyk Dashboard web interface is now available at http://localhost:3000.
To configure Tyk Gateway, you need to edit the tyk.conf file. Open Terminal and enter the following command to open the file in nano text editor:
$ sudo nano /usr/local/tyk-gateway/tyk.conf
By default, the tyk.conf file is generated with basic configuration for a single virtual host. You can update it to reflect your own API and domain settings.
Here is an example configuration for a basic API:
{
"listen_port": 8080,
"node_secret": "tyk_demo_secret",
"secret": "my_secret",
"template_path": "/opt/tyk-gateway/templates",
"tyk_js_path": "/opt/tyk-gateway/js/tyk.js",
"middleware_path": "/opt/tyk-gateway/middleware",
"use_db_app_configs": false,
"app_path": "/opt/tyk-gateway/apps/",
"storage": {
"type": "redis",
"host": "localhost",
"port": 6379,
"username": "",
"password": "",
"database": 0,
"optimisation_max_idle": 100
},
"enable_analytics": true,
"analytics_config": {
"type": "mongo",
"csv_dir": "/tmp",
"mongo_url": "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/tyk_analytics",
"mongo_db_name": "tyk_analytics",
"mongo_collection": "tyk_analytics",
"purge_delay": -1,
"ignored_ips": []
},
"health_check": {
"enable_health_checks": true,
"health_check_value_timeouts": 60
},
"optimisation_max_idle": 100
}
Save the updated configuration file by pressing Ctrl + O and then Enter to confirm. Exit the editor by pressing Ctrl + X.
Now that you have Tyk Gateway and Tyk Dashboard installed and configured, you can start both processes:
$ sudo /usr/local/bin/tyk --conf=/usr/local/tyk-gateway/tyk.conf
After starting up Tyk Gateway and Tyk Dashboard, you can use the web interface at http://localhost:3000 to create and manage your APIs.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Tyk on macOS using Homebrew and Docker. You learned how to install and configure both Tyk Gateway and Tyk Dashboard, and how to start them up. Now you're ready to start building and managing your own web APIs with Tyk!
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