Install Kong Gateway on Ubuntu

The Kong Gateway software is governed by the Kong Software License Agreement. Kong is licensed under an Apache 2.0 license.

This page will install Kong Gateway in traditional mode, where it acts as both the control plane and data plane. Running in this mode may have a small performance impact.

We recommend using Konnect as your control plane to allow your data plane to run at maximum performance and decrease your deployment complexity

Prerequisites

• A supported system with root or root-equivalent access.
• (Enterprise only) A license.json file from Kong

Installation

Notes:

• Kong Gateway supports running on AWS Graviton processors. It can run in all AWS Regions where AWS Graviton is supported.
• In July of 2023 Kong announced that package hosting was shifting from https://download.konghq.com to https://packages.konghq.com. Read more about it in this blog post!

The quickest way to get started with Kong Gateway is using the install script:

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bash <(curl -sS https://get.konghq.com/install) -v 3.5.0.0

bash <(curl -sS https://get.konghq.com/install) -p kong -v 3.5.0

This script detects your operating system and automatically installs the correct package. It will also install a Postgres database and bootstrap Kong Gateway for you.

If you’d prefer to install just the package, please see the Package Install section.

Verify install

Once the script completes, run the following in the same terminal window:

curl -i http://localhost:8001

You should receive a 200 status code.

Next steps

Once Kong Gateway is running, you may want to do the following:

• Optional: Add your Enterprise license.
• Enable Kong Manager

• Create services and routes.

  Advanced Installation

Package Install

You can install Kong Gateway by downloading an installation package or using the APT repository.

We currently package Kong Gateway for Ubuntu Focal and Jammy. If you are using a different release, replace jammy with $(lsb_release -sc) or the release name in the commands below. To check your release name, run lsb_release -sc.

Kong Gateway supports running on AWS Graviton processors. It can run in all AWS Regions where AWS Graviton is supported.

Package

APT repository

Install Kong Gateway on Ubuntu from the command line.

1. Download the Kong package:

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   Kong Gateway (OSS)

   curl -Lo kong-enterprise-edition-3.5.0.0.amd64.deb "https://packages.konghq.com/public/gateway-35/deb/ubuntu/pool/jammy/main/k/ko/kong-enterprise-edition_3.5.0.0/kong-enterprise-edition_3.5.0.0_amd64.deb"

   curl -Lo kong-3.5.0.amd64.deb "https://packages.konghq.com/public/gateway-35/deb/ubuntu/pool/jammy/main/k/ko/kong_3.5.0/kong_3.5.0_amd64.deb"

2. Install the package:

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   sudo apt install -y ./kong-enterprise-edition-3.5.0.0.amd64.deb

   sudo apt install -y ./kong-3.5.0.amd64.deb

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To uninstall the package, run: sudo apt remove kong-enterprise-edition.

To uninstall the package, run: sudo apt remove kong.

Install the APT repository from the command line.

1. Setup the Kong APT repository:

    curl -1sLf "https://packages.konghq.com/public/gateway-35/gpg.501204D36929F3AE.key" |  gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/kong-gateway-35-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
    curl -1sLf "https://packages.konghq.com/public/gateway-35/config.deb.txt?distro=ubuntu&codename=focal" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kong-gateway-35.list > /dev/null

2. Update the repository:

    sudo apt-get update

3. Install Kong:

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   sudo apt-get install -y kong-enterprise-edition=3.5.0.0

   sudo apt-get install -y kong=3.5.0

4. Optional: Prevent accidental upgrades by marking the package as hold:

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   sudo apt-mark hold kong-enterprise-edition

   sudo apt-mark hold kong