Kong is a scalable, open source API Layer (also known as a API Gateway, or API Middleware). Kong runs in front of any RESTful API and provide functionalities and services such as requests routing, authentication, rate limiting, etc.
Kong dashboard is a GUI that will let you manage your Kong Gateway setup.
| Kong-Dashboard versions | Kong versions | Node versions |
|---|---|---|
| 1.x.x | >= 0.6, < 0.10 | |
| 2.x.x | 0.10 | |
| 3.0.x | >= 0.9, <0.12 | >= 6.0.0 |
| 3.1.x, 3.2.x | >= 0.9, <0.13 | >= 6.0.0 |
| 3.3.x, 3.4.x | >= 0.9, <0.14 | >= 6.0.0 |
| 3.5.x | >= 0.9, <0.15 | >= 6.0.0 |
| 3.6.x | >= 0.9, <2.0.0 | >= 6.0.0 |
Notes:
- Kong Dashboard 3.3.0 is only partially compatible with Kong 0.13. It does not support the new Service and Route objects introduced in Kong 0.13.
You will need:
- a running Kong gateway. https://getkong.org/install/
- nodejs and npm, or docker
# Install Kong Dashboard
npm install -g kong-dashboard
# Start Kong Dashboard
kong-dashboard start --kong-url http://kong:8001
# Start Kong Dashboard on a custom port
kong-dashboard start \
--kong-url http://kong:8001 \
--port [port]
# Start Kong Dashboard with basic auth
kong-dashboard start \
--kong-url http://kong:8001 \
--basic-auth user1=password1 user2=password2
# See full list of start options
kong-dashboard start --help
# Start Kong Dashboard
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 pgbi/kong-dashboard start --kong-url http://kong:8001
# Start Kong Dashboard on a custom port
docker run --rm -p [port]:8080 pgbi/kong-dashboard start --kong-url http://kong:8001
# Start Kong Dashboard with basic auth
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 pgbi/kong-dashboard start \
--kong-url http://kong:8001
--basic-auth user1=password1 user2=password2
# See full list of start options
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 pgbi/kong-dashboard start --helpYou can now browse Kong Dashboard at http://localhost:8080
If you consider contributing to Kong Dashboard by reporting a bug, or submitting a patch, please checkout the contribution document for guidance.