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.x, 0.7.x, 0.8.x, 0.9.x | |
2.x.x | 0.10.x | |
3.0.x | 0.9.x, 0.10.x, 0.11.x | >= 6.0.0 |
3.x.x | 0.9.x, 0.10.x, 0.11.x, 0.12.x | >= 6.0.0 |
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 --help
You 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.