INSTALLATION PROCESS: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install openssl libpcre3 procps perl $ sudo dpkg -i kong-0.10.3.*.deb CONFIGURE YOUR DATABASE : Configure Kong so it can connect to your database. Kong supports both PostgreSQL 9.4+ and Cassandra 3.x.x as its datastore. If you are using Postgres, please provision a database and a user before starting Kong, ie: CREATE USER kong; CREATE DATABASE kong OWNER kong; START KONG: $ kong start # Kong is running $ curl 127.0.0.1:8001 ISSUE THE FOLLOWING COMMAND TO START KONG: $ kong start Note: The CLI also accepts a configuration (-c <path_to_config>) option allowing you to point to different configurations. VERIFY THAT KONG HAS STARTED SUCCESSFULLY : The previous step runs migrations to prepare your database. Once these have finished you should see a message (Kong started) informing you that Kong is running. By default Kong listens on the following ports: :8000 on which Kong listens for incoming HTTP tr
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