Installation Options for Tyk Self-Managed

Explore the various installation options for Tyk Self-Managed, including Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and more.

Introduction

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Install with Docker

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Install on K8s

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Install with Ansible

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Install on Red Hat

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Install on Ubuntu

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Install on Amazon AWS

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Install Tyk on Heroku

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Install on Microsoft Azure

Tyk Dependencies and Database Support

MongoDB / PostgreSQL

Tyk Dashboard requires a persistent datastore for its operations. By default MongoDB is used. From Tyk v4.0, we also support PostgreSQL. See Database Options for a list of versions and drop-in replacements we support.

Redis

Tyk Gateway requires Redis for its operations. Here is the list of supported versions:

Supported Versions

• Tyk 5.3 supports Redis 6.2.x, 7.0.x, and 7.2.x
• Tyk 5.2.x and earlier supports Redis 6.0.x and Redis 6.2.x only.

Visit the Gateway page for more info.

Tyk Gateway Architecture

The Tyk Gateway can run completely independently, requiring only a Redis database, and can scale horizontally:

Init Systems

Tyk packages support SysVinit Linux init systems, systemd and Upstart (both 0.6.x and 1.x, [FYI - Ubuntu stopped supporting Upstart] upstart(https://askubuntu.com/questions/1024120/will-ubuntu-18-04-lts-still-support-upstart-or-do-we-have-to-change-to-systemd)). During package installation only one is chosen depending on the operating system support, e.g.:

• CentOS 6, RHEL 6, Amazon Linux ship with Upstart 0.6.x
• Ubuntu 14.04, Debian Jessie with Upstart 1.x
• CentOS 7, RHEL 7, Ubuntu 16.04, Debian Stretch are running with systemd
• Certain older distros may only provide SysVinit but all of them typically provide compatibility with its scripts

Note that any init scripts of your choosing can be used instead of automatically detected ones by copying them from the install/inits directory inside the package directory.

This init system variance implies there are different ways to manage the services and collect service logs.

Upstart

For Upstart, service management can be performed through the initctl or a set of start, stop, restart and status commands. Upstart 1.x also works with the service command.

systemd

For systemd, either systemctl or service commands may be utilized.

The service command can usually be used with SysVinit scripts, as well as invoking them directly.

• Upstart 0.6.x and SysVinit: log files are located in /var/logs for every respective service, e.g. /var/logs/tyk-gateway.stderr and /var/logs/tyk-gateway.stdout
• Upstart 1.x: by default everything is stored in /var/logs/upstart directory, e.g. /var/logs/upstart/tyk-gateway.log
• systemd utilizes its own logging mechanism called journald, which is usable via the journalctl command, e.g. journalctl -u tyk-gateway

Please consult with respective init system documentation for more details on how to use and configure it.

Install on Kubernetes

The main way to install Tyk Self-Managed in a Kubernetes cluster is via Helm charts. We are actively working to add flexibility and more user flows to our chart. Please reach out to our teams on support or the cummunity forum if you have questions, requests or suggestions for improvements.

Get started with one of our quick start guides:

• Quick Start with PostgreSQL
• Quick Start with MongoDB

Or go to Tyk Stack helm chart for detailed installation instructions and configuration options.

Install Tyk Stack with Helm Chart (PostgreSQL)

The following guides provide instructions to install Redis, PostgreSQL, and Tyk stack with default configurations. It is intended for quick start only. For production, you should install and configure Redis and PostgreSQL separately.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.19+
• Helm 3+

Quick Start

The following quick start guide explains how to use the Tyk Stack Helm chart to configure a Dashboard that includes:

• Redis for key storage
• PostgreSQL for app config
• Tyk Pump to send analytics to PostgreSQL. It also opens a metrics endpoint where Prometheus (if available) can scrape from.

At the end of this quickstart Tyk Dashboard should be accessible through service dashboard-svc-tyk-tyk-dashboard at port 3000. You can login to Dashboard using the admin email and password to start managing APIs. Tyk Gateway will be accessible through service gateway-svc-tyk-tyk-gateway.tyk.svc at port 8080.

1. Setup required credentials

First, you need to provide Tyk license, admin email and password, and API keys. We recommend to store them in secrets.

NAMESPACE=tyk
REDIS_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION=19.0.2
POSTGRES_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION=12.12.10

API_SECRET=changeit
ADMIN_KEY=changeit
TYK_LICENSE=changeit
ADMIN_EMAIL=[e-mail]
ADMIN_PASSWORD=changeit

kubectl create namespace $NAMESPACE

kubectl create secret generic my-secrets -n $NAMESPACE \
    --from-literal=APISecret=$API_SECRET \
    --from-literal=AdminSecret=$ADMIN_KEY \
    --from-literal=DashLicense=$TYK_LICENSE

kubectl create secret generic admin-secrets -n $NAMESPACE \
    --from-literal=adminUserFirstName=Admin \
    --from-literal=adminUserLastName=User \
    --from-literal=adminUserEmail=$ADMIN_EMAIL \
    --from-literal=adminUserPassword=$ADMIN_PASSWORD

2. Install Redis (if you don’t already have Redis installed)

If you do not already have Redis installed, you may use these charts provided by Bitnami.

helm upgrade tyk-redis oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/redis -n $NAMESPACE --install --version $REDIS_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION

Follow the notes from the installation output to get connection details and password. The DNS name of your Redis as set by Bitnami is tyk-redis-master.tyk.svc:6379 (Tyk needs the name including the port)

The Bitnami chart also creates a secret tyk-redis which stores the connection password in redis-password. We will make use of this secret in installation later.

3. Install PostgreSQL (if you don’t already have PostgreSQL installed)

If you do not already have PostgreSQL installed, you may use these charts provided by Bitnami.

helm upgrade tyk-postgres oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/postgresql --set "auth.database=tyk_analytics" -n $NAMESPACE --install --version $POSTGRES_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION

Follow the notes from the installation output to get connection details.

We require the PostgreSQL connection string for Tyk installation. This can be stored in a secret and will be used in installation later.

POSTGRESQLURL=host=tyk-postgres-postgresql.$NAMESPACE.svc\ port=5432\ user=postgres\ password=$(kubectl get secret --namespace $NAMESPACE tyk-postgres-postgresql -o jsonpath="{.data.postgres-password}" | base64 -d)\ database=tyk_analytics\ sslmode=disable

kubectl create secret generic postgres-secrets  -n $NAMESPACE --from-literal=postgresUrl="$POSTGRESQLURL"

Ensure that you are installing PostgreSQL versions that are supported by Tyk. Please consult the list of supported versions that are compatible with Tyk.

4. Install Tyk

helm repo add tyk-helm https://helm.tyk.io/public/helm/charts/

helm repo update

helm upgrade tyk tyk-helm/tyk-stack -n $NAMESPACE \
  --install \
  --set global.adminUser.useSecretName=admin-secrets \
  --set global.secrets.useSecretName=my-secrets \
  --set global.redis.addrs="{tyk-redis-master.$NAMESPACE.svc:6379}" \
  --set global.redis.passSecret.name=tyk-redis \
  --set global.redis.passSecret.keyName=redis-password \
  --set global.postgres.connectionStringSecret.name=postgres-secrets \
  --set global.postgres.connectionStringSecret.keyName=postgresUrl

5. Done!

Now Tyk Dashboard should be accessible through service dashboard-svc-tyk-tyk-dashboard at port 3000. You can login to Dashboard using the admin email and password to start managing APIs. Tyk Gateway will be accessible through service gateway-svc-tyk-tyk-gateway.tyk.svc at port 8080.

You are now ready to create an API.

For the complete installation guide and configuration options, please see Tyk Stack Helm Chart.

Install Tyk Stack with Helm Chart (MongoDB)

The following guides provide instructions to install Redis, MongoDB, and Tyk stack with default configurations. It is intended for quick start only. For production, you should install and configure Redis and MongoDB separately.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.19+

• Helm 3+

  If you want to enable Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal, please use PostgreSQL. MongoDB is not supported in Developer Portal.

Quick Start

The following quick start guide explains how to use the Tyk Stack Helm chart to configure a Dashboard that includes:

• Redis for key storage
• MongoDB for app config
• Tyk Pump to send analytics to MongoDB. It also opens a metrics endpoint where Prometheus (if available) can scrape from.

At the end of this quickstart Tyk Dashboard should be accessible through service dashboard-svc-tyk-tyk-dashboard at port 3000. You can login to Dashboard using the admin email and password to start managing APIs. Tyk Gateway will be accessible through service gateway-svc-tyk-tyk-gateway.tyk.svc at port 8080.

1. Setup required credentials

First, you need to provide Tyk license, admin email and password, and API keys. We recommend to store them in secrets.

NAMESPACE=tyk
REDIS_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION=19.0.2
MONGO_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION=15.1.3

API_SECRET=changeit
ADMIN_KEY=changeit
TYK_LICENSE=changeit
ADMIN_EMAIL=[e-mail]
ADMIN_PASSWORD=changeit

kubectl create namespace $NAMESPACE

kubectl create secret generic my-secrets -n $NAMESPACE \
    --from-literal=APISecret=$API_SECRET \
    --from-literal=AdminSecret=$ADMIN_KEY \
    --from-literal=DashLicense=$TYK_LICENSE

kubectl create secret generic admin-secrets -n $NAMESPACE \
    --from-literal=adminUserFirstName=Admin \
    --from-literal=adminUserLastName=User \
    --from-literal=adminUserEmail=$ADMIN_EMAIL \
    --from-literal=adminUserPassword=$ADMIN_PASSWORD

2. Install Redis (if you don’t have a Redis instance)

If you do not already have Redis installed, you may use these charts provided by Bitnami.

helm upgrade tyk-redis oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/redis -n $NAMESPACE --install --version $REDIS_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION

Follow the notes from the installation output to get connection details and password. The DNS name of your Redis as set by Bitnami is tyk-redis-master.tyk.svc:6379 (Tyk needs the name including the port)

The Bitnami chart also creates a secret tyk-redis which stores the connection password in redis-password. We will make use of this secret in installation later.

Please make sure you are installing Redis versions that are supported by Tyk. Please refer to Tyk docs to get list of supported versions.

3. Install MongoDB (if you don’t have a MongoDB instance)

If you do not already have MongoDB installed, you may use these charts provided by Bitnami.

helm upgrade tyk-mongo oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/mongodb -n $NAMESPACE --install --version $MONGO_BITNAMI_CHART_VERSION

Please make sure you are installing MongoDB versions that are supported by Tyk. Please refer to Tyk docs to get list of supported versions.

Bitnami MongoDB image is not supported on darwin/arm64 architecture.

We require the MongoDB connection string for Tyk installation. You can store it in a secret and provide the secret in installation later.

MONGOURL=mongodb://root:$(kubectl get secret --namespace $NAMESPACE tyk-mongo-mongodb -o jsonpath="{.data.mongodb-root-password}" | base64 -d)@tyk-mongo-mongodb.$NAMESPACE.svc:27017/tyk_analytics?authSource=admin

kubectl create secret generic mongourl-secrets --from-literal=mongoUrl=$MONGOURL -n $NAMESPACE

Ensure that you are installing MongoDB versions that are supported by Tyk. Please consult the list of supported versions that are compatible with Tyk.

4. Install Tyk

helm repo add tyk-helm https://helm.tyk.io/public/helm/charts/

helm repo update

helm upgrade tyk tyk-helm/tyk-stack -n $NAMESPACE \
  --install \
  --set global.adminUser.useSecretName=admin-secrets \
  --set global.secrets.useSecretName=my-secrets \
  --set global.redis.addrs="{tyk-redis-master.$NAMESPACE.svc:6379}" \
  --set global.redis.passSecret.name=tyk-redis \
  --set global.redis.passSecret.keyName=redis-password \
  --set global.mongo.driver=mongo-go \
  --set global.mongo.connectionURLSecret.name=mongourl-secrets \
  --set global.mongo.connectionURLSecret.keyName=mongoUrl \
  --set global.storageType=mongo \
  --set tyk-pump.pump.backend='{prometheus,mongo}' 

5. Done!

Now Tyk Dashboard should be accessible through service dashboard-svc-tyk-tyk-dashboard at port 3000. You can login to Dashboard using the admin email and password to start managing APIs. Tyk Gateway will be accessible through service gateway-svc-tyk-tyk-gateway.tyk.svc at port 8080.

You are now ready to create an API.

For the complete installation guide and configuration options, please see Tyk Stack Helm Chart.

Install Tyk Stack on Windows with Helm

Installing Tyk on Kubernetes requires a multi-node Tyk license. If you are evaluating Tyk on Kubernetes, contact us to obtain an temporary license.

This deployment is NOT designed for production use or performance testing. The Tyk Pro Docker Demo is our full, Self-Managed solution, which includes our Gateway, Dashboard and analytics processing pipeline.

This demo will run Tyk Self-Managed on your machine, which contains 5 containers: Tyk Gateway, Tyk Dashboard, Tyk Pump, Redis and either MongoDB or one of our supported SQL databases.

This demo is great for proof of concept and demo purposes, but if you want to test performance, you need to move each component to a separate machine.

You use this at your own risk. Tyk is not supported on the Windows platform. However you can test it as a proof of concept using our Pro Demo Docker installation.

Prerequisites

• MS Windows 10 Pro
• Tyk Helm Chart
• Docker Desktop for Windows running with a signed in Docker ID
• minikube
• Kubectl
• Helm
• Git for Windows
• Python for Windows
• PowerShell running as administrator
• Our Pro Demo Docker GitHub repo
• A free Tyk Self-Managed Developer license

Ensure that kubectl and helm prerequisites are configured on your Windows path environment variable

This demo installation was tested with the following tools/versions:

• Microsoft Windows 10 Pro v1909 VM on Azure (Standard D2 v3 size)
• Docker Desktop for Windows 2.2.0.0 (Docker engine v19.03.5)
• helm v3.0.3
• minikube v1.7.1 (k8s v 1.17.2)
• kubectl v 1.17.0 (Note that kubectl is packaged with Docker Desktop for Windows, but the version may be incompatible with k8s)

Installation

Now you have your prerequisites, follow the instructions from our Tyk Helm Chart page.

Use Legacy Helm Chart

tyk-pro chart is deprecated. Please use our Tyk Stack helm chart instead.

We recommend all users migrate to the tyk-stack Chart. Please review the Configuration section of the new helm chart and cross-check with your existing configurations while planning for migration.

Introduction

Tyk Helm chart is the preferred (and easiest) way to install Tyk Self-Managed on Kubernetes. The helm chart tyk-helm/tyk-pro will install full Tyk platform with Tyk Manager, Tyk Gateways and Tyk Pump into your Kubernetes cluster. You can also choose to enable the installation of Tyk Operator (to manage your APIs in a declarative way).

Prerequisites

1. Tyk License

   If you are evaluating Tyk on Kubernetes, contact us to obtain a temporary license.

2. Data stores

   The following are required for a Tyk Self-Managed installation:

   • Redis - Should be installed in the cluster or reachable from inside the cluster (for SaaS option). You can find instructions for a simple Redis installation bellow.
   • MongoDB or SQL - Should be installed in the cluster or be reachable by the Tyk Manager (for SaaS option).

   You can find supported MongoDB and SQL versions here.

   Installation instructions for Redis and MongoDB/SQL are detailed below.

3. Helm

   Installed Helm 3 Tyk Helm Chart is using Helm v3 version (i.e. not Helm v2).

Installation

As well as our official Helm repo, you can also find it in ArtifactHub. Open in ArtifactHub

If you are interested in contributing to our charts, suggesting changes, creating PRs or any other way, please use GitHub Tyk-helm-chart repo or contact us in Tyk Community forum or through our sales team.

1. Add Tyk official Helm repo to your local Helm repository

   helm repo add tyk-helm https://helm.tyk.io/public/helm/charts/
   helm repo update
   

2. Create namespace for your Tyk deployment

   kubectl create namespace tyk
   

3. Getting the values.yaml of the chart

   Before we proceed with installation of the chart you need to set some custom values. To see what options are configurable on a chart and save that options to a custom values.yaml file run:

   helm show values tyk-helm/tyk-pro > values.yaml
   

Installing the data stores

For Redis, MongoDB or SQL you can use these rather excellent charts provided by Bitnami

Redis

Redis

helm install tyk-redis bitnami/redis -n tyk --version 19.0.2

Please make sure you are installing Redis versions that are supported by Tyk. Please refer to Tyk docs to get list of supported versions.

Follow the notes from the installation output to get connection details and password.

  Redis(TM) can be accessed on the following DNS names from within your cluster:

    tyk-redis-master.tyk.svc.cluster.local for read/write operations (port 6379)
    tyk-redis-replicas.tyk.svc.cluster.local for read-only operations (port 6379)

  export REDIS_PASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret --namespace tyk tyk-redis -o jsonpath="{.data.redis-password}" | base64 --decode)

The DNS name of your Redis as set by Bitnami is tyk-redis-master.tyk.svc.cluster.local:6379 (Tyk needs the name including the port) You can update them in your local values.yaml file under redis.addrs and redis.pass Alternatively, you can use --set flag to set it in Tyk installation. For example --set redis.pass=$REDIS_PASSWORD

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Quick Redis and MongoDB PoC installation

Another option for Redis and MongoDB, to get started quickly, is to use our simple-redis and simple-mongodb charts. Please note that these provided charts must not ever be used in production and for anything but a quick start evaluation only. Use external redis or Official Redis Helm chart in any other case. We provide this chart, so you can quickly get up and running, however it is not meant for long term storage of data for example.

helm install redis tyk-helm/simple-redis -n tyk
helm install mongo tyk-helm/simple-mongodb -n tyk

License setting

For the Tyk Self-Managed chart we need to set the license key in your custom values.yaml file under dash.license field or use --set dash.license={YOUR-LICENSE_KEY} with the helm install command.

Tyk Self-Managed licensing allow for different numbers of Gateway nodes to connect to a single Dashboard instance. To ensure that your Gateway pods will not scale beyond your license allowance, please ensure that the Gateway’s resource kind is Deployment and the replica count to your license node limit. By default, the chart is configured to work with a single node license: gateway.kind=Deployment and gateway.replicaCount=1.

Please Note

There may be intermittent issues on the new pods during the rolling update process, when the total number of online gateway pods is more than the license limit with lower amounts of Licensed nodes.

Installing Tyk Self managed

Now we can install the chart using our custom values:

helm install tyk-pro tyk-helm/tyk-pro -f ./values.yaml -n tyk --wait

Important Note regarding MongoDB

The --wait argument is important to successfully complete the bootstrap of your Tyk Manager.

Pump Installation

By default pump installation is disabled. You can enable it by setting pump.enabled to true in values.yaml file. Alternatively, you can use --set pump.enabled=true while doing helm install.

Quick Pump configuration(Supported from tyk helm v0.10.0)

1. Mongo Pump

To configure mongo pump, do following changings in values.yaml file:

1. Set backend to mongo.
2. Set connection string in mongo.mongoURL.

2. Postgres Pump

To configure postgres pump, do following changings in values.yaml file:

1. Set backend to postgres.
2. Set connection string parameters in postgres section.

Tyk Developer Portal

You can disable the bootstrapping of the Developer Portal by the portal.bootstrap: false in your local values.yaml file.

Using TLS

You can turn on the TLS option under the gateway section in your local values.yaml file which will make your Gateway listen on port 443 and load up a dummy certificate. You can set your own default certificate by replacing the file in the certs/ folder.

Mounting Files

To mount files to any of the Tyk stack components, add the following to the mounts array in the section of that component. For example:

- name: aws-mongo-ssl-cert
 filename: rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem
 mountPath: /etc/certs

Sharding APIs

Sharding is the ability for you to decide which of your APIs are loaded on which of your Tyk Gateways. This option is turned off by default, however, you can turn it on by updating the gateway.sharding.enabled option. Once you do that you will also need to set the gateway.sharding.tags field with the tags that you want that particular Gateway to load. (ex. tags: “external,ingress”.) You can then add those tags to your APIs in the API Designer, under the Advanced Options tab, and the Segment Tags (Node Segmentation) section in your Tyk Dashboard. Check Tyk Gateway Sharding for more details.

Install More Tyk Components

Installing Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal

If you are deploying the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal, set the appropriate values under the enterprisePortal section in your values.yaml. Please visit Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal installation for a step by step guide.

Note: Helm chart supports Enterprise Portal v1.2.0+

Installing Tyk Self-managed Control Plane

If you are deploying the Tyk Control plane, a.k.a MDCB, for a Tyk Multi Data Center Bridge deployment then you set the mdcb.enabled: true option in the local values.yaml to add of the MDCB component to your installation. Check Tyk Control plane for more configuration details.

This setting enables multi-cluster, multi Data-Center API management from a single dashboard.

Tyk Identity Broker (TIB)

The Tyk Identity Broker (TIB) is a micro-service portal that provides a bridge between various Identity Management Systems such as LDAP, OpenID Connect providers and legacy Basic Authentication providers, to your Tyk installation. See TIB for more details.

For SSO to Tyk Manager and Tyk developer portal purposes you do not need to install TIB, as its functionality is now part of the Tyk Manager. However, if you want to run it separately (as you used to before this merge) or if you need it as a broker for the Tyk Gateway you can do so.

Once you have installed your Tyk Gateway and Tyk Manager, you can configure TIB by adding its configuration environment variables under the tib.extraEnvs section and updating the profile.json in your configs folder. See our TIB GitHub repo. Once you complete your modifications you can run the following command from the root of the repository to update your helm chart.

helm upgrade tyk-pro values.yaml -n tyk

This chart implies there’s a ConfigMap with a profiles.json definition in it. Please use tib.configMap.profiles value to set the name of this ConfigMap (tyk-tib-profiles-conf by default).

Tyk Operator and Ingress

For a GitOps workflow used with a Tyk Self-Managed installation or setting the Tyk Gateway as a Kubernetes ingress controller, Tyk Operator enables you to manage API definitions, security policies and other Tyk features using Kubernetes manifest files. To get started go to Tyk Operator.

Install on AWS Marketplace

Tyk offers a flexible and powerful API management solution through Tyk Cloud on the AWS Marketplace. Tyk Cloud is an end-to-end managed API platform where both the control plane and gateways are installed on AWS for a seamless, fully cloud-hosted experience.

For those who need more deployment flexibility, Tyk Cloud also supports a Hybrid Gateway option. In this setup, the control plane remains hosted and managed by Tyk on AWS, while the gateways can be deployed on your preferred cloud provider or on-premises environment—allowing you to meet data locality and compliance needs without sacrificing control.

Available AWS Deployment Regions

You can deploy Tyk Cloud in the following AWS regions:

• Singapore: aws-ap-southeast-1
• Frankfurt, Germany: aws-eu-central-1
• London, UK: aws-eu-west-2
• N. Virginia, USA: aws-us-east-1
• Oregon, USA: aws-us-west-2
• Australia: aws-ap-southeast-2

Getting started with Tyk Cloud via the AWS Marketplace is quick and easy. Sign up today to access Tyk’s comprehensive API management tools designed to scale with your needs.

Install Tyk on AWS EC2

1. Spin up an EC2 instance, AWS Linux2 preferably, T2.Medium is fine

   • add a public IP
   • open up SG access to:
     • 3000 for the Tyk Dashboard
     • 8080 for the Tyk Gateway
     • 22 TCP for SSH

2. SSH into the instance ssh -i mykey.pem ec2-user@public-ec2-ip

3. Install Git, Docker, & Docker Compose Feel free to copy paste these

sudo yum update -y
sudo yum install git -y
sudo yum install -y docker
sudo service docker start
sudo usermod -aG docker ec2-user
sudo su
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.5/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose
docker ps

4. Clone the Tyk Pro Docker repo

git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-pro-docker-demo
cd tyk-pro-docker-demo/

5. Add the license key to confs/tyk_analytics.conf into the license_key variable using “vi” or “nano”, etc

This is the most common place to have problems.

Look for extra spaces between quotes ("") and the license key. It will not work if there are any.

Inside tyk_analytics.conf, license_key should look something like this, with a real license however:

"license_key": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI...WQ",

6. Run the containers via docker-compose

docker-compose up -d

7. Visit

http://<public-ec2-ip>:3000

and fill out the Bootstrap form! If you see any page besides the Bootstrap page, you have pasted the license key incorrectly

Enable SSL for the Gateway & Dashboard

1. Add the following to confs/tyk.conf

"policies.policy_connection_string": "https://tyk-dashboard:3000"
"db_app_conf_options.connection_string": "https://tyk-dashboard:3000"
"http_server_options": {
  "use_ssl": true,
  "certificates": [
    {
      "domain_name": "*.yoursite.com",
      "cert_file": "./new.cert.cert",
      "key_file": "./new.cert.key"
    }
  ],
  "ssl_insecure_skip_verify": true   ## YOU ONLY NEED THIS IF YOU ARE USING SELF SIGNED CERTS
}

2. Add the following to confs/tyk_analytics.conf

"tyk_api_config.Host": "https://tyk-gateway"
"http_server_options": {
  "use_ssl": true,
  "certificates": [
    {
      "domain_name": "*.yoursite.com",
      "cert_file": "./new.cert.cert",
      "key_file": "./new.cert.key"
    }
  ]
}

3. Generate self-signed Certs: (Or bring your own CA signed)

openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -nodes

4. Mount your certs to containers through docker-compose.yml

tyk-dashboard:
    ...
    volumes: 
    - ./cert.pem:/opt/tyk-dashboard/new.cert.cert
    - ./key.pem:/opt/tyk-dashboard/new.cert.key
tyk-gateway:
    ...
    volumes: 
    - ./cert.pem:/opt/tyk-gateway/new.cert.cert
    - ./key.pem:/opt/tyk-gateway/new.cert.key

5. Restart your containers with the mounted files

docker-compose up -d tyk-dashboard tyk-gateway

6. Download the bootstrap script onto EC2 machine

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sedkis/tyk/master/scripts/bootstrap-ssl.sh

7. Apply execute permissions to file:

chmod +x bootstrap.sh

8. Run the bootstrap script

./bootstrap.sh localhost

9. Done! use the generated user and password to log into The Tyk Dashboard

Install with Ansible

Requirements

Ansible is required to run the following commands.

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

   $ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible
   

2. cd into the directory

   $ cd tyk-ansible
   

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

   $ sh scripts/init.sh
   

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install the following:

   • Redis
   • MongoDB or PostgreSQL
   • Tyk Dashboard
   • Tyk Gateway
   • Tyk Pump
   $ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t tyk-pro -t redis -t `mongodb` or `pgsql`
   

   You can choose to not install Redis, MongoDB or PostgreSQL by removing the -t redis or -t mongodb or -t pgsql However Redis and MongoDB or PostgreSQL are a requirement and need to be installed for the Tyk Pro installation to run.

   For a production environment, we recommend that the Gateway, Dashboard and Pump are installed on separate machines. If installing multiple Gateways, you should install each on a separate machine. See Planning for Production For more details.

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Amazon Linux	2	✅
CentOS	8	✅
CentOS	7	✅
Debian	10	✅
Debian	9	✅
RHEL	8	✅
RHEL	7	✅
Ubuntu	21	✅
Ubuntu	20	✅
Ubuntu	18	✅
Ubuntu	16	✅

Variables

• vars/tyk.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
secrets.APISecret	352d20ee67be67f6340b4c0605b044b7	API secret
secrets.AdminSecret	12345	Admin secret
redis.host		Redis server host if different than the hosts url
redis.port	6379	Redis server listening port
redis.pass		Redis server password
redis.enableCluster	false	Enable if redis is running in cluster mode
redis.storage.database	0	Redis server database
redis.tls	false	Enable if redis connection is secured with SSL
mongo.host		MongoDB server host if different than the hosts url
mongo.port	27017	MongoDB server listening port
mongo.tls	false	Enable if mongo connection is secured with SSL
pgsql.host		PGSQL server host if different than the hosts url
pgsql.port	5432	PGSQL server listening port
pgsql.tls	false	Enable if pgsql connection is secured with SSL
dash.license		Dashboard license
dash.service.host		Dashboard server host if different than the hosts url
dash.service.port	3000	Dashboard server listening port
dash.service.proto	http	Dashboard server protocol
dash.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.service.host		Gateway server host if different than the hosts url
gateway.service.port	8080	Gateway server listening port
gateway.service.proto	http	Gateway server protocol
gateway.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.sharding.enabled	false	Set to true to enable filtering (sharding) of APIs
gateway.sharding.tags		The tags to use when filtering (sharding) Tyk Gateway nodes. Tags are processed as OR operations. If you include a non-filter tag (e.g. an identifier such as node-id-1, this will become available to your Dashboard analytics)
gateway.rpc.connString		Use this setting to add the URL for your MDCB or load balancer host
gateway.rpc.useSSL	true	Set this option to true to use an SSL RPC connection
gateway.rpc.sslInsecureSkipVerify	true	Set this option to true to allow the certificate validation (certificate chain and hostname) to be skipped. This can be useful if you use a self-signed certificate
gateway.rpc.rpcKey		Your organization ID to connect to the MDCB installation
gateway.rpc.apiKey		This the API key of a user used to authenticate and authorize the Gateway’s access through MDCB. The user should be a standard Dashboard user with minimal privileges so as to reduce any risk if the user is compromised. The suggested security settings are read for Real-time notifications and the remaining options set to deny
gateway.rpc.groupId		This is the zone that this instance inhabits, e.g. the cluster/data-center the Gateway lives in. The group ID must be the same across all the Gateways of a data-center/cluster which are also sharing the same Redis instance. This ID should also be unique per cluster (otherwise another Gateway cluster can pick up your keyspace events and your cluster will get zero updates).

• vars/redis.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
redis_bind_interface	0.0.0.0	Binding address of Redis

Read more about Redis configuration here.

• vars/mongodb.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
bind_ip	0.0.0.0	Binding address of MongoDB
mongodb_version	4.4	MongoDB version

Read more about MongoDB configuration here.

• vars/pgsql.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
postgresql_databases[]	[]	Array of DBs to be created
postgresql_databases[].name	tyk_analytics	Database name
postgresql_users[]	[]	Array of users to be created
postgresql_users[0].name	default	User name
postgresql_users[0].password	topsecretpassword	User password
postgresql_global_config_options[]	[]	Postgres service config options
postgresql_global_config_options[1].option	listen_addresses	Listen address binding for the service
postgresql_global_config_options[1].value	*	Default value to listen to all addresses
postgresql_hba_entries[]	[]	Host based authenticaiton list
postgresql_hba_entries[4].type	host	Entry type
postgresql_hba_entries[4].database	tyk_analytics	Which database this entry will give access to
postgresql_hba_entries[4].user	default	What users this gain access from this entry
postgresql_hba_entries[4].address	0.0.0.0/0	What addresses this gain access from this entry
postgresql_hba_entries[4].auth_method	md5	What authentication method to to use for the users

Read more about PostgreSQL configuration here.

Install using Bootstrap CLI

To list the available flags, execute tyk-analytics bootstrap -h:

   usage: tyk-analytics bootstrap [<flags>]
   
   Bootstrap the Dashboard.
   
   Flags:
     -h, --help                 Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
         --version              Show application version.
         --conf="tyk_analytics.conf"  
                                Load a named configuration file.
         --create-org           Create a new organisation.
         --reuse-org=REUSE-ORG  Reuse the organisation with given ID.
         --drop-org=DROP-ORG    Drop the organisation with given ID.

Description

The bootstrap command makes bootstrapping easier. It helps you to create organizations and users. The command needs a config file path. By default, it looks at tyk_analytics.conf in the directory where the tyk-analytics binary is located. For example:

tyk-analytics bootstrap

You can also give the path of a custom config file with the --conf flag. For example:

tyk-analytics bootstrap --conf some-directory/custom.conf

The tool can work in both auto and interactive modes. You can use the flags while running the command or you can just run it without flags and use interactive mode.

Environment Variables

You can override the config values by environment variables. See how to configure an environment variable.

For example, you can override hostname, port, mongo url, redis host and redis port values by exporting the following variables:

• TYK_DB_HOSTCONFIG_HOSTNAME
• TYK_DB_LISTENPORT
• TYK_DB_MONGOURL
• TYK_DB_REDISHOST
• TYK_DB_REDISPORT

Install with Docker

Tyk has three containers that are available to set up a Docker installation:

• The Tyk Gateway container
• The Tyk Dashboard container
• The Tyk Pump container

All three are required for a full deployment. We recommend that each container is installed on a separate machine for optimum performance.

From v5.5.0 onwards, these images are based on distroless. This means that you will not be able to obtain a shell with docker run --rm -it tykio/tyk-gateway:v5.5.0 sh. The image can be inspected with tools like dive or Docker Desktop.

We also have a Docker Tyk Pro Demo, which installs our full Self-Managed solution, which includes our Gateway, Dashboard, and analytics processing pipeline. This demo will run Tyk Self-Managed on your machine.

Install on Heroku

Install Tyk API Gateway on Heroku

A full Tyk Self-Managed installation can be deployed to Heroku dynos and workers using Heroku Container Registry and Runtime functionality. This guide will utilize Tyk Docker images with a small amount of customization as well as an external MongoDB service.

Prerequisites

1. Docker daemon installed and running locally
2. Heroku account, the free plan is sufficient for a basic PoC but not recommended for production usage
3. Heroku CLI installed
4. MongoDB service (such as Atlas, mLab, or your own deployment), this guide is based on MongoDB Atlas but others should work as well
5. Tyk License (note that in case of running multiple gateway dynos, license type must match)
6. Checkout the Tyk quickstart repository from GitHub
7. Python 2 or 3 in order to execute the bootstrap script

Creating Heroku Apps

We will create two Heroku apps, one for the Tyk Gateway (with Redis add-on attached to it) and another for the Dashboard and Pump.

Given Heroku CLI is installed and your Heroku account is available, log into it:

heroku login

Now create the Gateway app and note down its name:

heroku create

Creating app... done, ⬢ infinite-plains-14949
https://infinite-plains-14949.herokuapp.com/ | https://git.heroku.com/infinite-plains-14949.git

--space flag must be added to the command if the app is being created in a private space, see more details in the section on Heroku private spaces (below).

Provision a Redis add-on (we’ll use a hobby-dev plan for demonstration purposes but that’s not suitable for production), replacing the app name with your own:

heroku addons:create heroku-redis:hobby-dev -a infinite-plains-14949

Creating heroku-redis:hobby-dev on ⬢ infinite-plains-14949... free
Your add-on should be available in a few minutes.
! WARNING: Data stored in hobby plans on Heroku Redis are not persisted.
redis-infinite-35445 is being created in the background. The app will restart when complete...
Use heroku addons:info redis-infinite-35445 to check creation progress
Use heroku addons:docs heroku-redis to view documentation

Once add-on provisioning is done, the info command (replacing the add-on name with your own) will show the following output:

heroku addons:info redis-infinite-35445

=== redis-infinite-35445
Attachments:  infinite-plains-14949::REDIS
Installed at: Sun May 18 2018 14:23:21 GMT+0300 (EEST)
Owning app:   infinite-plains-14949
Plan:         heroku-redis:hobby-dev
Price:        free
State:        created

Time to create the Dashboard app and note down its name as well:

heroku create

Creating app... done, ⬢ evening-beach-40625
https://evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com/ | https://git.heroku.com/evening-beach-40625.git

Since the Dashboard and Pump need access to the same Redis instance as the gateway, we’ll need to share the Gateway app’s add-on with this new app:

heroku addons:attach infinite-plains-14949::REDIS -a evening-beach-40625

Attaching redis-infinite-35445 to ⬢ evening-beach-40625... done
Setting REDIS config vars and restarting ⬢ evening-beach-40625... done, v3

To check that both apps have access to the same Redis add-on, we can utilize the heroku config command and check for the Redis endpoint:

heroku config -a infinite-plains-14949 | grep REDIS_URL
heroku config -a evening-beach-40625 | grep REDIS_URL

Their outputs should match.

Deploy the Dashboard

It’s recommended to start with the Dashboard so in your Heroku quickstart clone run:

cd analytics
ls dashboard

bootstrap.sh  Dockerfile.web  entrypoint.sh  tyk_analytics.conf

You will find it contains a Dockerfile.web for the web dyno, a config file for the Dashboard, entrypoint script for the Docker container and a bootstrap script for seeding the dashboard instance with sample data. All these files are editable for your purposes but have sane defaults for a PoC.

You can use the FROM statement in Dockerfile.web to use specific dashboard version and upgrade when needed instead of relying on the latest tag.

The Dashboard configuration can be changed by either editing the tyk_analytics.conf file or injecting them as environment variables via heroku config. In this guide we’ll use the latter for simplicity of demonstration but there is merit to both methods.

First let’s set the license key:

heroku config:set TYK_DB_LICENSEKEY="your license key here" -a evening-beach-40625

Setting TYK_DB_LICENSEKEY and restarting ⬢ evening-beach-40625... done, v4
TYK_DB_LICENSEKEY: should show your license key here

Now the MongoDB endpoint (replacing with your actual endpoint):

heroku config:set TYK_DB_MONGOURL="mongodb://user:[e-mail]:27017,mongosecondary.net:27017,mongotertiary.net:27017" -a evening-beach-40625

Setting TYK_DB_MONGOURL and restarting ⬢ evening-beach-40625... done, v5
TYK_DB_MONGOURL: mongodb://user:[e-mail]:27017,mongosecondary.net:27017,mongotertiary.net:27017

And enable SSL for it if your service supports/requires this:

heroku config:set TYK_DB_MONGOUSESSL="true" -a evening-beach-40625

Setting TYK_DB_MONGOUSESSL and restarting ⬢ evening-beach-40625... done, v6
TYK_DB_MONGOUSESSL: true

Since the Tyk Dashboard needs to access gateways sometimes, we’ll need to specify the Gateway endpoint too, which is the Gateway app’s URL:

heroku config:set TYK_DB_TYKAPI_HOST="https://infinite-plains-14949.herokuapp.com" -a evening-beach-40625
heroku config:set TYK_DB_TYKAPI_PORT="443" -a evening-beach-40625

Setting TYK_DB_TYKAPI_HOST and restarting ⬢ evening-beach-40625... done, v7
TYK_DB_TYKAPI_HOST: https://infinite-plains-14949.herokuapp.com
Setting TYK_DB_TYKAPI_PORT and restarting ⬢ evening-beach-40625... done, v8
TYK_DB_TYKAPI_PORT: 443

This is enough for a basic Dashboard setup but we recommend also changing at least node and admin secrets with strong random values, as well as exploring other config options.

Since the Tyk Pump is also a part of this application (as a worker process), we’ll need to configure it too.

ls pump

Dockerfile.pump  entrypoint.sh  pump.conf

Same principles apply here as well. Here we’ll need to configure MongoDB endpoints for all the Pumps (this can also be done in the pump.conf file):

heroku config:set PMP_MONGO_MONGOURL="mongodb://user:[e-mail]:27017,mongosecondary.net:27017,mongotertiary.net:27017" -a evening-beach-40625
heroku config:set PMP_MONGO_MONGOUSESSL="true"

heroku config:set PMP_MONGOAGG_MONGOURL="mongodb://user:[e-mail]:27017,mongosecondary.net:27017,mongotertiary.net:27017" -a evening-beach-40625
heroku config:set PMP_MONGOAGG_MONGOUSESSL="true"

With the configuration in place it’s finally time to deploy our app to Heroku.

First, make sure CLI is logged in to Heroku containers registry:

heroku container:login

Login Succeeded

Provided you’re currently in analytics directory of the quickstart repo:

heroku container:push --recursive -a evening-beach-40625

=== Building web (/tyk-heroku-docker/analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile.web)
Sending build context to Docker daemon  8.192kB
Step 1/5 : FROM tykio/tyk-dashboard:v1.6.1
 ---> fdbc67b43139
Step 2/5 : COPY tyk_analytics.conf /opt/tyk-dashboard/tyk_analytics.conf
 ---> 89be9913798b
Step 3/5 : COPY entrypoint.sh /opt/tyk-dashboard/entrypoint.sh
 ---> c256152bff29
Step 4/5 : ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
 ---> Running in bc9fe7a569c0
Removing intermediate container bc9fe7a569c0
 ---> f40e6b259230
Step 5/5 : CMD ["/opt/tyk-dashboard/entrypoint.sh"]
 ---> Running in 705273810eea
Removing intermediate container 705273810eea
 ---> abe9f10e8b21
Successfully built abe9f10e8b21
Successfully tagged registry.heroku.com/evening-beach-40625/web:latest
=== Building pump (/tyk-heroku-docker/analytics/pump/Dockerfile.pump)
Sending build context to Docker daemon   5.12kB
Step 1/5 : FROM tykio/tyk-pump-docker-pub:v0.5.2
 ---> 247c6b5795a9
Step 2/5 : COPY pump.conf /opt/tyk-pump/pump.conf
 ---> 1befeab8f092
Step 3/5 : COPY entrypoint.sh /opt/tyk-pump/entrypoint.sh
 ---> f8ad0681aa70
Step 4/5 : ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
 ---> Running in 0c30d35b9e2b
Removing intermediate container 0c30d35b9e2b
 ---> b17bd6a8ed44
Step 5/5 : CMD ["/opt/tyk-pump/entrypoint.sh"]
 ---> Running in a16acb453b62
Removing intermediate container a16acb453b62
 ---> 47ac9f221d8d
Successfully built 47ac9f221d8d
Successfully tagged registry.heroku.com/evening-beach-40625/pump:latest
=== Pushing web (/tyk-heroku-docker/analytics/dashboard/Dockerfile.web)
The push refers to repository [registry.heroku.com/evening-beach-40625/web]
c60cf00e6e9b: Pushed 
11d074829795: Pushed 
8b72aa2b2acc: Pushed 
ca2feecf234c: Pushed 
803aafd71223: Pushed 
43efe85a991c: Pushed 
latest: digest: sha256:b857afaa69154597558afb2462896275ab667b729072fac224487f140427fa73 size: 1574
=== Pushing pump (/tyk-heroku-docker/analytics/pump/Dockerfile.pump)
The push refers to repository [registry.heroku.com/evening-beach-40625/pump]
eeddc94b8282: Pushed 
37f3b3ce56ab: Pushed 
4b61531ec7dc: Pushed 
eca9efd615d9: Pushed 
0f700064c5a1: Pushed 
43efe85a991c: Mounted from evening-beach-40625/web 
latest: digest: sha256:f45acaefa3b47a126dd784a888c89e420814ad3031d3d4d4885e340a59aec31c size: 1573

This has built Docker images for both dashboard and pump, as well as pushed them to Heroku registry and automatically deployed to the application.

Provided everything went well (and if not, inspect the application logs), you should be seeing the Dashboard login page at your app URL (e.g “https://evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com/”).

However, it doesn’t yet have any accounts. It order to populate it please run the dashboard/bootstrap.sh script:

dashboard/bootstrap.sh evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com

Creating Organization
ORGID: 5b016ca530867500050b9e90
Adding new user
USER AUTH: a0f7c1e878634a60599dc037489a880f
NEW ID: 5b016ca6dcd0056d702dc40e
Setting password

DONE
====
Login at https://evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com/
User: [e-mail]
Pass: test123

It will generate a default organization with random admin username and a specified password. The bootstrap script can be edited to suit your needs as well as just editing the user info in the dashboard.

If this was successful, you should be able to log into your dashboard now.

The last step in this app is to start the Pump worker dyno since by default only the web dyno is enabled:

heroku dyno:scale pump=1 -a evening-beach-40625

Scaling dynos... done, now running pump at 1:Free

At that point the dyno formation should look like this:

heroku dyno:scale -a evening-beach-40625

pump=1:Free web=1:Free

Deploy the Gateway

The process is very similar for the Tyk Gateway, except it doesn’t have a worker process and doesn’t need access to MongoDB.

cd ../gateway
ls

Dockerfile.web  entrypoint.sh  tyk.conf

All these files serve the same purpose as with the Dasboard and the Pump. Configuration can either be edited in tyk.conf or injected with heroku config.

To get things going we’ll need to set following options for the Dashboard endpoint (substituting the actual endpoint and the app name, now for the gateway app):

heroku config:set TYK_GW_DBAPPCONFOPTIONS_CONNECTIONSTRING="https://evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com" -a infinite-plains-14949
heroku config:set TYK_GW_POLICIES_POLICYCONNECTIONSTRING="https://evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com" -a infinite-plains-14949

Setting TYK_GW_DBAPPCONFOPTIONS_CONNECTIONSTRING and restarting ⬢ infinite-plains-14949... done, v4
TYK_GW_DBAPPCONFOPTIONS_CONNECTIONSTRING: https://evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com
Setting TYK_GW_POLICIES_POLICYCONNECTIONSTRING and restarting ⬢ infinite-plains-14949... done, v5
TYK_GW_POLICIES_POLICYCONNECTIONSTRING: https://evening-beach-40625.herokuapp.com

Since the Redis configuration will be automatically discovered (it’s already injected by Heroku), we’re ready to deploy:

heroku container:push --recursive -a infinite-plains-14949

=== Building web (/tyk-heroku-docker/gateway/Dockerfile.web)
Sending build context to Docker daemon  6.144kB
Step 1/5 : FROM tykio/tyk-gateway:v2.6.1
 ---> f1201002e0b7
Step 2/5 : COPY tyk.conf /opt/tyk-gateway/tyk.conf
 ---> b118611dc36b
Step 3/5 : COPY entrypoint.sh /opt/tyk-gateway/entrypoint.sh
 ---> 68ad364030cd
Step 4/5 : ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
 ---> Running in 859f4c15a0d2
Removing intermediate container 859f4c15a0d2
 ---> 5f8c0d1b378a
Step 5/5 : CMD ["/opt/tyk-gateway/entrypoint.sh"]
 ---> Running in 44c5e4c87708
Removing intermediate container 44c5e4c87708
 ---> 86a9eb509968
Successfully built 86a9eb509968
Successfully tagged registry.heroku.com/infinite-plains-14949/web:latest
=== Pushing web (/tyk-heroku-docker/gateway/Dockerfile.web)
The push refers to repository [registry.heroku.com/infinite-plains-14949/web]
b8a4c3e3f93c: Pushed 
0b7bae5497cd: Pushed 
e8964f363bf4: Pushed 
379aae48d347: Pushed 
ab2b28b92877: Pushed 
021ee50b0983: Pushed 
43efe85a991c: Mounted from evening-beach-40625/pump 
latest: digest: sha256:d67b8f55d729bb56e06fe38e17c2016a36f2edcd4f01760c0e62a13bb3c9ed38 size: 1781

Inspect the logs (heroku logs -a infinite-plains-14949) to check that deployment was successful, also the node should be registered by the Dashboard in “System Management” -> “Nodes and Licenses” section.

You’re ready to follow the guide on creating and managing your APIs with this Heroku deployment.

To use the geographic log distribution feature in the Dashboard please supply the GeoLite2 DB in the gateway directory, uncomment the marked line in Dockerfile.web and set the analytics_config.enable_geo_ip setting (or TYK_GW_ANALYTICSCONFIG_ENABLEGEOIP env var) to true.

Heroku Private Spaces

Most instructions are valid for Heroku Private Spaces runtime. However there are several differences to keep in mind.

Heroku app creation commands must include the private space name in the --space flag, e.g.:

heroku create --space test-space-virginia

When deploying to the app, the container must be released manually after pushing the image to the app:

heroku container:push --recursive -a analytics-app-name
heroku container:release web -a analytics-app-name
heroku container:release pump -a analytics-app-name

Similarly, the Gateway:

heroku container:push --recursive -a gateway-app-name
heroku container:release web -a gateway-app-name

Please allow several minutes for the first deployment to start as additional infrastructure is being created for it. Next deployments are faster.

Private spaces maintain stable set of IPs that can be used for allowing fixed set of IPs on your upstream side (e.g. on an external database service). Find them using the following command:

heroku spaces:info --space test-space-virginia

Alternatively VPC peering can be used with the private spaces if external service supports it. This way exposure to external network can be avoided. For instance, see MongoDB Atlas guide for setting this up.

The minimal Heroku Redis add-on plan that installs into your private space is currently private-7. Please refer to Heroku’s Redis with private spaces guide for more information.

Apps in private spaces don’t enable SSL/TLS by default. It needs to be configured in the app settings along with the domain name for it. If it’s not enabled, please make sure that configs that refer to corresponding hosts are using HTTP instead of HTTPS and related ports (80 for HTTP).

Gateway Plugins

In order to enable rich plugins for the Gateway, please set the following Heroku config option to either python or lua depending on the type of plugins used:

heroku config:set TYK_PLUGINS="python" -a infinite-plains-14949

Setting TYK_PLUGINS and restarting ⬢ infinite-plains-14949... done, v9
TYK_PLUGINS: python

After re-starting the Gateway, the logs should be showing something similar to this:

2018-05-18T13:13:50.272511+00:00 app[web.1]: Tyk will be using python plugins
2018-05-18T13:13:50.311510+00:00 app[web.1]: time="May 18 13:13:50" level=info msg="Setting PYTHONPATH to 'coprocess/python:middleware/python:event_handlers:coprocess/python/proto'"
2018-05-18T13:13:50.311544+00:00 app[web.1]: time="May 18 13:13:50" level=info msg="Initializing interpreter, Py_Initialize()"
2018-05-18T13:13:50.497815+00:00 app[web.1]: time="May 18 13:13:50" level=info msg="Initializing dispatcher"

Set this variable back to an empty value in order to revert back to the default behavior.

Upgrading or Customizing Tyk

Since this deployment is based on Docker images and containers, upgrading or making changes to the deployment is as easy as building a new image and pushing it to the registry.

Specifically, upgrading version of any Tyk components is done by editing the corresponding Dockerfile and replacing the base image version tag. E.g. changing FROM tykio/tyk-gateway:v2.5.4 to FROM tykio/tyk-gateway:v2.6.1 will pull the Tyk gateway 2.6.1. We highly recommend specifying concrete version tags instead of latest for better house keeping.

Once these changes have been made just run heroku container:push --recursive -a app_name on the corresponding directory as shown previously in this guide. This will do all the building and pushing as well as gracefully deploying on your Heroku app.

Please refer to Heroku documentation on containers and registry for more information.

Install on Microsoft Azure

Azure is Microsoft’s cloud services platform. It supports both the running of Ubuntu Servers, as well as Docker and Docker-Compose.

For more details, see the Azure Documentation.

**Tyk Installation Options for Azure **

Azure allows you to install Tyk in the following ways:

On-Premises

1. Via our Ubuntu Setup on an installed Ubuntu Server on Azure.
2. Via our Docker Installation using Azure’s Docker support.

See our video for installing Tyk on Ubuntu via Azure:

We also have a blog post that walks you through installing Tyk on Azure.

Install to Google Cloud

GCP is Google’s Cloud services platform. It supports both the running of Ubuntu Servers and Docker.

For more details, see the Google Cloud Documentation.

**Tyk Installation Options for Google CLoud **

Google Cloud allows you to install Tyk in the following ways:

On-Premises

1. Via our Ubuntu Setup on an installed Ubuntu Server within Google Cloud.
2. Via our Docker Installation using Google Cloud’s Docker support.

Tyk Pump on GCP

When running Tyk Pump in GCP using Cloud Run it is available 24/7. However, since it is serverless you also need to ensure that the CPU always allocated option is configured to ensure availability of the analytics. Otherwise, for each request there will be a lag between the Tyk Pump container starting up and having the CPU allocated. Subsequently, the analytics would only be available during this time.

1. Configure Cloud Run to have the CPU always allocated option enabled. Otherwise, the Tyk Pump container needs to warm up, which takes approximately 1 min. Subsequently, by this time the stats are removed from Redis.

2. Update the Tyk Gateway configuration to keep the stats for 3 mins to allow Tyk Pump to process them. This value should be greater than the Pump purge delay to ensure the analytics data exists long enough in Redis to be processed by the Pump.

Install Tyk on Red Hat (RHEL / CentOS)

Select the preferred way of installing Tyk by selecting Shell or Ansible tab for instructions. There are 4 components which needs to be installed. Each can be installed via shell or ansible

Install Database

Using Shell

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
CentOS	7	✅
RHEL	9	✅
RHEL	8	✅
RHEL	7	✅

Install and Configure Dependencies

Redis

Tyk Gateway has a dependency on Redis. Follow the steps provided by Red Hat to make the installation of Redis, conducting a search for the correct version and distribution.

Storage Database

Tyk Dashboard has a dependency on a storage database that can be PostgreSQL or MongoDB.

Option 1: Install PostgreSQL

Check the PostgreSQL supported versions. Follow the steps provided by PostgreSQL to install it.

Configure PostgreSQL

Create a new role/user

sudo -u postgres createuser --interactive

The name of the role can be “tyk” and say yes to make it a superuser

Create a matching DB with the same name. Postgres authentication system assumes by default that for any role used to log in, that role will have a database with the same name which it can access.

sudo -u postgres createdb tyk

Add another user to be used to log into your operating system

sudo adduser tyk

Log in to your Database

sudo -u tyk psql

Update the user “tyk” to have a password

ALTER ROLE tyk with PASSWORD '123456';

Create a DB (my example is tyk_analytics)

sudo -u tyk createdb tyk_analytics

Option 2: Install MongoDB

Check the MongoDB supported versions. Follow the steps provided by MongoDB to install it.

Optionally initialize the database and enable automatic start:

# Optionally ensure that MongoDB will start following a system reboot
sudo systemctl enable mongod
# start MongoDB server
sudo systemctl start mongod

Using Ansible

You can install Tyk on RHEL or CentOS using our YUM repositories. Follow the guides and tutorials in this section to have Tyk up and running in no time.

The order is to install Tyk Dashboard, then Tyk Pump and then Tyk Gateway for a full stack.

• Dashboard

• Pump

• Gateway

  For a production environment, we recommend that the Tyk Gateway, Tyk Dashboard and Tyk Pump are installed on separate machines. If installing multiple Tyk Gateways, you should install each on a separate machine. See Planning for Production for more details.

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
CentOS	7	✅
RHEL	8	✅
RHEL	7	✅

Requirements

Ansible - required for running the commands below.

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

   $ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible
   

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

   $ sh scripts/init.sh
   

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install the following:

   • Redis
   • MongoDB or PostgreSQL
   • Tyk Dashboard
   • Tyk Gateway
   • Tyk Pump
   $ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t tyk-pro -t redis -t `mongodb` or `pgsql`
   

   You can choose to not install Redis, MongoDB or PostgreSQL by removing the -t redis or -t mongodb or -t pgsql However Redis and MongoDB or PostgreSQL are a requirement and need to be installed for the Tyk Pro installation to run.

Variables

• vars/tyk.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
secrets.APISecret	352d20ee67be67f6340b4c0605b044b7	API secret
secrets.AdminSecret	12345	Admin secret
redis.host		Redis server host if different than the hosts url
redis.port	6379	Redis server listening port
redis.pass		Redis server password
redis.enableCluster	false	Enable if redis is running in cluster mode
redis.storage.database	0	Redis server database
redis.tls	false	Enable if redis connection is secured with SSL
mongo.host		MongoDB server host if different than the hosts url
mongo.port	27017	MongoDB server listening port
mongo.tls	false	Enable if mongo connection is secured with SSL
pgsql.host		PGSQL server host if different than the hosts url
pgsql.port	5432	PGSQL server listening port
pgsql.tls	false	Enable if pgsql connection is secured with SSL
dash.license		Dashboard license
dash.service.host		Dashboard server host if different than the hosts url
dash.service.port	3000	Dashboard server listening port
dash.service.proto	http	Dashboard server protocol
dash.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.service.host		Gateway server host if different than the hosts url
gateway.service.port	8080	Gateway server listening port
gateway.service.proto	http	Gateway server protocol
gateway.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.sharding.enabled	false	Set to true to enable filtering (sharding) of APIs
gateway.sharding.tags		The tags to use when filtering (sharding) Tyk Gateway nodes. Tags are processed as OR operations. If you include a non-filter tag (e.g. an identifier such as node-id-1, this will become available to your Dashboard analytics)
gateway.rpc.connString		Use this setting to add the URL for your MDCB or load balancer host
gateway.rpc.useSSL	true	Set this option to true to use an SSL RPC connection
gateway.rpc.sslInsecureSkipVerify	true	Set this option to true to allow the certificate validation (certificate chain and hostname) to be skipped. This can be useful if you use a self-signed certificate
gateway.rpc.rpcKey		Your organization ID to connect to the MDCB installation
gateway.rpc.apiKey		This the API key of a user used to authenticate and authorize the Gateway’s access through MDCB. The user should be a standard Dashboard user with minimal privileges so as to reduce any risk if the user is compromised. The suggested security settings are read for Real-time notifications and the remaining options set to deny
gateway.rpc.groupId		This is the zone that this instance inhabits, e.g. the cluster/data-center the Gateway lives in. The group ID must be the same across all the Gateways of a data-center/cluster which are also sharing the same Redis instance. This ID should also be unique per cluster (otherwise another Gateway cluster can pick up your keyspace events and your cluster will get zero updates).

• vars/redis.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
redis_bind_interface	0.0.0.0	Binding address of Redis

Read more about Redis configuration here.

• vars/mongodb.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
bind_ip	0.0.0.0	Binding address of MongoDB
mongodb_version	4.4	MongoDB version

Read more about MongoDB configuration here.

• vars/pgsql.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
postgresql_databases[]	[]	Array of DBs to be created
postgresql_databases[].name	tyk_analytics	Database name
postgresql_users[]	[]	Array of users to be created
postgresql_users[0].name	default	User name
postgresql_users[0].password	topsecretpassword	User password
postgresql_global_config_options[]	[]	Postgres service config options
postgresql_global_config_options[1].option	listen_addresses	Listen address binding for the service
postgresql_global_config_options[1].value	*	Default value to listen to all addresses
postgresql_hba_entries[]	[]	Host based authenticaiton list
postgresql_hba_entries[4].type	host	Entry type
postgresql_hba_entries[4].database	tyk_analytics	Which database this entry will give access to
postgresql_hba_entries[4].user	default	What users this gain access from this entry
postgresql_hba_entries[4].address	0.0.0.0/0	What addresses this gain access from this entry
postgresql_hba_entries[4].auth_method	md5	What authentication method to to use for the users

Read more about PostgreSQL configuration here.

Install Dashboard

Using Shell

Tyk has its own signed RPMs in a YUM repository hosted by the kind folks at packagecloud.io, which makes it easy, safe and secure to install a trusted distribution of the Tyk Gateway stack.

This configuration should also work (with some tweaks) for CentOS.

Prerequisites

• Ensure port 3000 is open: This is used by the Dashboard to provide the GUI and the Classic Developer Portal.
• Follow the steps provided in this link Getting started on Red Hat (RHEL / CentOS) to install and configure Tyk dependencies.

1. Set up YUM Repositories

   First, install two package management utilities yum-utils and a file downloading tool wget:

   sudo yum install yum-utils wget
   

   Then install Python:

   sudo yum install python3
   

2. Configure and Install the Tyk Dashboard

   Create a file named /etc/yum.repos.d/tyk_tyk-dashboard.repo that contains the repository configuration settings for YUM repositories tyk_tyk-dashboard and tyk_tyk-dashboard-source used to download packages from the specified URLs, including GPG key verification and SSL settings, on a Linux system.

   Make sure to replace el and 8 in the config below with your Linux distribution and version:

   [tyk_tyk-dashboard]
   name=tyk_tyk-dashboard
   baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-dashboard/el/8/$basearch
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgcheck=0
   enabled=1
   gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-dashboard/gpgkey
   sslverify=1
   sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
   metadata_expire=300
   
   [tyk_tyk-dashboard-source]
   name=tyk_tyk-dashboard-source
   baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-dashboard/el/8/SRPMS
   repo_gpgcheck=1
   gpgcheck=0
   enabled=1
   gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-dashboard/gpgkey
   sslverify=1
   sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
   metadata_expire=300
   

   We’ll need to update the YUM package manager’s local cache, enabling only the tyk_tyk-dashboard repository while disabling all other repositories --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='tyk_tyk-dashboard', and confirm all prompts -y.

   sudo yum -q makecache -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='tyk_tyk-dashboard'
   

   Install Tyk dashboard:

   sudo yum install -y tyk-dashboard
   

3. Confirm Redis and MongoDB or PostgreSQL are running

   Start Redis since it is always required by the Dashboard.

   sudo service redis start
   

   Then start either MongoDB or PostgreSQL depending on which one you are using.

   sudo systemctl start mongod
   

   sudo systemctl start postgresql-13
   

4. Configure Tyk Dashboard

We can set the Dashboard up with a similar setup command, the script below will get the Dashboard set up for the local instance. Make sure to use the actual DNS hostname or the public IP of your instance as the last parameter.

MongoDB

sudo /opt/tyk-dashboard/install/setup.sh --listenport=3000 --redishost=<Redis Hostname> --redisport=6379 --mongo=mongodb://<Mongo IP Address>:<Mongo Port>/tyk_analytics --tyk_api_hostname=$HOSTNAME --tyk_node_hostname=http://localhost --tyk_node_port=8080 --portal_root=/portal --domain="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"

Replace <Redis Hostname>, <Mongo IP Address> and <Mongo Port> with your own values to run this script.

With these values your are configuring the following:

• --listenport=3000: Tyk Dashboard (and Portal) to listen on port 3000.
• --redishost=<hostname>: Tyk Dashboard should use the local Redis instance.
• --redisport=6379: The Tyk Dashboard should use the default port.
• --domain="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX": Bind the Dashboard to the IP or DNS hostname of this instance (required).
• --mongo=mongodb://<Mongo IP Address>:<Mongo Port>/tyk_analytics: Use the local MongoDB (should always be the same as the Gateway).
• --storage=postgres: In case, your preferred storage Database is PostgreSQL, use storage type “postgres” and specify connection string.
• --connection_string=postgresql://<User>:<Password>@<PostgreSQL Host Name>:<PostgreSQL Port>/<PostgreSQL DB>: Use the PostgreSQL instance provided in the connection string (should always be the same as the gateway).
• --tyk_api_hostname=$HOSTNAME: The Tyk Dashboard has no idea what hostname has been given to Tyk, so we need to tell it, in this instance we are just using the local HOSTNAME env variable, but you could set this to the public-hostname/IP of the instance.
• --tyk_node_hostname=http://localhost: The Tyk Dashboard needs to see a Tyk node in order to create new tokens, so we need to tell it where we can find one, in this case, use the one installed locally.
• --tyk_node_port=8080: Tell the Dashboard that the Tyk node it should communicate with is on port 8080.
• --portal_root=/portal: We want the Portal to be shown on /portal of whichever domain we set for the Portal.

5. Start Tyk Dashboard

   sudo service tyk-dashboard start
   

   To check the logs from the deployment run:

   sudo journalctl -u tyk-dashboard 
   

   Notice how we haven’t actually started the gateway yet, because this is a Dashboard install, we need to enter a license first.

When using PostgreSQL you may receive the error: "failed SASL auth (FATAL: password authentication failed for user...)", follow these steps to address the issue:

1. Open the terminal or command prompt on your PostgreSQL server.
2. Navigate to the location of the pg_hba.conf file. This file is typically located at /var/lib/pgsql/13/data/pg_hba.conf.
3. Open the pg_hba.conf file using a text manipulation tool.
4. In the pg_hba.conf file, locate the entry corresponding to the user encountering the authentication error. This entry might resemble the following:

host    all    all    <IP_address>/<netmask>    scram-sha-256

5. In the entry, find the METHOD column. It currently has the value scram-sha-256.
6. Replace scram-sha-256 with md5, so the modified entry looks like this:

host    all    all    <IP_address>/<netmask>    md5

7. Save the changes you made to the pg_hba.conf file.
8. Restart the PostgreSQL service to apply the modifications:

sudo systemctl restart postgresql-13

6. Enter Dashboard license

   Add your license in /var/opt/tyk-dashboard/tyk_analytics.conf in the license field.

   If all is going well, you will be taken to a Dashboard setup screen - we’ll get to that soon.

7. Restart the Dashboard process

   Because we’ve just entered a license via the UI, we need to make sure that these changes get picked up, so to make sure things run smoothly, we restart the Dashboard process (you only need to do this once) and (if you have it installed) then start the gateway:

   sudo service tyk-dashboard restart 
   

8. Go to the Tyk Dashboard URL

   Go to the following URL to access to the Tyk Dashboard:

   127.0.0.1:3000
   

   You should get to the Tyk Dashboard Setup screen:

   

9. Create your Organization and Default User

   You need to enter the following:

   • Your Organization Name

   • Your Organization Slug

   • Your User Email Address

   • Your User First and Last Name

   • A Password for your User

   • Re-enter your user Password

   For a password, we recommend a combination of alphanumeric characters, with both upper and lower case letters.

   Click Bootstrap to save the details.

10. Login to the Dashboard

    You can now log in to the Tyk Dashboard from 127.0.0.1:3000, using the username and password created in the Dashboard Setup screen.

    Configure your Developer Portal

    To set up your Developer Portal follow our Self-Managed tutorial on publishing an API to the Portal Catalog.

Using Ansible

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repository

$ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

$ sh scripts/init.sh

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install tyk-dashboard

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t tyk-dashboard

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Amazon Linux	2	✅
CentOS	8	✅
CentOS	7	✅
RHEL	8	✅
RHEL	7	✅

Variables

• vars/tyk.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
secrets.APISecret	352d20ee67be67f6340b4c0605b044b7	API secret
secrets.AdminSecret	12345	Admin secret
dash.license		Dashboard license
dash.service.host		Dashboard server host if different than the hosts url
dash.service.port	3000	Dashboard server listening port
dash.service.proto	http	Dashboard server protocol
dash.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections

Install Pump

Using Shell

Tyk has it’s own signed RPMs in a YUM repository hosted by the kind folks at packagecloud.io, which makes it easy, safe and secure to install a trusted distribution of the Tyk Gateway stack.

This tutorial will run on an Amazon AWS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 instance. We will install Tyk Pump with all dependencies stored locally.

We’re installing on a t2.micro because this is a tutorial, you’ll need more RAM and more cores for better performance.

This configuration should also work (with some tweaks) for CentOS.

Prerequisites

We are assuming that Redis and either MongoDB or SQL are installed (these are installed as part of the Tyk Gateway and Dashboard installation guides)

Step 1: Set up YUM Repositories

First, we need to install some software that allows us to use signed packages:

sudo yum install pygpgme yum-utils wget

Next, we need to set up the various repository configurations for Tyk and MongoDB:

Create a file named /etc/yum.repos.d/tyk_tyk-pump.repo that contains the repository configuration below:

Make sure to replace el and 7 in the config below with your Linux distribution and version:

[tyk_tyk-pump]
name=tyk_tyk-pump
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-pump/el/7/$basearch
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://keyserver.tyk.io/tyk.io.rpm.signing.key.2020
       https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-pump/gpgkey
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300

Finally we’ll need to update our local cache, so run:

sudo yum -q makecache -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='tyk_tyk-pump'

Step 2: Install Packages

We’re ready to go, you can now install the relevant packages using yum:

sudo yum install -y tyk-pump

(You may be asked to accept the GPG key for our repos and when the package installs, hit yes to continue.)

Step 3: Configure Tyk Pump

If you don’t complete this step, you won’t see any analytics in your Dashboard, so to enable the analytics service, we need to ensure Tyk Pump is running and configured properly.

Configure Tyk Pump for MongoDB

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>, and <Mongo IP Address>, <Mongo Port> for --mongo=mongodb://<Mongo IP Address>:<Mongo Port>/ with your own values to run this script.

sudo /opt/tyk-pump/install/setup.sh --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379 --mongo=mongodb://<IP Address>:<Mongo Port>/tyk_analytics

Configure Tyk Pump for SQL

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>, and <Postgres Host Name>,<Port>, <User>, <Password>, <DB> for --postgres="host=<Postgres Host Name> port=<Port> user=<User> password=<Password> dbname=<DB>" with your own values to run this script.

sudo /opt/tyk-pump/install/setup.sh --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379 --postgres="host=<Postgres Host Name> port=<Port> user=<User> password=<Password> dbname=<DB>"

Step 4: Start Tyk Pump

sudo service tyk-pump start

That’s it, the Pump should now be up and running.

You can verify if Tyk Pump is running and working by accessing the logs:

sudo journalctl -u tyk-pump

Using Ansible

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

$ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

$ sh scripts/init.sh

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install tyk-pump

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t tyk-pump

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Amazon Linux	2	✅
CentOS	8	✅
CentOS	7	✅
RHEL	8	✅
RHEL	7	✅

Install Gateway

Using Shell

Tyk has it’s own signed RPMs in a YUM repository hosted by the kind folks at packagecloud.io, which makes it easy, safe and secure to install a trusted distribution of the Tyk Gateway stack.

This tutorial will run on an Amazon AWS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 instance. We will install Tyk Gateway with all dependencies stored locally.

We’re installing on a t2.micro because this is a tutorial, you’ll need more RAM and more cores for better performance.

This configuration should also work (with some tweaks) for CentOS.

Prerequisites

• Ensure port 8080 is open: this is used in this guide for Gateway traffic (API traffic to be proxied)
• EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a free, community based repository project from Fedora which provides high quality add-on software packages for Linux distribution including RHEL, CentOS, and Scientific Linux. EPEL isn’t a part of RHEL/CentOS but it is designed for major Linux distributions. In our case we need it for Redis. Install EPEL using the instructions here.

Step 1: Set up YUM Repositories

First, we need to install some software that allows us to use signed packages:

sudo yum install pygpgme yum-utils wget

Next, we need to set up the various repository configurations for Tyk and MongoDB:

Step 2: Create Tyk Gateway Repository Configuration

Create a file named /etc/yum.repos.d/tyk_tyk-gateway.repo that contains the repository configuration below https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/install#manual-rpm:

[tyk_tyk-gateway]
name=tyk_tyk-gateway
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/el/7/$basearch
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://keyserver.tyk.io/tyk.io.rpm.signing.key.2020
       https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/gpgkey
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300

Step 3: Install Packages

We’re ready to go, you can now install the relevant packages using yum:

sudo yum install -y redis tyk-gateway

(you may be asked to accept the GPG key for our two repos and when the package installs, hit yes to continue)

Step 4: Start Redis

In many cases Redis will not be running, so let’s start those:

sudo service redis start

When Tyk is finished installing, it will have installed some init scripts, but it will not be running yet. The next step will be to setup the Gateway – thankfully this can be done with three very simple commands.

Using Ansible

Requirements

Ansible - required for running the commands below. Use the Shell tab for instructions to install Tyk from a shell.

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

$ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

$ sh scripts/init.sh

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install tyk-gateway

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t `tyk-gateway-pro` or `tyk-gateway-hybrid`

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Amazon Linux	2	✅
CentOS	8	✅
CentOS	7	✅
RHEL	8	✅
RHEL	7	✅

Variables

• vars/tyk.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
secrets.APISecret	352d20ee67be67f6340b4c0605b044b7	API secret
secrets.AdminSecret	12345	Admin secret
gateway.service.host		Gateway server host if different than the hosts url
gateway.service.port	8080	Gateway server listening port
gateway.service.proto	http	Gateway server protocol
gateway.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.sharding.enabled	false	Set to true to enable filtering (sharding) of APIs
gateway.sharding.tags		The tags to use when filtering (sharding) Tyk Gateway nodes. Tags are processed as OR operations. If you include a non-filter tag (e.g. an identifier such as node-id-1, this will become available to your Dashboard analytics)
gateway.rpc.connString		Use this setting to add the URL for your MDCB or load balancer host
gateway.rpc.useSSL	true	Set this option to true to use an SSL RPC connection
gateway.rpc.sslInsecureSkipVerify	true	Set this option to true to allow the certificate validation (certificate chain and hostname) to be skipped. This can be useful if you use a self-signed certificate
gateway.rpc.rpcKey		Your organization ID to connect to the MDCB installation
gateway.rpc.apiKey		This the API key of a user used to authenticate and authorize the Gateway’s access through MDCB. The user should be a standard Dashboard user with minimal privileges so as to reduce any risk if the user is compromised. The suggested security settings are read for Real-time notifications and the remaining options set to deny
gateway.rpc.groupId		This is the zone that this instance inhabits, e.g. the cluster/data-center the Gateway lives in. The group ID must be the same across all the Gateways of a data-center/cluster which are also sharing the same Redis instance. This ID should also be unique per cluster (otherwise another Gateway cluster can pick up your keyspace events and your cluster will get zero updates).

Configure Tyk Gateway with the Dashboard

Prerequisites

This configuration assumes that you have already installed Tyk Dashboard, and have decided on the domain names for your Dashboard and your Portal. They must be different. For testing purposes, it is easiest to add hosts entries to your (and your servers) /etc/hosts file.

Set up Tyk Gateway with Quick Start Script

You can set up the core settings for Tyk Gateway with a single setup script, however for more involved deployments, you will want to provide your own configuration file.

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>with your own value to run this script.

sudo /opt/tyk-gateway/install/setup.sh --dashboard=1 --listenport=8080 --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379

What we’ve done here is told the setup script that:

• --dashboard=1: We want to use the Dashboard, since Tyk Gateway gets all it’s API Definitions from the Dashboard service, as of v2.3 Tyk will auto-detect the location of the dashboard, we only need to specify that we should use this mode.
• --listenport=8080: Tyk should listen on port 8080 for API traffic.
• --redishost=<hostname>: Use Redis on the hostname: localhost.
• --redisport=6379: Use the default Redis port.

Starting Tyk

The Tyk Gateway can be started now that it is configured. Use this command to start the Tyk Gateway:

sudo service tyk-gateway start

Pro Tip: Domains with Tyk Gateway

Tyk Gateway has full domain support built-in, you can:

• Set Tyk to listen only on a specific domain for all API traffic.
• Set an API to listen on a specific domain (e.g. api1.com, api2.com).
• Split APIs over a domain using a path (e.g. api.com/api1, api.com/api2, moreapis.com/api1, moreapis.com/api2 etc).
• If you have set a hostname for the Gateway, then all non-domain-bound APIs will be on this hostname + the listen_path.

Install Tyk on Debian or Ubuntu

Install Database

Using Shell

Requirements

Before installing the Tyk components in the order below, you need to first install Redis and MongoDB/SQL.

Getting Started

MongoDB

Install MongoDB 4.0

You should follow the online tutorial for installing MongoDb. We will be using version 4.0. As part of the Mongo installation you need to perform the following:

1. Import the public key
2. Create a list file
3. Reload the package database
4. Install the MongoDB packages
5. Start MongoDB
6. Check the mongod service is running

Install Redis

$ sudo apt-get install -y redis-server

Install Tyk Pro on Ubuntu

Installing Tyk on Ubuntu is very straightforward using our APT repositories, follow the guides and tutorials in this section to have Tyk up and running in no time.

The suggested order would be to install Tyk Dashboard, then Tyk Pump and then Tyk Gateway for a full stack.

• Dashboard

• Pump

• Gateway

  For a production environment, we recommend that the Gateway, Dashboard and Pump are installed on separate machines. If installing multiple Gateways, you should install each on a separate machine. See Planning for Production For more details.

Using Ansible

Requirements

Ansible - required for running the commands below. Use the Shell tab for instructions to install Tyk from a shell.

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

$ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

$ sh scripts/init.sh

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install the following:

• Redis
• MongoDB or PostgreSQL
• Tyk Dashboard
• Tyk Gateway
• Tyk Pump

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t tyk-pro -t redis -t `mongodb` or `pgsql`

You can choose to not install Redis, MongoDB or PostgreSQL by removing the -t redis or -t mongodb or -t pgsql However Redis and MongoDB or PostgreSQL are a requirement and need to be installed for the Tyk Pro installation to run.

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Debian	10	✅
Debian	9	✅
Ubuntu	21	✅
Ubuntu	20	✅
Ubuntu	18	✅
Ubuntu	16	✅

Variables

• vars/tyk.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
secrets.APISecret	352d20ee67be67f6340b4c0605b044b7	API secret
secrets.AdminSecret	12345	Admin secret
redis.host		Redis server host if different than the hosts url
redis.port	6379	Redis server listening port
redis.pass		Redis server password
redis.enableCluster	false	Enable if redis is running in cluster mode
redis.storage.database	0	Redis server database
redis.tls	false	Enable if redis connection is secured with SSL
mongo.host		MongoDB server host if different than the hosts url
mongo.port	27017	MongoDB server listening port
mongo.tls	false	Enable if mongo connection is secured with SSL
pgsql.host		PGSQL server host if different than the hosts url
pgsql.port	5432	PGSQL server listening port
pgsql.tls	false	Enable if pgsql connection is secured with SSL
dash.license		Dashboard license
dash.service.host		Dashboard server host if different than the hosts url
dash.service.port	3000	Dashboard server listening port
dash.service.proto	http	Dashboard server protocol
dash.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.service.host		Gateway server host if different than the hosts url
gateway.service.port	8080	Gateway server listening port
gateway.service.proto	http	Gateway server protocol
gateway.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.sharding.enabled	false	Set to true to enable filtering (sharding) of APIs
gateway.sharding.tags		The tags to use when filtering (sharding) Tyk Gateway nodes. Tags are processed as OR operations. If you include a non-filter tag (e.g. an identifier such as node-id-1, this will become available to your Dashboard analytics)
gateway.rpc.connString		Use this setting to add the URL for your MDCB or load balancer host
gateway.rpc.useSSL	true	Set this option to true to use an SSL RPC connection
gateway.rpc.sslInsecureSkipVerify	true	Set this option to true to allow the certificate validation (certificate chain and hostname) to be skipped. This can be useful if you use a self-signed certificate
gateway.rpc.rpcKey		Your organization ID to connect to the MDCB installation
gateway.rpc.apiKey		This the API key of a user used to authenticate and authorize the Gateway’s access through MDCB. The user should be a standard Dashboard user with minimal privileges so as to reduce any risk if the user is compromised. The suggested security settings are read for Real-time notifications and the remaining options set to deny
gateway.rpc.groupId		This is the zone that this instance inhabits, e.g. the cluster/data-center the Gateway lives in. The group ID must be the same across all the Gateways of a data-center/cluster which are also sharing the same Redis instance. This ID should also be unique per cluster (otherwise another Gateway cluster can pick up your keyspace events and your cluster will get zero updates).

• vars/redis.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
redis_bind_interface	0.0.0.0	Binding address of Redis

Read more about Redis configuration here.

• vars/mongodb.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
bind_ip	0.0.0.0	Binding address of MongoDB
mongodb_version	4.4	MongoDB version

Read more about MongoDB configuration here.

• vars/pgsql.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
postgresql_databases[]	[]	Array of DBs to be created
postgresql_databases[].name	tyk_analytics	Database name
postgresql_users[]	[]	Array of users to be created
postgresql_users[0].name	default	User name
postgresql_users[0].password	topsecretpassword	User password
postgresql_global_config_options[]	[]	Postgres service config options
postgresql_global_config_options[1].option	listen_addresses	Listen address binding for the service
postgresql_global_config_options[1].value	*	Default value to listen to all addresses
postgresql_hba_entries[]	[]	Host based authenticaiton list
postgresql_hba_entries[4].type	host	Entry type
postgresql_hba_entries[4].database	tyk_analytics	Which database this entry will give access to
postgresql_hba_entries[4].user	default	What users this gain access from this entry
postgresql_hba_entries[4].address	0.0.0.0/0	What addresses this gain access from this entry
postgresql_hba_entries[4].auth_method	md5	What authentication method to to use for the users

Read more about PostgreSQL configuration here.

Install Dashboard

Using Shell

Tyk has its own APT repositories hosted by the kind folks at packagecloud.io, which makes it easy, safe and secure to install a trusted distribution of the Tyk Gateway stack.

This tutorial has been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04 with few if any modifications. We will install the Tyk Dashboard with all dependencies locally.

Prerequisites

• Have MongoDB/SQL and Redis installed - follow the guide for installing databases on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Ensure port 3000 is available. This is used by the Tyk Dashboard to provide the GUI and the Developer Portal.

Step 1: Set up our APT Repositories

First, add our GPG key which signs our binaries:

curl -L https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-dashboard/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -

Run update:

sudo apt-get update

Since our repositories are installed via HTTPS, you will need to make sure APT supports this:

sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https

Now lets add the required repos and update again (notice the -a flag in the second Tyk commands - this is important!):

echo "deb https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-dashboard/ubuntu/ bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tyk_tyk-dashboard.list

echo "deb-src https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-dashboard/ubuntu/ bionic main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tyk_tyk-dashboard.list

sudo apt-get update

bionic is the code name for Ubuntu 18.04. Please substitute it with your particular ubuntu release, e.g. focal.

What we’ve done here is:

• Added the Tyk Dashboard repository
• Updated our package list

Step 2: Install the Tyk Dashboard

We’re now ready to install the Tyk Dashboard. To install run:

sudo apt-get install -y tyk-dashboard

What we’ve done here is instructed apt-get to install the Tyk Dashboard without prompting. Wait for the downloads to complete.

When the Tyk Dashboard has finished installing, it will have installed some init scripts, but it will not be running yet. The next step will be to setup each application - thankfully this can be done with three very simple commands.

Verify the origin key (optional)

Debian packages are signed with the repository keys. These keys are verified at the time of fetching the package and is taken care of by the apt infrastructure. These keys are controlled by PackageCloud, our repository provider. For an additional guarantee, it is possible to verify that the package was indeed created by Tyk by verifying the origin certificate that is attached to the package.

First, you have to fetch Tyk’s signing key and import it.

wget https://keyserver.tyk.io/tyk.io.deb.signing.key
gpg --import tyk.io.deb.signing.key

Then, you have to either,

• sign the key with your ultimately trusted key
• trust this key ultimately

The downloaded package will be available in /var/cache/apt/archives. Assuming you found the file tyk-gateway-2.9.4_amd64.deb there, you can verify the origin signature.

gpg --verify d.deb
gpg: Signature made Wed 04 Mar 2020 03:05:00 IST
gpg:                using RSA key F3781522A858A2C43D3BC997CA041CD1466FA2F8
gpg: Good signature from "Team Tyk (package signing) <[e-mail]>" [ultimate]

Configure Tyk Dashboard

Prerequisites for MongoDB

You need to ensure the MongoDB and Redis services are running before proceeding.

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>, and <IP Address> for --mongo=mongodb://<IP Address>/ with your own values to run this script.

You can set your Tyk Dashboard up with a helper setup command script. This will get the Dashboard set up for the local instance:

sudo /opt/tyk-dashboard/install/setup.sh --listenport=3000 --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379 --mongo=mongodb://<IP Address>/tyk_analytics --tyk_api_hostname=$HOSTNAME --tyk_node_hostname=http://localhost --tyk_node_port=8080 --portal_root=/portal --domain="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"

Make sure to use the actual DNS hostname or the public IP of your instance as the last parameter.

What we have done here is:

• --listenport=3000: Told the Tyk Dashboard (and Portal) to listen on port 3000.
• --redishost=<hostname>: The Tyk Dashboard should use the local Redis instance.
• --redisport=6379: The Tyk Dashboard should use the default port.
• --domain="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX": Bind the Tyk Dashboard to the IP or DNS hostname of this instance (required).
• --mongo=mongodb://<IP Address>/tyk_analytics: Use the local MongoDB (should always be the same as the gateway).
• --tyk_api_hostname=$HOSTNAME: The Tyk Dashboard has no idea what hostname has been given to Tyk, so we need to tell it, in this instance we are just using the local HOSTNAME env variable, but you could set this to the public-hostname/IP of the instance.
• --tyk_node_hostname=http://localhost: The Tyk Dashboard needs to see a Tyk node in order to create new tokens, so we need to tell it where we can find one, in this case, use the one installed locally.
• --tyk_node_port=8080: Tell the Tyk Dashboard that the Tyk node it should communicate with is on port 8080.
• --portal_root=/portal: We want the portal to be shown on /portal of whichever domain we set for the portal.

Prerequisites for SQL

You need to ensure the PostgreSQL and Redis services are running before proceeding.

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>, and <Postgres Host Name>, <Port>, <User>, <Password>, <DB> for --connection_string="host=<Postgres Host Name> port=<Port> user=<User> password=<Password> dbname=<DB>" with your own values to run this script.

You can set the Tyk Dashboard up with a helper setup command script. This will get the Dashboard set up for the local instance:

sudo /opt/tyk-dashboard/install/setup.sh --listenport=3000 --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379 --storage=postgres --connection_string="host=<Postgres Host Name> port=<Port> user=<User> password=<Password> dbname=<DB>" --tyk_api_hostname=$HOSTNAME --tyk_node_hostname=http://localhost --tyk_node_port=8080 --portal_root=/portal --domain="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"

Make sure to use the actual DNS hostname or the public IP of your instance as the last parameter.

What we have done here is:

• --listenport=3000: Told the Tyk Dashboard (and Portal) to listen on port 3000.
• --redishost=<hostname>: The Tyk Dashboard should use the local Redis instance.
• --redisport=6379: The Tyk Dashboard should use the default port.
• --domain="XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX": Bind the dashboard to the IP or DNS hostname of this instance (required).
• --storage=postgres: Use storage type postgres.
• --connection_string="host=<Postgres Host Name> port=<Port> user=<User> password=<Password> dbname=<DB>": Use the postgres instance provided in the connection string(should always be the same as the gateway).
• --tyk_api_hostname=$HOSTNAME: The Tyk Dashboard has no idea what hostname has been given to Tyk, so we need to tell it, in this instance we are just using the local HOSTNAME env variable, but you could set this to the public-hostname/IP of the instance.
• --tyk_node_hostname=http://localhost: The Tyk Dashboard needs to see a Tyk node in order to create new tokens, so we need to tell it where we can find one, in this case, use the one installed locally.
• --tyk_node_port=8080: Tell the dashboard that the Tyk node it should communicate with is on port 8080.
• --portal_root=/portal: We want the portal to be shown on /portal of whichever domain we set for the portal.

Step 1: Enter your Tyk Dashboard License

Add your license in /opt/tyk-dashboard/tyk_analytics.conf in the license field.

Step 2: Start the Tyk Dashboard

Start the dashboard service, and ensure it will start automatically on system boot.

sudo systemctl start tyk-dashboard
sudo systemctl enable tyk-dashboard

Step 3: Install your Tyk Gateway

Follow the Gateway installation instructions to connect to your Dashboard instance before you continue on to step 4.

Step 4: Bootstrap the Tyk Dashboard with an initial User and Organization

Go to:

127.0.0.1:3000

You should get to the Tyk Dashboard Setup screen:

Step 5 - Create your Organization and Default User

You need to enter the following:

• Your Organization Name

• Your Organization Slug

• Your User Email Address

• Your User First and Last Name

• A Password for your User

• Re-enter your user Password

  For a password, we recommend a combination of alphanumeric characters, with both upper and lower case letters.

Click Bootstrap to save the details.

Step 6 - Login to the Tyk Dashboard

You can now log in to the Tyk Dashboard from 127.0.0.1:3000, using the username and password created in the Dashboard Setup screen.

Configure your Developer Portal

To set up your Developer Portal follow our Self-Managed tutorial on publishing an API to the Portal Catalog.

Using Ansible

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

$ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

$ sh scripts/init.sh

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install tyk-dashboard

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t tyk-dashboard

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Debian	10	✅
Debian	9	✅
Ubuntu	21	✅
Ubuntu	20	✅
Ubuntu	18	✅
Ubuntu	16	✅

Variables

• vars/tyk.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
secrets.APISecret	352d20ee67be67f6340b4c0605b044b7	API secret
secrets.AdminSecret	12345	Admin secret
dash.license		Dashboard license
dash.service.host		Dashboard server host if different than the hosts url
dash.service.port	3000	Dashboard server listening port
dash.service.proto	http	Dashboard server protocol
dash.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections

Install Pump

Using Shell

This tutorial has been tested Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04 with few if any modifications.

Prerequisites

• You have installed Redis and either MongoDB or SQL.
• You have installed the Tyk Dashboard.

Step 1: Set up our APT repositories

First, add our GPG key which signs our binaries:

curl -L https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-pump/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -

Run update:

sudo apt-get update

Since our repositories are installed via HTTPS, you will need to make sure APT supports this:

sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https

Now lets add the required repos and update again (notice the -a flag in the second Tyk commands - this is important!):

echo "deb https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-pump/ubuntu/ bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tyk_tyk-pump.list

echo "deb-src https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-pump/ubuntu/ bionic main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tyk_tyk-pump.list

sudo apt-get update

bionic is the code name for Ubuntu 18.04. Please substitute it with your particular ubuntu release, e.g. focal.

What you’ve done here is:

• Added the Tyk Pump repository
• Updated our package list

Step 2: Install the Tyk Pump

You’re now ready to install the Tyk Pump. To install it, run:

sudo apt-get install -y tyk-pump

What you’ve done here is instructed apt-get to install Tyk Pump without prompting. Wait for the downloads to complete.

When Tyk Pump has finished installing, it will have installed some init scripts, but it will not be running yet. The next step will be to setup each application using three very simple commands.

Verify the origin key (optional)

Debian packages are signed with the repository keys. These keys are verified at the time of fetching the package and is taken care of by the apt infrastructure. These keys are controlled by PackageCloud, our repository provider. For an additional guarantee, it is possible to verify that the package was indeed created by Tyk by verifying the origin certificate that is attached to the package.

First, you have to fetch Tyk’s signing key and import it.

wget https://keyserver.tyk.io/tyk.io.deb.signing.key
gpg --import tyk.io.deb.signing.key

Then, you have to either,

• sign the key with your ultimately trusted key
• trust this key ultimately

The downloaded package will be available in /var/cache/apt/archives. Assuming you found the file tyk-gateway-2.9.3_amd64.deb there, you can verify the origin signature.

gpg --verify d.deb
gpg: Signature made Wed 04 Mar 2020 03:05:00 IST
gpg:                using RSA key F3781522A858A2C43D3BC997CA041CD1466FA2F8
gpg: Good signature from "Team Tyk (package signing) <[e-mail]>" [ultimate]

Step 3: Configure Tyk Pump

If you don’t complete this step, you won’t see any analytics in your Dashboard, so to enable the analytics service, we need to ensure Tyk Pump is running and configured properly.

Option 1: Configure Tyk Pump for MongoDB

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>, and <IP Address> for --mongo=mongodb://<IP Address>/ with your own values to run this script.

sudo /opt/tyk-pump/install/setup.sh --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379 --mongo=mongodb://<IP Address>/tyk_analytics

Option 2: Configure Tyk Pump for SQL

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>, and <Postgres Host Name>,<Port>, <User>, <Password>, <DB> for --postgres="host=<Postgres Host Name> port=<Port> user=<User> password=<Password> dbname=<DB>" with your own values to run this script.

sudo /opt/tyk-pump/install/setup.sh --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379 --postgres="host=<Postgres Host Name> port=<Port> user=<User> password=<Password> dbname=<DB>"

Step 4: Start Tyk Pump

sudo service tyk-pump start
sudo service tyk-pump enable

You can verify if Tyk Pump is running and working by tailing the log file:

sudo tail -f /var/log/upstart/tyk-pump.log

Using Ansible

Install Tyk Pump Through Ansible

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

$ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

$ sh scripts/init.sh

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install tyk-pump

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t tyk-pump

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Debian	10	✅
Debian	9	✅
Ubuntu	21	✅
Ubuntu	20	✅
Ubuntu	18	✅
Ubuntu	16	✅

Install Gateway

Using Shell

Tyk has it’s own APT repositories hosted by the kind folks at packagecloud.io, which makes it easy, safe and secure to install a trusted distribution of the Tyk Gateway stack.

This tutorial has been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04 with few if any modifications.

Please note however, that should you wish to write your own plugins in Python, we currently have a Python version dependency of 3.4. Python-3.4 ships with Ubuntu 14.04, however you may need to explicitly install it on newer Ubuntu Operating System releases.

Prerequisites

• Ensure port 8080 is available. This is used in this guide for Gateway traffic (API traffic to be proxied).
• You have MongoDB and Redis installed.
• You have installed firstly the Tyk Dashboard, then the Tyk Pump.

Step 1: Set up our APT Repositories

First, add our GPG key which signs our binaries:

curl -L https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -

Run update:

sudo apt-get update

Since our repositories are installed via HTTPS, you will need to make sure APT supports this:

sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https 

Create a file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tyk_tyk-gateway.list with the following contents:

deb https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/ubuntu/ bionic main
deb-src https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/ubuntu/ bionic main

bionic is the code name for Ubuntu 18.04. Please substitute it with your particular ubuntu release, e.g. focal.

Now you can refresh the list of packages with:

sudo apt-get update

What we’ve done here is:

• Added the Tyk Gateway repository
• Updated our package list

Step 2: Install the Tyk Gateway

We’re now ready to install the Tyk Gateway. To install it, run:

sudo apt-get install -y tyk-gateway

What we’ve done here is instructed apt-get to install the Tyk Gateway without prompting, wait for the downloads to complete.

When Tyk has finished installing, it will have installed some init scripts, but will not be running yet. The next step will be to set up the Gateway - thankfully this can be done with three very simple commands, however it does depend on whether you are configuring Tyk Gateway for use with the Dashboard or without (the Community Edition).

Verify the origin key (optional)

Debian packages are signed with the repository keys. These keys are verified at the time of fetching the package and is taken care of by the apt infrastructure. These keys are controlled by PackageCloud, our repository provider. For an additional guarantee, it is possible to verify that the package was indeed created by Tyk by verifying the origin certificate that is attached to the package.

First, you have to fetch Tyk’s signing key and import it.

wget https://keyserver.tyk.io/tyk.io.deb.signing.key
gpg --import tyk.io.deb.signing.key

Then, you have to either,

• sign the key with your ultimately trusted key
• trust this key ultimately

The downloaded package will be available in /var/cache/apt/archives. Assuming you found the file tyk-gateway-2.9.4_amd64.deb there, you can verify the origin signature.

gpg --verify d.deb
gpg: Signature made Wed 04 Mar 2020 03:05:00 IST
gpg:                using RSA key F3781522A858A2C43D3BC997CA041CD1466FA2F8
gpg: Good signature from "Team Tyk (package signing) <[e-mail]>" [ultimate]

Configure Tyk Gateway with Dashboard

Prerequisites

This configuration assumes that you have already installed the Tyk Dashboard, and have decided on the domain names for your Dashboard and your Portal. They must be different. For testing purposes, it is easiest to add hosts entries to your (and your servers) /etc/hosts file.

Set up Tyk

You can set up the core settings for Tyk Gateway with a single setup script, however for more involved deployments, you will want to provide your own configuration file.

You need to replace <hostname> for --redishost=<hostname>with your own value to run this script.

sudo /opt/tyk-gateway/install/setup.sh --dashboard=1 --listenport=8080 --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379

What we’ve done here is told the setup script that:

• --dashboard=1: We want to use the Dashboard, since Tyk Gateway gets all it’s API Definitions from the Dashboard service, as of v2.3 Tyk will auto-detect the location of the dashboard, we only need to specify that we should use this mode.
• --listenport=8080: Tyk should listen on port 8080 for API traffic.
• --redishost=<hostname>: Use Redis on your hostname.
• --redisport=6379: Use the default Redis port.

Starting Tyk

The Tyk Gateway can be started now that it is configured. Use this command to start the Tyk Gateway:

sudo service tyk-gateway start
sudo service tyk-gateway enable

Pro Tip: Domains with Tyk Gateway

Tyk Gateway has full domain support built-in, you can:

• Set Tyk to listen only on a specific domain for all API traffic.
• Set an API to listen on a specific domain (e.g. api1.com, api2.com).
• Split APIs over a domain using a path (e.g. api.com/api1, api.com/api2, moreapis.com/api1, moreapis.com/api2 etc).
• If you have set a hostname for the Gateway, then all non-domain-bound APIs will be on this hostname + the listen_path.

Using Ansible

Getting Started

1. clone the tyk-ansible repositry

$ git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-ansible

2. cd into the directory

$ cd tyk-ansible

3. Run initialisation script to initialise environment

$ sh scripts/init.sh

4. Modify hosts.yml file to update ssh variables to your server(s). You can learn more about the hosts file here

5. Run ansible-playbook to install tyk-gateway

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yaml -t `tyk-gateway-pro` or `tyk-gateway-hybrid`

Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Supported
Debian	10	✅
Debian	9	✅
Ubuntu	21	✅
Ubuntu	20	✅
Ubuntu	18	✅
Ubuntu	16	✅

Variables

• vars/tyk.yaml

Variable	Default	Comments
secrets.APISecret	352d20ee67be67f6340b4c0605b044b7	API secret
secrets.AdminSecret	12345	Admin secret
gateway.service.host		Gateway server host if different than the hosts url
gateway.service.port	8080	Gateway server listening port
gateway.service.proto	http	Gateway server protocol
gateway.service.tls	false	Set to true to enable SSL connections
gateway.sharding.enabled	false	Set to true to enable filtering (sharding) of APIs
gateway.sharding.tags		The tags to use when filtering (sharding) Tyk Gateway nodes. Tags are processed as OR operations. If you include a non-filter tag (e.g. an identifier such as node-id-1, this will become available to your Dashboard analytics)
gateway.rpc.connString		Use this setting to add the URL for your MDCB or load balancer host
gateway.rpc.useSSL	true	Set this option to true to use an SSL RPC connection
gateway.rpc.sslInsecureSkipVerify	true	Set this option to true to allow the certificate validation (certificate chain and hostname) to be skipped. This can be useful if you use a self-signed certificate
gateway.rpc.rpcKey		Your organization ID to connect to the MDCB installation
gateway.rpc.apiKey		This the API key of a user used to authenticate and authorize the Gateway’s access through MDCB. The user should be a standard Dashboard user with minimal privileges so as to reduce any risk if the user is compromised. The suggested security settings are read for Real-time notifications and the remaining options set to deny
gateway.rpc.groupId		This is the zone that this instance inhabits, e.g. the cluster/data-center the Gateway lives in. The group ID must be the same across all the Gateways of a data-center/cluster which are also sharing the same Redis instance. This ID should also be unique per cluster (otherwise another Gateway cluster can pick up your keyspace events and your cluster will get zero updates).