How to install Kong on NetBSD

Kong is a popular open-source API gateway that can be installed on different platforms. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Kong on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• A NetBSD machine with internet access
• Root privileges
• Bash shell

Installation steps

Step 1: Install required dependencies

To install Kong, you need to have some dependencies installed on your machine. In this step, we will install these dependencies using the pkgin package manager.

pkgin update
pkgin install gcc libreadline libssl libyaml pcre zlib

Step 2: Install OpenResty

Kong is built on top of an open-source version of NGINX, called OpenResty. In this step, we will install OpenResty using the pkgsrc package manager.

cd /usr/pkgsrc/www/openresty
make install

Step 3: Install Kong

Now that we have the required dependencies and OpenResty installed, we can proceed with the installation of Kong itself.

cd /usr/pkgsrc/www/kong
make install

Step 4: Configure the database

Kong uses a PostgreSQL database to store its configuration and metadata. You need to install, initialize, and start the PostgreSQL database before you can use Kong.

pkgin install postgresql13-server
/usr/pkg/bin/postgresql13-setup initdb
rcctl enable postgresql
rcctl start postgresql

Step 5: Set up Kong

Kong is now installed, but you need to configure it to work with your system. In this step, we will create the required Kong configuration files.

cd /usr/pkg/share/kong
cp kong.conf.default kong.conf
cp kong.yml.default kong.yml

Step 6: Start Kong

Once you've finished configuring Kong, you can start it using the following command:

/usr/pkg/bin/kong start

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kong on NetBSD. You can now use Kong to create and manage APIs. To use the Kong Admin API, navigate to http://localhost:8001/ in your web browser.