Tyk offers an open source API Gateway that is fast, scalable and modern. Tyk also offers a full life-cycle API Management Platform with an API Gateway, API Analytics, Developer Portal and API Management Dashboard. Once you have a Tyk environment installed, whether it’s self-managed OSS or Enterprise, or Cloud, come back here to create your first API! Not sure what you need? Visit our APIM comparison page to get started or sign up for a free trial to test it out: Try for free The following tutorials will show you how to get up and running with Tyk depending on your installation type.

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Create an API

How to add a basic API to Tyk

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Create a Security Policy

Create a Security Policy that can be applied to multiple keys

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Create an API Key

Create a key to apply Quotas and Rate limits to an API, or it can inherit settings from a Security Policy

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Create a Developer Portal Entry (Tyk Enterprise Only)

Add an API to your Developer Portal for 3rd party developer access