The Tyk Gateway can be installed following different installation methods including Shell and Ansible. Please select by clicking the tab with the installation path most suitable for you.

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Supported Distributions

DistributionVersionSupported
CentOS8✅
CentOS7✅
RHEL8✅
RHEL7✅

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Requirements

Before you begin the installation process, make sure you have the following:
  • Ensure port 8080 is open for Gateway traffic (the API traffic to be proxied).
  • The 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.

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Step 1: Create Tyk Gateway Repository Configuration

Create a file named /etc/yum.repos.d/tyk_tyk-gateway.repo that contains the repository configuration settings for YUM repositories tyk_tyk-gateway and tyk_tyk-gateway-source used to download packages from the specified URLs. This includes 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-gateway]
name=tyk_tyk-gateway
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/el/8/$basearch
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/gpgkey
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300

[tyk_tyk-gateway-source]
name=tyk_tyk-gateway-source
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/el/8/SRPMS
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/tyk/tyk-gateway/gpgkey
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300
Update your local yum cache by running:
sudo yum -q makecache -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='tyk_tyk-gateway'

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Step 2: Install Tyk Gateway

Install the Tyk Gateway using yum:
sudo yum install -y tyk-gateway
You may be asked to accept the GPG key for our two repos and when the package installs, hit yes to continue.

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Step 3: Start Redis

If Redis is not running then start it using the following command:
sudo service redis start

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Step 4: Configuring The Gateway

You can set up the core settings for the Tyk Gateway with a single setup script, however for more complex deployments you will want to provide your own configuration file.
Replace <hostname> in --redishost=<hostname> with your own value to run this script.
sudo /opt/tyk-gateway/install/setup.sh --listenport=8080 --redishost=<hostname> --redisport=6379 --domain=""
What you’ve done here is told the setup script that:
  • --listenport=8080: Listen on port 8080 for API traffic.
  • --redishost=<hostname>: The hostname for Redis.
  • --redisport=6379: Use port 6379 for Redis.
  • --domain="": Do not filter domains for the Gateway, see the note on domains below for more about this.
In this example, you don’t want Tyk to listen on a single domain. It is recommended to leave the Tyk Gateway domain unbounded for flexibility and ease of deployment.

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Step 5: Start the Tyk Gateway

The Tyk Gateway can be started now that it is configured. Use this command to start the Tyk Gateway:
sudo service tyk-gateway start

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Next Steps Tutorials

Follow the Tutorials on the Community Edition tabs for the following:
  1. Add an API
  2. Create a Security Policy
  3. Create an API Key