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Introduction

New to Tyk Gateway? On this page you’ll get started with the basics - install Tyk and test it live in less than 2 minutes. We recommend Tyk Gateway docker compose as the quickest way to get started. If you want to deploy it in a specific platform check our installation options page. Step 1 - Clone the docker-compose repository 
git clone https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-gateway-docker
Step 2 - Change to the new directory 
cd tyk-gateway-docker
Step 3 - Deploy Tyk Gateway and Redis 
docker-compose up
You can also run this in detached mode using the -d flag: 
docker-compose up -d
Congratulations, you’re done!!!

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Test Installation

Your Tyk Gateway is now configured and ready to use. Confirm this by checking against the ‘hello’ endpoint: 
curl localhost:8080/hello
The output should be similar to that shown below: 
{"status": "pass", "version": "v5.1", "description": "Tyk GW"}