Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.0 new features

A docker-compose project which shows the following new Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.0 features

• manager web interface
• open telemetry using Jaeger
• websocket plugins
• plugin ordering
• secrets using Hashicorp Vault

This project has been only been tested on localhost machine setups. Built for demonstration purposes only not to be used in production.

Prerequisites

• This github project copied to the localhost machine
• Working versions of docker and docker-compose on the localhost machine
• A Kong enterprise license key

Pre-setup

• Create the environment variable KONG_LICENSE_DATA with the value of the Kong license key
• build the project by navigating to the directory where docker-compose.yml is located and run the command

docker-compose build --no-cache

Running

From the shell where KONG_LICENSE_DATA is setup, navigate to the directory where docker-compose.yml is located and run the command

docker-compose up

Start up time is approximately 3-5 mins on modern pc with 8 CPUs and 16GB RAM. To check if everything has started correctly

• Login to Kong Manager with username kong_admin and password kong_admin, navigate to Kong Manager Workspaces then ensure the "License expiration" is above 1 day

Useful demonstration links

• Kong Manager - Kong3 workspace username kong_admin password kong_admin
• Jaeger to view Kong opentelemetery data, ensure kong is in the dropdown
• Default plugin order endpoint
• Changed plugin order endpoint
• Websockets server
• Hashicorp Vault method Token token Token
• OpenID Connect endpoint username kong3 password kong3
• Keycloak username admin password admin where OpenID Connect user kong3 is configured

Stopping

From the shell where docker-compose is running type Control-c and run the commands

docker-compose down
docker volume prune -f

Third party assets

The following assets are included in this repository which may have their own licensing terms

• Websockets service to demonstrate websocket plugins
• 3 Image for workspace images
• Transport for London Unified API as example API specifications within developer portal
• Wikimedia REST API as example API specifications within developer portal