Kong declarative settings demo, with demo credentials in header.

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.7'
services:
  kong:
    container_name: kong
    image: kong:latest
    volumes:
      - ./kong.yml:/kong/declarative/kong.yml
    environment:
      - KONG_DATABASE=off
      - KONG_DECLARATIVE_CONFIG=/kong/declarative/kong.yml
      - KONG_PROXY_ACCESS_LOG=/dev/stdout
      - KONG_ADMIN_ACCESS_LOG=/dev/stdout
      - KONG_PROXY_ERROR_LOG=/dev/stderr
      - KONG_ADMIN_ERROR_LOG=/dev/stderr
      - KONG_ADMIN_LISTEN=0.0.0.0:8001, 0.0.0.0:8444 ssl
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
      - "8443:8443"
      - "127.0.0.1:8001:8001"
      - "127.0.0.1:8444:8444"

kong.yml

_format_version: "2.1"

services:
  - name: demo-service
    # change port and path to the configured in your application
    url: http://host.docker.internal:8080/<path_from_application>
    routes:
      - name: demo-route
        paths:
          - /<path_name_to_kong>

# authentication service
plugins:
- name: key-auth
  service: demo-service
  config: 
    key_names:
    - apikey
    key_in_body: false
    key_in_header: true
    key_in_query: false
    hide_credentials: false
    run_on_preflight: true

consumers:
- username: user123

keyauth_credentials:
- consumer: user123
  key: "kingkong"

Dockerized Kong API Gateway

• The docker-compose is in charged of create the kong container using the kong.yml which cares the kong settings.
• This gist is just to save a demo kong to use in dev environments.
• Only tested in Windows 11.