Kong Gateway is an API layer for managing APIs and Microservices. The easiest way to get started running Kong Gateway is to use Docker: https://docs.konghq.com/install/docker/

In this video, @Viktor Gamov, a principal developer advocate with Kong, explains how to run Kong Gateway using Docker and Docker Compose.

TIMECODES

0:00 Cold Open

0:35 Intro

1:30 Kong in DB-less Mode

4:17 Configure Upstream Service

6:50 Kong with Postgres

9:20 Configure Upstream Service Using REST API

10:50 It's a Wrap!

LINKS

https://github.com/Kong/demo-scene/tree/main/quotes-service
https://github.com/Kong/docker-kong/tree/master/compose - An officially supported Docker Compose template
https://insomnia.rest