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Install Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal using Docker Compose

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This guide provides a clear and concise, step-by-step recipe for launching the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal in a container using Docker Compose. Depending on your preferences, you can use MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite as database.

In this recipe, the database and the portal containers will run on the same network, with the database storing it’s data on a volume. The portal’s CMS assets (images, files and themes) are stored in the database, although this guide provides links to the documentation to use a persistent volume or an S3 bucket as a storage medium for CMS assets. Additionally, all settings for the Portal are configured using an env-file.

Note

This document is just an example. Customise all fields, including the username, password, root password, database name and more.

Prerequisites

To successfully install the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal with Docker Compose, you should have installed the following software:

Create an init script for PostgreSQL and an environment variables file

Create an init script for PostgreSQL

To initialize a PostgreSQL database, you need to create an init script that will later be used to launch the PostgreSQL instance. Copy the content below to a file named init.sql, which you will need in the next step.

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-- init.sql
-- Creating user
CREATE USER admin WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'secr3t';
CREATE DATABASE portal;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE portal TO admin;

Create an environment variables file for configuring the portal and the database

Creating an environment file to specify settings for the portal is the next step.

Here is an example of a sample environment file. For a comprehensive reference of environment variables, please refer to the configuration section in the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal documentation.

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PORTAL_HOSTPORT=3001
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=postgres
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=host=tyk-portal-postgres port=5432 dbname=portal user=admin password=secr3t sslmode=disable
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS=false
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=default
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=<your-license-here>
PORTAL_STORAGE=db

Once you have completed this step, you are ready to launch the portal application with PostgreSQL via Docker Compose.

Create a docker-compose file and launch the stack

Create a docker-compose file

Before launching the portal using docker-compose, you will need to create a docker-compose.yaml file. An example of the portal’s docker-compose file is provided below, which you can use as a starting point and further customise to meet your specific requirements.

Ensure that you replace <tag> with the specific version of the portal you intend to launch before executing the command, e.g. tykio/portal:v1.7 for the portal v1.7. You can browse all available versions on Docker Hub and in the release notes section.

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version: '3.6'
services:
  tyk-portal:
    depends_on:
      - tyk-portal-postgres
    image: tykio/portal:<tag>
    networks:
      - tyk-portal
    ports:
      - 3001:3001
    environment:
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=${PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT}
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=${PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=${PORTAL_THEMING_THEME}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=${PORTAL_THEMING_PATH}
      - PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=${PORTAL_LICENSEKEY}
      - PORTAL_STORAGE=${PORTAL_STORAGE}

  tyk-portal-postgres:
    image: postgres:10-alpine
    volumes:
      - tyk-portal-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
      - ${PWD}/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
    networks:
      - tyk-portal
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secr3t
      - PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata

volumes:
  tyk-portal-postgres-data:

networks:
  tyk-portal:

Pull and launch the portal container using docker-compose

To launch the portal using docker-compose, execute the command provided below.

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docker-compose --env-file .env up -d
docker-compose --env-file .env up -d

This command will launch the portal on localhost at port 3001. Now, you can bootstrap the portal and start managing your API products.

Bootstrap the portal

Now the portal is running on port 3001, but it needs to be bootstrapped by providing credentials for the super admin user since it’s the first time you are launching it. Follow the bootstrapping section of the documentation to bootstrap the portal via the UI or the admin API.

Clean up

If you want to clean up your environment or start the installation process from scratch, execute the following commands to stop and remove the portal container:

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docker-compose down
docker-compose down

Create an environment variables file for configuring the portal and the database

The first step is to create an environment file to specify settings for the portal.

Here is an example of a sample environment file. For a comprehensive reference of environment variables, please refer the configuration section in the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal documentation.

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MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=sup3rsecr3t
MYSQL_DATABASE=portal
MYSQL_USER=admin
MYSQL_PASSWORD=secr3t
PORTAL_HOSTPORT=3001
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=mysql
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=admin:secr3t@tcp(tyk-portal-mysql:3306)/portal?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=true
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS=false
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=default
PORTAL_STORAGE=db
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=<your-license-here>

Once you have completed this step, you are ready to launch the portal application with MySQL via Docker Compose.

Create a docker-compose file and launch the stack

Create a docker-compose file

Before launching the portal using docker-compose, you will need to create a docker-compose.yaml file. An example of the portal’s docker-compose file is provided below, which you can use as a starting point and further customize to meet your specific requirements.

Ensure that you replace <tag> with the specific version of the portal you intend to launch before executing the command, e.g. tykio/portal:v1.7 for the portal v1.7. You can browse all available versions on Docker Hub and in the release notes section.

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version: '3.6'
services:
  tyk-portal:
    depends_on:
      - tyk-portal-mysql
    image: tykio/portal:<tag>
    networks:
      - tyk-portal
    ports:
      - 3001:3001
    environment:
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=${PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT}
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=${PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=${PORTAL_THEMING_THEME}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=${PORTAL_THEMING_PATH}
      - PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=${PORTAL_LICENSEKEY}
      - PORTAL_STORAGE=${PORTAL_STORAGE}

  tyk-portal-mysql:
    image: mysql:5.7
    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
    volumes:
      - tyk-portal-mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
    networks:
      - tyk-portal   
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=${MYSQL_DATABASE}
      - MYSQL_USER=${MYSQL_USER}
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}

volumes:
  tyk-portal-mysql-data:

networks:
  tyk-portal:

Pull and launch the portal container using docker-compose

To launch the portal using docker-compose, execute the command provided below.

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docker-compose --env-file .env up -d
docker-compose --env-file .env up -d

This command will launch the portal on localhost at port 3001. Now, you can bootstrap the portal and start managing your API products.

Bootstrap the portal

Now the portal is running on port 3001, but it needs to be bootstrapped by providing credentials for the super admin user since it’s the first you are launching it. Follow the bootstrapping section of the documentation to bootstrap the portal via the UI or the admin API.

Clean up

If you want to clean up your environment or start the installation process from scratch, execute the following commands to stop and remove the portal container:

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docker-compose down
docker-compose down

Create an environment variables file for configuring the portal and the database

Creating an environment file to specify settings for the portal is the next step. This is optional, as you can alternatively specify all the variables using the -e option when starting your deployment.

Here is an example of a sample environment file. For a comprehensive reference of environment variables, please refer to the [configuration section(https://deploy-preview-4997--tyk-docs.netlify.app/docs/nightly/product-stack/tyk-enterprise-developer-portal/deploy/configuration/)] in the Tyk Enterprise Developer Portal documentation.

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PORTAL_HOSTPORT=3001
PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=sqlite3
PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=db/portal.db
PORTAL_DATABASE_ENABLELOGS=false
PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=default
PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=./themes
PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=<your-license-here>
PORTAL_STORAGE=db

Once you have completed this step, you are ready to launch the portal application with SQLite via Docker Compose.

Create a docker-compose file and launch the stack

Create a docker-compose file

Before launching the portal using docker-compose, you will need to create a docker-compose.yaml file. An example of the portal’s docker-compose file is provided below, which you can use as a starting point and further customize to meet your specific requirements.

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version: '3.6'
services:
  tyk-portal:
    image: tykio/portal:<tag>
    volumes:
      - /tmp/portal/db:/opt/portal/db
    ports:
      - 3001:3001
    environment:
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT=${PORTAL_DATABASE_DIALECT}
      - PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING=${PORTAL_DATABASE_CONNECTIONSTRING}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_THEME=${PORTAL_THEMING_THEME}
      - PORTAL_THEMING_PATH=${PORTAL_THEMING_PATH}
      - PORTAL_LICENSEKEY=${PORTAL_LICENSEKEY}
      - PORTAL_STORAGE=${PORTAL_STORAGE}

Pull and launch the portal container using docker-compose

To launch the portal using docker-compose, execute the command provided below.

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docker-compose --env-file .env up -d
docker-compose --env-file .env up -d

This command will launch the portal on localhost at port 3001. Now, you can bootstrap the portal and start managing your API products.

Bootstrap the portal

Now the portal is running on port 3001, but it needs to be bootstrapped by providing credentials for the super admin user since it’s the first time you are launching it. Follow the bootstrapping section of the documentation to bootstrap the portal via the UI or the admin API.

Clean up

If you want to clean up your environment or start the installation process from scratch, execute the following commands to stop and stop and remove the portal container:

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docker-compose down
docker-compose down

Since the SQLite data is persisted in the mounted volume (/tmp/portal/db in the above example), to completely erase the deployment, you will also need to delete it for a complete clean-up:

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rm -rf /tmp/portal/db
rm -rf /tmp/portal/db

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