Welcome to Kong!
We are really excited that you have chosen Kong, and we look forward to working with you!
This onboarding series is divided into 5 sections: Installing Kong, security, observability, dev portal & automation. If you have any questions, reach out to our Support Team with your questions! If you don’t have an account, just ask your license holder to give you access.
In this section, we will be covering:
As a Kong Enterprise customer, we recommend you deploy in Hybrid Mode. This involves separating the control plane and the data plane. The hybrid mode will make your Kong Platform:
Step 2: Install Kong
Kong can be installed on many different systems. We recommend deploying Kong on Kubernetes using Helm, but you can also deploy on other systems (e.g. docker).
Docs Page: How to install Kong & Installation options
Check out our video tutorials here for installing Kong on Kubernetes, with Docker and installing Kong Ingress Controller (KIC):
Install Kong on Kubernetes - Part 1
Install Kong on Kubernetes. - Part 2
Install Kong with Docker
Install Kong Ingress Controller for Kubernetes
Step 3: Download your license key and apply it to access Enterprise features
Your license key is what will give you access to key Kong Enterprise features. Your new license has been issued and posted to the Customer Support Portal
Any of your team members with portal access can download it. Don’t have access to the portal? Ask your license holder to give you access.
Follow our docs page on How to apply your license.
2. Onboard your first APIs to Kong
Once you have deployed Kong, you can onboard your first API! Here is a Kong Academy module that will show you how:
You can log in to Kong Academy using your Customer Support Portal account, or by signing up for free on Kong Academy.
As you install Kong, you may have some questions - you can submit a ticket to our Customer Reliability Engineering team in our Customer Support Portal.
If you have any technical questions, reach out to our Support Team with your questions! If you don’t have an account, just ask your license holder to give you access.
What’s next?
Check out the rest of our onboarding series - you will need to log in with your customer portal account to access these. If you don’t have an account, just ask your license holder to give you access.
Kong Onboarding 2: Secure your Kong Platform
Kong Onboarding 3: Secure your APIs
Kong Onboarding 4: Monitor your APIs with Kong & get ready for go-live!
Kong Onboarding 5: Set up Developer portal & APIOps (Automation)