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Kong API Gateway Release Definition Template

hashistack offer a Screwdriver template that deploys an immutable instance of Kong API Gateway to AWS. It uses the screwdriver-template-main npm package to assist with template validation, publishing, and tagging. This template tags the latest versions with the latest tag.

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How to Use This Template​

Please follow the sections below to get started using this template

Installing the Template​

Please follow the instructions here and make sure, once done, we are able to see the two following template shown in the templates page:

  • kong-api-gateway-release-definition-template

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Creating Pipeline from Template​

Create a Screwdriver pipeline with the URL of a GitHub repo that contains a screwdriver.yaml file with the following content

---
jobs:
  main:
    requires: [~pr, ~commit]
    template: QubitPi/kong-api-gateway-release-definition-template@latest

Configuring Pipeline​

The following Screwdriver Secrets needs to be defined before running the pipeline:

  • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  • SSL_CERT_BASE_64: A base64 encoded string of the content of SSL certificate file for the SSL-enabled domain for the Kong Gateway
  • SSL_CERT_KEY_BASE_64: A base64 encoded string of the content of SSL certificate key file for the SSL-enabled domain Kong Gateway

Running Pipeline​

To run the pipeline, fill in the AWS-related parameters first

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Then hit "Submit" to start deploying.