Kong Terraform Quickstart with AWS

Terraform template to install Kong with AWS resources and Docker.

Information

1. Terraform version > 0.12
2. Terraform provider.aws => v2.26.0

Docker Images

This template is tested with Kong enterprise, thus we hosted the pre-baked image in our own dockerhub repository.

Disclaimer : Please purchase a valid license if you intend to run Kong Enterprise

For your testing, You can retrive the latest Kong CE docker images @ https://hub.docker.com/_/kong.

Variables

Please refer to secret.tfvars.example for the required variables.

Prerequisite

Prior to running this terraform please ensure the following is present.

1. A Public hosted zone in route 53 (For example, gemsapi.io)
2. A Certificate under Amazon Certificate Manager (For example, *.gemsapi.io)
3. AWS access key and secret key
4. Pem file for ssh into the provisioned EC2 Instance (For example, awskong.pem)

Summary of Steps

1. Download the latest version of Terraform
2. Terraform init
3. Terraform plan
4. Terraform apply
5. Terraform destroy (to remove)

Running Terraform Init

To init terraform run the following command :

terraform init -backend-config="access_key=<access key here>" -backend-config="secret_key=<secret key here>"

Running Terraform Plan

For plan ,apply and destroy run with the flag -var-file=secret.tfvars where your local secret.tfvars will override default values in vars.tf

Examples :

terraform plan -var-file=secret.tfvars

terraform apply -var-file=secret.tfvars

terraform destroy -var-file=secret.tfvars