Setting up Node.js server with KONG

node_kong_setup.sh

#!/bin/sh

## install nodejs on your EC2 instance
sudo apt-get update
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
sudo apt install -y nodejs

## verify installation by checking nodejs & npm versions
nodejs -v
npm -v

## install latest version of pm2 
sudo apt install build-essential
sudo npm install pm2@latest -g

### KONG 1.1.x setup
# refer https://medium.com/@vasista/kong-api-gateway-installation-guide-for-beginners-ab6c796b36bf for detailed documentation

## install KONG
wget https://kong.bintray.com/kong-community-edition-deb/dists/kong-community-edition-1.1.0.zesty.all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openssl libpcre3 procps perl
sudo dpkg -i kong-community-edition-1.1.0.*.deb

## Postgres setup
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo -i -u postgres

> psql # access postgress prompt

CREATE USER kong; CREATE DATABASE kong OWNER kong;
ALTER USER kong WITH PASSWORD 'your_awesome_password';

> \q #exit postgress prompt

# Migrate KONG configurations
sudo cp /etc/kong/kong.conf.default /etc/kong/kong.conf
sudo nano /etc/kong/kong.conf

  # copy following code to /etc/kong/kong.conf
  pg_user = kong
  pg_password = password you set
  pg_database = kong

sudo kong migrations bootstrap -c /etc/kong/kong.conf

### 🎉 Congrats KONG is installed successfully!!!
# now we will add services and routes.

## Create service
curl -i -X POST \
  --url http://localhost:8001/services/ \
  --data 'name=YOUR-SERVICE-NAME' \
  --data 'url=http://localhost:3000/api/'
  
## Create route
curl -i -X POST \
 --url http://localhost:8001/services/YOUR-SERVICE-NAME/routes \
 --data 'hosts[]=API.EXAMPLE.COM' \
 --data 'paths[]=/' \
 --data 'strip_path=false'
 
## Starting KONG
sudo kong migrations up -c /etc/kong/kong.conf
sudo kong start -c /etc/kong/kong.conf


### 🎉 KONG is now running on port 8000!!! 🎉
    

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