Open-Source API Management and Microservice Management

Install Kong

Use the Homebrew package manager to add Kong as a tap and install it:
```
$ brew tap mashape/kong
$ brew install kong
```
Prepare your database

Configure Kong so it can connect to your database. Kong supports both PostgreSQL 9.4+ and Cassandra 3.x.x as its datastore.

If you are using Postgres, please provision a database and a user before starting Kong, ie:
```
CREATE USER kong; CREATE DATABASE kong OWNER kong;
```
Now, run the Kong migrations:
```
$ kong migrations up [-c /path/to/kong.conf]
```
Note: migrations should never be run concurrently; only one Kong nodes should be performing migrations at a time.
Start Kong
```
$ kong start [-c /path/to/kong.conf]
```
Use Kong

Kong is running:
```
$ curl -i http://localhost:8001/
```
Quickly learn how to use Kong with the 5-minute Quickstart.