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title: "Deploy Kong API Gateway"
description: "Deploy and Host Kong API Gateway with Railway"
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/kong-api-gateway
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# Deploy Kong API Gateway

Deploy and Host Kong API Gateway with Railway

**[Deploy Kong API Gateway on Railway](https://railway.com/template/kong-api-gateway)**

- **Creator:** DevHouse
- **Category:** Other
- **Total deploys:** 52

## Template content

### Postgres https://devicons.railway.app/i/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp-templates/postgres-ssl:latest

### kong-migration

- **Image:** kong:latest
- **Start command:** `kong migrations bootstrap`

### Kong API Gateway https://docs.konghq.com/assets/images/logos/konglogo-dark-theme.svg

- **Image:** kong:latest
- **Public domain:** Yes

### konga

- **Image:** pantsel/konga:latest

## Documentation

Of course, here is a description for the Kong API Gateway Railway template written in English, following the pattern you provided.

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# Deploy and Host Kong API Gateway on Railway

Kong is a lightweight, fast, and scalable open-source API Gateway. It acts as a single entry point for your APIs and microservices, managing traffic, authentication, and observability. With its plugin-based architecture, you can easily extend its functionality to secure, manage, and monitor your entire API landscape.

## About Hosting Kong API Gateway

Hosting Kong involves running the Kong open-source application alongside a dedicated database, typically PostgreSQL, which stores all your configuration data—routes, services, plugins, and consumers. The initial setup requires running database migrations to prepare the schema. This Railway template simplifies the process by provisioning both the Kong service and a PostgreSQL database. You simply need to configure Kong using environment variables to connect to the database instance provided by Railway. Railway manages the underlying infrastructure, networking, and deployment, allowing you to focus on configuring your APIs instead of managing servers.

## Common Use Cases

- **Centralized Authentication and Security**: Secure your microservices with out-of-the-box plugins for JWT, OAuth 2.0, Key Auth, ACLs, and Bot Detection.
- **Traffic Control and Routing**: Manage how requests are routed to your upstream services with load balancing, canary releases, and path-based routing.
- **API Observability and Analytics**: Gain insights into your API traffic with logging, real-time metrics for platforms like Prometheus, and rate limiting to protect your services.

## Dependencies for Kong API Gateway Hosting

- Kong Gateway Service
- PostgreSQL Database

### Deployment Dependencies

- [Official Kong Documentation](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/)
- [Kong Docker Image on Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/_/kong)
- [Railway Documentation](https://docs.railway.app)

## Why Deploy Kong API Gateway on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying Kong API Gateway on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.

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