What happens when I run kong restart?
kong restart kills the pid, which will kill the container.
How to restart Kong Gateway in a Docker container
Uses:
Kong Gateway
Related Documentation
Incompatible with
konnect
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Minimum Version
Kong Gateway - 3.4
TL;DR
Use kong reload.
Prerequisites
Kong Gateway running
This tutorial requires Kong Gateway Enterprise. If you don’t have Kong Gateway set up yet, you can use the quickstart script with an enterprise license to get an instance of Kong Gateway running almost instantly.
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Export your license to an environment variable:
export KONG_LICENSE_DATA='LICENSE-CONTENTS-GO-HERE' -
Run the quickstart script:
curl -Ls https://get.konghq.com/quickstart | bash -s -- -e KONG_LICENSE_DATAOnce Kong Gateway is ready, you will see the following message:
Kong Gateway Ready
Restart a Kong Gateway Docker container
To restart a Kong Gateway container without killing the container, run kong reload from within the container.