Create/Manage policies through Gateway REST API (tyk community edition)

[Niharika]

Hi,

We are in the process of evaluating Tyk for API gateway use cases. We are using Tyk community edition for our evaluation.
We were able to create and test API definitions(keyless) successfully using Gateway REST API end point “tyk/apis”. However, we don’t find any endpoints for the policies creation and management anywhere in the documentation.

I would like to know if policy creation is possible from the API gateway at all. If yes, what is the process to create/manage policies from API gateway in Community edition.

Many Thanks,
Niharika Sharma

[Shreyas]

Hi @Niharika,

Yes, you can create a policy using the community edition. Please visit this page: //tyk.io/docs/getting-started/create-security-policy/
If you click on the ‘Community Edition’ tab , it should show you the documentation for the same.

We also have a Policies Guide here: Policies Guide

Cheers!

[Niharika]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I have gone through this documentation but I don’t see the REST API endpoint using which I can add my poilicies in the tyk-gateway pod. I think the documentation is about adding policies in a stand-alone version but ours is on a kubernetes cluster.
Moreover, as per this thread there’s no such support for creating policies using REST APIs.

Setting up the ingress controller

Hi everyone, I’m trying to set-up tyk in my on-prem kubernetes cluster (which did not prove to be a walk in the park unfortunately). However, I did manage to get the gateway up and running, the pump also appears to be running (but not sure what I’m doing, but that’s probably another topic)! So the candle was lit and the party started! I did manage to run the examples via the API! However, now I’m ready to open “gate number 6” and combine this with the brand new ingress controller; however, to …

We are interested to know if there has been any change in the functionality to support policy creation using REST APIs. If yes, please share the REST API details for Community Edition(On premise kubernetes setup).

Thanks,
Niharika Sharma

[Shreyas]

Hi Niharika,

Thanks for the context. I did some digging and we have an open issue regarding this: [TT-2392] - Extend the REST API to provide policy management · Issue #2379 · TykTechnologies/tyk · GitHub

This isn’t a priority yet, so we don’t have any timelines. But you can follow the GitHub ticket for any update on this.

[Olu]

Updating this thread with a link to our documentation as this is now possible from 4.1.x and above