As Andrew mentioned on this post, you would need a 14 day trial access. This is because the dashboard is closed source.
You can evaluate the open source gateway without the dashboard. You just need to install redis and have it running on port 6379 and then compile the gateway.
In your first post, I can see that you have already done that. Running the binary executable file that was compiled will bind it to your localhost by default. You can confirm the gateway is working with this endpoint http://localhost:8080/hello
If redis is not connected then you would see the fail status message like below
{“status”:“fail”,“version”:“v3.0.0”,“description”:“Tyk GW”,“details”:{“redis”:{“status”:“fail”,“output”:“storage: Redis is either down or was not configured”,“componentType”:“datastore”,“time”:“2021-09-20T10:00:03+01:00”}}}
If redis is connected then you will see a status message like below
{“status”:“pass”,“version”:“v3.0.0”,“description”:“Tyk GW”,“details”:{“redis”:{“status”:“pass”,“componentType”:“datastore”,“time”:“2021-09-20T11:35:57+01:00”}}}
To get redis working, please follow the getting started guide on redis.
After that is done, you can then create API definitions manually or through the Gateway APIs. Please note you would have to map the paths in your tyk config file to local directories. For example mapping app_path in your tyk config
A default config file will be generated for you if none exists when you start the gateway. You can start the gateway by running the command ./tyk start in your OS shell or terminal. FYI, you need to be in the location where your binary file was built for it to work