title: How to build Apache APISIX

1. Install dependencies

The runtime environment for Apache APISIX requires Nginx and etcd.

So before installation, please follow the different operating systems install Dependencies.

2. Install Apache APISIX

You can install Apache APISIX in a variety of ways, including source code packages, Docker, and Luarocks.

Installation via source release

You need to download the Apache source release first:

$ mkdir apisix-2.4
$ wget https://downloads.apache.org/apisix/2.4/apache-apisix-2.4-src.tgz
$ tar zxvf apache-apisix-2.4-src.tgz -C apisix-2.4

Install the Lua libraries that the runtime depends on:

cd apache-apisix-2.4
make deps

Installation via RPM package (CentOS 7)

sudo yum install -y https://github.com/apache/apisix/releases/download/2.4/apisix-2.4-0.x86_64.rpm

Installation via Luarocks (macOS not supported)

Execute the following command in the terminal to complete the installation of APISIX (only recommended for developers):

Install the code for the master branch via a script

sudo sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/apisix/master/utils/install-apisix.sh)"

Install the specified version via Luarocks:

# Install version 2.4
sudo luarocks install --lua-dir=/path/openresty/luajit apisix 2.4

# old luarocks not support the `lua-dir` parameter, you can remove this option
sudo luarocks install apisix 2.4

3. Manage (start/stop) APISIX Server

We can start the APISIX server by command make run in APISIX home folder, or we can stop APISIX server by command make stop.

# init nginx config file and etcd
$ make init

# start APISIX server
$ make run

# stop APISIX server
$ make stop

# more actions find by `help`
$ make help
Makefile rules:

    help:             Show Makefile rules
    deps:             Installation dependencies
    utils:            Installation tools
    lint:             Lint Lua source code
    init:             Initialize the runtime environment
    run:              Start the apisix server
    stop:             Stop the apisix server
    verify:           Verify the configuration of apisix server
    clean:            Remove generated files
    reload:           Reload the apisix server
    install:          Install the apisix (only for luarocks)
    test:             Run the test case
    license-check:    Check Lua source code for Apache License

Environment variable can be used to configure APISIX. Please take a look at conf/config.yaml to see how to do it.

4. Test

  1. Install perl's package manager cpanminus first
  2. Then install test-nginx's dependencies via cpanm:：sudo cpanm --notest Test::Nginx IPC::Run > build.log 2>&1 || (cat build.log && exit 1)
  3. Clone source code：git clone https://github.com/iresty/test-nginx.git. Note that we should use our fork.
  4. Load the test-nginx library with perl's prove command and run the test cases in the /t directory:
    • Set PERL5LIB for perl module: export PERL5LIB=.:$PERL5LIB
    • Run the test cases: make test
    • To set the path of nginx to run the test cases: TEST_NGINX_BINARY=/usr/local/bin/openresty prove -Itest-nginx/lib -r t

Troubleshoot Testing

Set Nginx Path

  • If you run in to an issue Error unknown directive "lua_package_path" in /API_ASPIX/apisix/t/servroot/conf/nginx.conf make sure to set openresty as default nginx. And export the path as below.
  • export PATH=/usr/local/openresty/nginx/sbin:$PATH
    • Linux default installation path:
      • export PATH=/usr/local/openresty/nginx/sbin:$PATH
    • OSx default installation path via homebrew:
      • export PATH=/usr/local/opt/openresty/nginx/sbin:$PATH

Run Individual Test Cases

  • Use the following command to run test cases constrained to a file:
    • prove -Itest-nginx/lib -r t/plugin/openid-connect.t

5. Update Admin API token to protect Apache APISIX

Changes the apisix.admin_key in the file conf/config.yaml and restart the service. Here is an example:

apisix:
  # ... ...
  admin_key
    -
      name: "admin"
      key: abcdefghabcdefgh
      role: admin

When calling the Admin API, key can be used as a token.

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes?api_key=abcdefghabcdefgh -i
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:48:04 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
... ...
{"node":{...},"action":"get"}

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes?api_key=abcdefghabcdefgh-invalid -i
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:17:58 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
... ...
{"node":{...},"action":"get"}