Installation

Goal

You will install kongctl and confirm that the CLI runs.

Prerequisites

You need a supported operating system and permission to install local software.

Install kongctl

Choose the installation command for your operating system.

macOS with Homebrew

brew install --cask kong/kongctl/kongctl

Linux or macOS with the shell installer

The installer detects your platform, verifies the release checksum, and installs without sudo.

curl -fsSL https://get.konghq.com/kongctl | sh

On Windows, download the matching archive from the kongctl releases page linked below.

Verify

Ask kongctl for its detailed version information:

kongctl version --full

The output should identify a released kongctl version, commit, and build date. Its first line will resemble:

1.x.x (<commit> : <build-date>)