Version: 2.5

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-2.5
$ wget https://downloads.apache.org/apisix/2.5/apache-apisix-2.5-src.tgz
$ tar zxvf apache-apisix-2.5-src.tgz -C apisix-2.5

Install the Lua libraries that the runtime depends on:

cd apisix-2.5
make deps

Installation via RPM package (CentOS 7)#

sudo yum install -y https://github.com/apache/apisix/releases/download/2.5/apisix-2.5-0.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 2.5
sudo luarocks install --lua-dir=/path/openresty/luajit apisix 2.5

# old luarocks not support the `lua-dir` parameter, you can remove this option
sudo luarocks install apisix 2.5

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#

Install perl's package manager cpanminus first
Then install test-nginx's dependencies via cpanm:：sudo cpanm --notest Test::Nginx IPC::Run > build.log 2>&1 || (cat build.log && exit 1)
Clone source code：git clone https://github.com/iresty/test-nginx.git. Note that we should use our fork.
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"}

6. Build OpenResty for APISIX#

Some features require you to build OpenResty with extra Nginx modules. If you need those features, you can build OpenResty with this build script.