Installation Options for Tyk Self-Managed

Explore the various installation options for Tyk Self-Managed, including Docker, Kubernetes, Linux packages, Ansible, and more.

Edition	Deployment Type
Enterprise	Self-Managed, Hybrid

This page is for installing Tyk Self-Managed. If you are looking to use Tyk as part of Tyk Cloud, please refer to the Tyk Cloud documentation.

Architecture

Requirements

Tyk Dashboard requires a persistent datastore for its operations. By default MongoDB is used. From Tyk v4.0, we also support PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL

Tyk Version	PostgreSQL Version
From 4.X	PSQL 14.x
From 5.X	PSQL 15.x
From 5.X	PSQL 16.x
From 5.9	PSQL 17.x

MongoDB

Tyk Version	MongoDB Version
From 5.X	MongoDB 5.0 (EOL)
From 5.X	MongoDB 6.0
From 5.X	MongoDB 7.0
From 5.9	MongoDB 8.0

See Database Options for a list of versions and drop-in replacements we support.

Redis

Tyk Gateway requires Redis for its operations. Here is the list of supported versions:

Tyk Version	Redis Version
From 3.x.x	2.8.x, 3.x.x, 4.x.x, 5.x.x, 6.x.x
From 4.x.x	2.8.x, 3.x.x, 4.x.x, 5.x.x, 6.x.x
From 5.0.x to 5.8.x	6.2.x, 7.x
From 5.9.x onwards	6.2.x, 7.x, 7.4.x

Visit the Redis page for more info.

Recommended Installation: Docker

For development, testing, and proof of concept purposes, we recommend using our Docker installation, which allows you to quickly spin up a full Tyk stack on your local machine.

Alternative Installation Methods

Air Gapped Installation

For environments with restricted network access, we provide guidance on how to deploy Tyk using private container registries and local package mirrors.

Refer to our Air-Gapped Deployment guide for detailed instructions on how to set up Tyk in air-gapped or network-restricted environments.