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---
layout: docs
page_title: Use Consul API Gateway
description: >-
Learn how to apply a configured Consul API Gateway to your Kubernetes cluster, review the required fields for rerouting HTTP requests, and troubleshoot an error message.
---
# Basic Consul API Gateway Usage
This topic describes how to use Consul API Gateway.
## Requirements
Complete the following steps to use Consul API Gateway in your network.
1. Verify that the [requirements](/docs/api-gateway/tech-specs) have been met.
1. Verify that the Consul API Gateway CRDs and controller have been installed and applied. Refer to [Installation](/docs/api-gateway/install) for details.
## Configuration
Configure your [`Gateway`](/docs/api-gateway/configuration/gateway) and [`Routes`](/docs/api-gateway/configuration/routes) as described in [Consul API Gateway Configuration](/docs/api-gateway/configuration).
<CodeBlockConfig hideClipboard filename="values.yaml">
```yaml
apiGateway:
enabled: true
managedGatewayClass:
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
## Apply configurations
Issue the `kubectl apply` command to implement the configurations:
```shell-session
$ kubectl apply -f gateway.yaml routes.yaml
```
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### Using the Consul API Gateway Binary
You can download the Consul API Gateway binary and use it to manually start the control plane server.
1. Download the binary from the [Consul API Gateway repository](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-api-gateway).
1. Navigate to the `consul-api-gateway-main` directory and build the binary:
```shell-session
$ go build
```
1. (Optional) Copy the binary to the execution path, e.g.:
```shell-session
$ cp consul-api-gateway /usr/bin
```
1. Use the `server` command to interact with the Consul API Gateway binary:
```shell-session
$ ./consul-api-gateway server <options>
```
The following options are supported:
| Option | Description | Required | Default |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `-ca-file` | String value that specifies the path to the CA for the Consul server. | Required | none |
| `-ca-secret` | String value that specifies the CA secret for the Consul server. | Required | none |
| `-ca-secret-namespace` | String value that specifies the CA secret namespace for the Consul server. | Required | none |
| `-k8-context` | String value that specifies the Kubernetes context to use when starting the Consul server. | Optional | current context |
| `-k8-namespace` | String value that specifies the Kubernetes namespace to use when starting the Consul server. | Optional | `default` |
| `-log-json` | Boolean value that enables or disables JSON format for the log output. | Required | `false` |
| `-log-level` | String value that specifies the logging level. The following values are supported: <br/>- `trace` (highest level of detail) <br/>- `debug` <br/>- `info` <br/>- `warn` <br/>- `error` | Optional | `info` |
| `-metrics-port` | Integer value that specifies the port number for collecting metrics. | Optional | none |
| `-pprof` | Integer value that specifies the Go pprof port number for collecting metrics. | Optional | none |
| `-sds-server-host` | String value that specifies the host server for the secret discovery service (SDS). | Optional | `consul-api-gateway-controller.default.`<br/>`svc.cluster.`<br/>`local` |
| `-sds-server-host` | Integer value that specifies the port number for the secret discovery service (SDS). | Optional | `9090` |
You can also issue the `version` command to print the Consul API Gateway version to the console:
```shell-session
$ ./consul-api-gateway version
consul-api-gateway 0.1.0
```
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