# Kong gateway API for Https

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-gateway-api-for-https/1878>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** kong-gateway\
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-gateway-api-for-https/1878 "2018-09-14T17:52:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Venu\_Kamaraju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6bbea6/32.png) [@Venu\_Kamaraju](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Venu_Kamaraju)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-gateway-api-for-https/1878/1 "2018-09-14T17:52:33Z")

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The sample provided to register an API with kong uses 8001 port which is a non ssl traffic. What are the steps for ssl? (port 8444 and 8443)