# Kong opensource API Gateway installation AWS EKS

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-opensource-api-gateway-installation-aws-eks/12616>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** kong-gateway\
**Created:** [April 26, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-opensource-api-gateway-installation-aws-eks/12616 "2024-04-26T08:08:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Karthik429](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@Karthik429](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/Karthik429)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-opensource-api-gateway-installation-aws-eks/12616/1 "2024-04-26T08:08:01Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to set up opensource Kong API Gateway in AWS EKS. I am using the latest version of Kong3.6 and following the instructions as below.

> **[Install Kong Gateway | Kong Docs](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/3.6.x/install/kubernetes/proxy/)**
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> Documentation for Kong, the Cloud Connectivity Company for APIs and Microservices.

I am using kubernetes version 1.29 and i am using RDS instance created externally to integrat with Kong API Gateway. I am getting below exception after installing the control plane.

error: attempt to index local SSL (a nil value). Could you please suggest if this is due to SSL config.

Thanks  
Karthik