Quickstart

Learn how to set up and run the ZeroTrust Agents Gateway proxy on your local machine or in production.

1. Start the Gateway

The easiest way to run the Gateway, Policy Engine, and Redis rate limiter is via Docker Compose:

docker compose up --build

This starts the Gateway Proxy on http://localhost:8000, the control plane API on http://localhost:8000/api, and a local Redis database.

2. Configure Your Agent

Redirect your AI agent's SDK client to point to the Gateway instead of the upstream provider directly.

Python (OpenAI SDK Example)

import openai

client = openai.OpenAI(
    base_url="http://localhost:8000/v1",
    api_key="your-openai-api-key"
)

# Gateway will intercept this request and verify policies
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Fetch users from DB"}]
)

3. Create a Security Policy

Define security rules to protect database modifications or system operations. Policies are configured in YAML format via the control plane dashboard.

agent_id: "*"
tool_name: "execute_sql"
action: "require_approval"