Kong Certification

Accelerate your career and innovate faster by validating your skills with Kong Certification

What is a Kong Certification?

Kong Certification provides a platform to validate your knowledge and skills on using Kong products. Our Certification program ensures that developers, operators and administrators of the Kong platform have the necessary skills to successfully operate our technology on the journey to becoming a modern connected business.

Kong provides all the training you need to become certified. This is offered as both self-paced and instructor led training.

Available Certifications

Kong Gateway Certified Associate

Kong Gateway Certified Professional

Why Certify?

Key Advantages. Kong certification provides:

  • Individual and company recognition
  • Credibility in front of your customers and prospects
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Kong suite of products and services
  • Opportunity to grow your business by acquiring new expertise across Kong’s suite of products and services


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Additional Resources

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