We're pleased to announce the general availability of Kong Insomnia 9.2. This release further expands on the features recently announced in Insomnia 9.0 , with support for automatically generated fake values powered by the Faker.js library. With the new Faker support, we are further augmenting the…
The service mesh architecture pattern has become a de facto standard for microservices-based projects. In fact, from the mesh standpoint, not just microservices but all components of an application should be under its control, including databases, event processing services, etc. It's critical to…
You can use the new comprehensive search bar in Kong Konnect to quickly retrieve the information you need across Konnect entities so you can focus on taking action. Operating through a platform search API , the new search bar’s query syntax offers advanced and precise search capabilities and is…
"The whole is more than the sum of its parts." Aristotle is credited with this quote, and it's true in the world of data. Legacy systems typically approached their role in a limited manner. Each system was intended to be used by a certain user set and handle well-defined processes and associated…
Let’s pose a hypothetical scenario. You're the API product owner at the Paris, Texas Regional Airport. You're in charge of two main APIs: Flights API and Scheduling API. Flights API is primarily used by local research institutions that are interested in read-only access to information about…
Most APIs today are accessed over the ubiquitous HTTP protocol and the framework to create these APIs is known as REpresentational State Transfer (REST). These APIs are known as RESTful APIs . However, if you've been working in API development over the last several years, then you have likely heard…
Kong Mesh 2.7 is here! And with it come a slew of new features to make our simple and powerful enterprise service mesh even easier to use and more powerful for your particular needs. In this blog post, we'll cover the new features and show how Kong Mesh 2.7 can deliver a superior service…
Kong Insomnia 9.0 is now generally available for download. It ships with many new features and improvements — over one hundred improvements in total! This new version of Kong Insomnia also makes it much easier to migrate from other products with a more reliable “import” experience, while improving…
Today we announce the general availability of Kong Konnect Dedicated Cloud Gateways, delivering on our promise when we launched the service in tech preview late last year. Cloud Gateways is a fully managed, multi-region API management solution. It’s the easiest and fastest way to deploy performant,…
At Kong, we take the robustness and performance of our gateway product seriously, dedicating ourselves to maintaining high standards through a robust internal benchmark framework and infrastructure. Our setup includes a dedicated bare metal cluster for running performance tests, seamlessly…
How did the Kong Mesh team design and bring Kong Mesh into Kong Konnect? In this blog post, we’re going to dive into this question to understand what’s going on behind the scenes with Mesh Manager. Mesh Manager was officially launched in Kong Konnect in September 2023. For those unfamiliar with the…
Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers into logical units for easy management and discovery. API gateways sit between clients and microservices. They act as a reverse proxy to…
A virtual machine (VM) is a fully-fledged, standalone operating environment running on a physical computer. Unlike the host computer it's running on, a VM is not a physical machine, thus the designation of "virtual". It does, however, have all the components of a physical computer system (CPU, RAM,…
As of May 2024, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.3.x.x will enter its End Of Life (EOL) phase and will no longer be a part of the full support cycle. Following this, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.3.x.x will enter a 12-month sunset support period, exclusively focused on helping customers upgrade to a current…
Kubernetes, or K8s as it's known for short, and container orchestration are changing the landscape of software development and deployment. But what exactly does Kubernetes do? In this comprehensive guide, we'll explain the basics, discuss the benefits that Kubernetes can offer you, and explore its…
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