A common use case that is frequently requested is how to dynamically route requests based on authentication attributes. An example of this technique is routing requests to relevant upstream services based on claims contained in a JWT token. Admins would like all their clients to go to the same URI…
As infrastructure becomes more and more distributed, building better observability around it is becoming crucial. With the emergence of microservices architecture, teams want to gain better visibility with proper observability built into the architecture. In this blog post, we’ll explain how we…
We’re excited to announce new features in Kong Konnect , including the ability to take advantage of identity management APIs, streamlined certificate management, and latency metrics as part of Analytics . Read on to learn about these features and how kong helps future-proof API security . Now you…
Many of Kong’s features rely on timers, such as caching, DNS, and health checks. Kong also runs some async tasks using the timer, such as the rate-limiting plugin, which connects to the database using the timer to make the request finish quickly. As Kong’s user population grows, so does the…
When seemingly random test failures happen, it can be tempting to simply run again and move on. But, as the following example shows, it can be important to not overlook potential issues without investigating to determine the cause of the symptom. In the case of our story, by digging a little deeper…
In today's cloud ecosystem the demands for high functioning and high performance observability, security and networking functionality for applications and their network traffic are as high as ever. Historically a great deal of this kind of functionality has been implemented in userspace, but the…
We introduced the concept of Secrets Management in the Kong Gateway 2.8 release, and we’re happy to share that as of the recent Kong Gateway 3.0 release we’re giving it the Kong seal of approval! That means that you can rely on Secrets Management in production to manage all of your sensitive…
Since the initial launch of Kong Konnect Cloud, one common feature request has (unsurprisingly) been Multi-Region support. Many customers look for SaaS solutions that support a distributed service architecture. Even at its inception, our goal was to support more than a single region. Today, we’re…
Kong Insomnia now supports WebSocket APIs. This update marks an important expansion to our API platform — and it’s currently available in Kong Insomnia versions 2022.6.0 and above. Insomnia support for WebSockets APIs was just one of the updates announced at Kong Summit 2022 . And it’s a big one…
Working in a global company can come with a few challenges. As one Konger starts work at 9 a.m. in San Francisco, it's the middle of the night in Singapore, the sun's about to set in London, and New Yorkers are ducking out for lunch. When your teammates aren't confined to a single office,…
Viktor Gamov and Rick Spurgeon co-authored this blog post. Kong Gateway provides dynamic plugin ordering allowing administrators to control plugin execution order. Dynamic plugin ordering was added in Kong Enterprise 3.0 and the full technical reference is available in the official…
Kong API Summit has come and gone! Whether you joined us in San Francisco or missed this year's big shindig, here are some of the highlights from the event and a round-up of all the Kong news dropped over the past two days. Kong Summit 2022 was back in-person after two years of digital-only…
Christian Heidenreich and Sunny Xia also contributed to this post. We're excited to announce a new release of Kong Konnect , the end-to-end SaaS API lifecycle management platform. This release introduces a number of brand new features as well as improve existing features that empower you to…
Kong Gateway 3.0 is an important milestone that introduces the next evolution of our cloud-native API platform . Both the enterprise and open source editions of Kong Gateway 3.0 are available now from your favorite distribution channels . With Kong Gateway 3.0, we are introducing many powerful…
As companies are transforming themselves to compete in the cloud era, there's renewed emphasis on delivering seamless customer experience, improving IT infrastructure, and releasing applications faster. As companies embark on the cloud adoption journey, Red Hat OpenShift gives developers a greater…