Service discovery is a fundamental component of microservices architectures, enabling seamless communication and loose coupling between services. By abstracting away the actual location of service instances and automating the process of detecting and identifying available services, service…
If you're new to the world of software architecture, terms like "SOA" might sound like alphabet soup at first. But fear not, we're here to break it down for you in simple terms. SOA stands for Service-Oriented Architecture, a design approach that structures applications as a collection of loosely…
Kubernetes , or K8s as its often known, is an open source platform for deploying containerized applications in distributed systems, where computing resources are provided by multiple separate machines that are connected over a network to form a cluster. Having been designed for very large systems…
Microservices work by splitting applications into task-specific services that connect, but can be programmed, maintained and upgraded independently. In this way, when you need to change the functionality of an application, you can do so by deploying a new microservice or updating only the…
Think of your Microservices like musical instruments: each one excels at a certain purpose, but it takes arrangement, timing and detailed coordination for them to create beautiful music together. If your application is based on microservices or simply split across multiple containers, its time to…
We understand that our customers need to deploy Kong in a variety of environments and with different deployment mode needs. That is why two years ago, in Kong 1.1, we introduced DB-less mode, the ability to run Kong without the need of connecting to a database. We then demonstrated the Hybrid mode…
The API management space is changing - fast. In the past couple of years alone, we've seen huge changes in the deployment patterns that our customers are adopting. In the past, when the use cases were fairly simple, organizations would deploy an API gateway as a SaaS monolith in the cloud, sitting…
I've just got off a call with one of the largest banks in Sweden, and my brain is racing with ideas. I need to get this down on paper. I want to drop everything I'm doing and spend the next week in that mental headspace where all you do is explore and live and…
It's not uncommon for organizations to have to deploy solutions across (or among) multiple security domains. Here, we use the term "security domain" to refer to a segregated network environment, like a restricted internal network or a DMZ. This post will explore some design considerations when…
Today, we’re excited to announce the release of Kong Gateway 2.8 , which further simplifies API management and improves security for all services across any infrastructure. This announcement demonstrates Kong’s continued commitment to our customers and community by providing a next-generation…
In applications built on a system of microservices , developers should always be on the lookout for opportunities to eliminate unnecessary use of resources, such as database queries, network hops or service requests. API gateway cache (or response caching) is an excellent place to start. For many…
Today, Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 2.2 is now generally available. KIC 2.2 marks a major milestone in the development of the Kong Ingress Controller, as it is the first release containing a marquee feature, Gateway API. This represents a major milestone for Kong as we continue to keep up to date…
Our Kong family continues to grow! Today, we're beyond excited to welcome Chirag Shah to the leadership team as our new chief financial officer (CFO) . Chirag will play an instrumental role in growing operations and helping Kong scale to new heights in the year to come. He joins us from Cornerstone…
We are happy to announce the first release for both Kong Mesh and Kuma in 2022, which is packed with features and improvements, including substantial performance improvements when running at scale. We strongly suggest to upgrade, in order to take advantage of the latest and greatest when it comes…
Since I started at Kong, we've always been a heavily international company. This has been a unique and fulfilling experience as we come in with a variety of backgrounds. However, it comes with some challenges. Most notably, the time differences as we're now fully remote and spread over the world.…