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Managing Multiple Environments with Konnect and Runtime Groups

Kong Konnect Managing multiple environments
Product ReleasesJuly 12, 2022

We've heard it called a million and one different things. Sometimes it's "selective synchronization", sometimes it's called "environments". What is clear though, is that there's a real need to be able to manage multiple sets of configuration for Kong Gateway through a single interface. Today, we're…

Michael Heap

Simplifying Production-Scale API Management With Kong Konnect

Product ReleasesJuly 12, 2022

When we first launched Kong Konnect Cloud last year, we provided developers and API owners a powerful way to secure and manage their API products powered by the world’s fastest API gateway . Users flocked to Konnect to reduce their operational costs by using our hosted runtime manager, service…

Ross Kukulinski

Kuma 1.7.0 and Kong Mesh 1.8.0 Released with Builtin Gateway

Kong Mesh 1.8.0
Product ReleasesJune 15, 2022

We’re excited to announce the latest release for both Kuma and Kong Mesh. This cycle, we focused on simplifying enterprise-wide mesh deployments. We strongly suggest upgrading, in order to take advantage of the latest and greatest when it comes to service mesh. For more details, reference the Kuma…

Marco Palladino

Kong Ingress Controller 2.4: Weighted Load Balancing, Support for TCP, UDP and HTTP Routes

KIC 2.4 Product Release-banner
Product ReleasesJune 9, 2022

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 2.4! Earlier this year, we launched KIC 2.2 with initial support for Kubernetes Gateway API . In this release, we're adding weighted load balancing and support for TCP and UDP routes, as well as some much…

Sean Chow

Kong Insomnia 2022.4 Adds Official GitLab Support

Gitlab and Insomnia
Product ReleasesJune 9, 2022

Git Sync lets you collaborate with your team on Design Documents that you create in Kong Insomnia . In the last release , we updated the way that Git Sync works for GitHub . We now leverage the OpenID Connect protocol and OAuth2 to make it easier for you to set up Git Sync.…

Wils Dawson

Kuma 1.6.0 and Kong Mesh 1.7.0 Released With Kubernetes Gateway API support, AWS ACM Integration and more!

Kong Mesh 1.7.0
Product ReleasesApril 12, 2022

We are happy to announce the latest release for both Kong Mesh and Kuma, which is packed with features and improvements. Kong Mesh 1.7 is focused on security and stability, as it allows to better integrate with AWS thanks to a native AWS ACM integration to store CA certificates while implementing…

Marco Palladino

Kong Gateway 2.8: Increase Security and Simplify API Management

Kong Gateway 2.8: Increase Security and Simplify API Management
Product ReleasesMarch 2, 2022

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…

Paul Fischer

Kong Ingress Controller 2.2 GA With Gateway API Support

Kong Ingress Controller 2.2 GA Release
Product ReleasesFebruary 24, 2022

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…

Sean Chow

Kuma 1.5.0 and Kong Mesh 1.6.0 Released

kong mesh
Product ReleasesFebruary 24, 2022

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…

Marco Palladino

Dev Portal Accessibility (a11y) Improvements

What is online accessibility and how did we improve the Dev Portal UI to be more inclusive for our customers? That and more in this post.
Product ReleasesFebruary 16, 2022

Multiple teams at Kong have been improving accessibility (also referred to as a11y) across our products. Over the past few months, our Dev Portal team has been working on accessibility improvements prompted by the needs of our customers. For example, financial services and government institutions…

Falon Darville

Kong Gateway 2.7 Now Generally Available

Kong Enterprise 2.7 Now Generally Available
Product ReleasesFebruary 8, 2022

It's commonly accepted now that APIs and microservices are the future of how software will be built. The introduction of application programming interfaces (APIs) first enabled development teams to expose services to the internet and provide value to their customers and partners. For many…

Adam Jiroun

Why We’re Deprecating Cassandra Support

Why We’re Deprecating Cassandra Support
Product ReleasesFebruary 1, 2022

Starting with the 2.7 release, using Cassandra as a configuration datastore for the Kong Gateway will be considered deprecated. Cassandra features will remain in Kong through 3.3, and its use will not be prohibited. However, some newly introduced functionality may not be optimized for performance…

Aapo Talvensaari

New in Kong Konnect: Support for Okta + More Portal Customization

What’s New in Kong Konnect: Support for Okta and More Portal Customization Capabilities
Product ReleasesJanuary 28, 2022

In February 2021, we announced the GA of Kong Konnect , the first cloud native service connectivity platform that gives organizations the flexibility of protecting their API and service traffic while simultaneously taking advantage of 10x ops improvements via the cloud control plane. Since our Kong…

Christian Heidenreich

Kong Gateway 2.7 Is Here and Ready!

Kong Gateway 2.7 Is Here and Ready!
Product ReleasesDecember 16, 2021

Today, we are welcoming another noteworthy advancement of the Kong Gateway - the general availability of version 2.7! Both Kong Gateway and Kong Gateway OSS version 2.7 downloads are available on your favorite distribution channels. This release of the Kong Gateway includes a number of important…

Paul Fischer

What's New (and Coming Soon) With Insomnia

Insomnia Roadmap Cover
Product ReleasesDecember 2, 2021

For those who aren't familiar with Insomnia , it's Kong's API testing, design and debugging platform. Insomnia's product vision is to optimize API development by simplifying and automating a developer's workflows. APIOps plays a key role in this vision, optimizing API development by simplifying and…

Wils Dawson
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