The latest news and announcements about Kong, our products, and our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.
At API Summit , Kong announced the upcoming beta release of a brand new gateway deployment method in Kong Konnect: Serverless Gateways. Designed for speed, simplicity of use, and affordability, it’s the quickest way to deploy a Kong Gateway. Today, we're pumped to announce that all Konnect Plus…
It’s no secret that building global API infrastructure is a daunting task. In April, we announced the general availability of Kong Konnect Dedicated Cloud Gateways — a fully managed, multi-region API management solution that makes setting up global API infrastructure fast and easy. With Dedicated…
Developers, particularly with smaller budgets and teams, who want to manage APIs and deploy API infrastructure for use cases such as proof of concepts, testing, and experimentation face prohibitive obstacles to getting started. The traditional setup of API gateways typically demands significant…
API rate limiting involves using a mechanism to control the number of requests an API can handle in a certain time period. It's a key process for ensuring that APIs perform to a high level, provide a quality user experience, and protect the system from overload. APIs act as the foundation for…
We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Gateway 3.7 and Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.7. Along with enhancements and new features for both OSS and enterprise users, this version comes with the general availability of our edge AI Gateway. This release offers a brand new context…
"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…
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…
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…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but there’s a lot of data out there — and the amount is only growing. Estimates typically show persistent data growth roughly at a 20% annual compounded rate. Capturing, storing, analyzing, and actioning data is at the core of digital applications, and it’s…
In this blog post, we’ll demonstrate how easy it is to use Gateway API HTTPRoutes to route traffic to workloads deployed in different namespaces in a single Kubernetes cluster — a process that’s easier than ever. Previously, we only had Ingress API to define ingress routing rules. It served us…
Kong’s Wanny Morellato and Deepak Mohandas recently joined Justin and Autumn on the ShipIt podcast to talk hybrid infrastructure with Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh. They unravel the complexities of hybrid infrastructure at scale, discussing the processes, strategies, and philosophies that drive…
We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Gateway 3.6. This version features a high-performance compression algorithm, efficient route matching, and improved observability. Plus, Kong AI Gateway , which you can learn more about here . Let’s dive into the enhancements and explore…
We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.6. This version brings security, efficiency, and standards conformance to enterprise applications. Plus, Kong AI Gateway , which you can learn more about here . Let’s dive into the enhancements and explore the tangible…
As Kubernetes has become the de facto orchestration platform for deploying cloud native applications , networking and traffic management have emerged as pivotal challenges when managing access to services and infrastructure. The core Kubernetes Ingress resource addresses basic Layer 7 (L7) routing…
As of February 2024, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.2.x.x will enter its End Of Life (EOL) phase and out of the full support cycle. Following this, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.2.x.x will enter a 12-month sunset support period, exclusively focused on helping customers upgrade to a current version of Kong…
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