Blog
  • AI Gateway
  • AI Security
  • AIOps
  • API Security
  • API Gateway
|
    • API Management
    • API Development
    • API Design
    • Automation
    • Service Mesh
    • Insomnia
    • View All Blogs
  1. Home
  2. Blog
  3. API Gateway

API Gateway

The latest news and announcements about Kong, our products, and our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.

‹Prev1…345…10Next›

Using Kong Gateway to Adapt SOAP Services to the JSON World

API GatewaySeptember 6, 2023

While JSON-based APIs are ubiquitous in the API-centric world of today, many industries adapted internet-based protocols for automated information exchange way before REST and JSON became popular. One attempt to establish a standardized protocol suite for automated data interchange within and…

Hans Hübner

WebAssembly in Kong Gateway 3.4

API GatewayAugust 21, 2023

Perhaps the most exciting feature introduced in Kong Gateway in recent years is the addition of WebAssembly support. WebAssembly (or Wasm) was originally developed to bring additional languages beyond JavaScript into the browser. However, nothing stops it from being used in the backend as well!…

Hisham Muhammad

Kong Gateway 3.4 for OSS: Bring Your Own Language with WebAssembly!

Open SourceAugust 14, 2023

The Kong Gateway 3.4 for Open Source (OSS) release is massive for our community users. Notably, this release introduces support for WebAssembly (Wasm), bringing a new level of extensibility and customization to Kong Gateway. Read on to learn more about the new capabilities in Kong Gateway 3.4 for…

Tom Brightbill

How to Choose the Right API Gateway for Your Business

API GatewayAugust 8, 2023

Modern organizations rely on APIs to power their digital customer experiences. This can lead to stronger brand loyalty and higher revenues — if they play their cards right. The driving factor in delivering personalized content is connectivity to more applications, systems, and data sources. That…

Kong

Changes Coming to Kong Package Hosting

API GatewayJuly 27, 2023

We're excited to announce that Kong is now working with Cloudsmith to host our community edition and enterprise edition gateway packages. With new hosting comes a couple of changes to how you, our loyal customers, will be receiving our software. A new repository layout emerges! We previously housed…

Isa Farnik

How to Fix a SIGILL Kong Crash on Arm64

API DocumentationJuly 27, 2023

Kong will crash on the ARM64 platform (the machine with Mac M1/M2 chips or any ARM64 platform). The error message shows the crash is triggered by the SIGILL signal, which means there is an illegal instruction in the Kong binary code. And it turns out to be caused by an error in the LuaJIT…

Zhongwei Yao

Bringing Gateway API for Mesh to Kuma

KumaJune 28, 2023

The release of Kuma 2.3 brings experimental support for GAMMA (Gateway API for Mesh Management and Administration) resources. Kuma has long supported Gateway API with the built-in gateway for ingress traffic but with GAMMA support, users can specify how to route and modify in-mesh traffic using the…

Mike Beaumont

What is an API Gateway?

API GatewayJune 10, 2023

In this revolutionary age for software, the rapid rate at which new architectural patterns have emerged has significantly impacted the way enterprises are now choosing to build, deploy and consume services. These changes have also welcomed innovative approaches to project workflows, opening the…

Kong

Elevating Enterprise Experience with Kong Gateway 3.3 for Kong Enterprise and Kong Konnect

API GatewayMay 25, 2023

In the digital age, a top-notch API gateway must not only be reliable and secure but also bring robust governance and security features designed for enterprise needs. The new Kong Gateway 3.3 for Open Source comes with robust enhancements such as configurable queuing behavior, high-scale…

Tom Brightbill

New Horizons with Kong Gateway 3.3 for Open Source

Open SourceMay 25, 2023

As API usage and dependence continue to grow, the need for a reliable, performant, and secure API gateway has become even more essential. Kong Gateway Open Source continues to be the world’s most adopted API gateway, setting the benchmark for performance, reliability, and observability. Today,…

Tom Brightbill

Reworked Plugin Queues in Kong Gateway 3.3

API GatewayMay 25, 2023

Starting with the 3.3 release, Kong Gateway includes a new implementation of the internal queues that are used by several plugins to decouple the production of data in the proxy path and its submission to a receiving server, such as a log server. We'll walk you through why queues are needed, why a…

Hans Hübner

Types of APIs and Use Cases

API ManagementMay 2, 2023

Through the utilization of an application programming interface (API) , developers have the ability to have software systems or platforms interact with one another. This can foster new features and capabilities. But in order to foster these connections, there are a suite of protocol options to…

Axandria Shepard

API Gateway vs Load Balancer: Which is Right for Your Application?

API GatewayApril 25, 2023

API gateways and load balancers are useful tools for building modern applications. While they have some functionality overlaps, they're distinct tools with different purposes and use cases. In this article, we'll discuss the differences between API gateways and load balancers, give examples of…

Ahmed Koshok

API Gateway vs API Proxy: Understanding The Differences

API GatewayApril 25, 2023

In this article, we'll talk about the differences between an API gateway and an API proxy — as well as a reverse proxy. We'll cover use cases and when each might be the right tool for the project at hand, including the advantages of API gateways over API proxies and reverse proxies. An API…

Deepak Grewal

Scaling Kong Deployments with and without Databases

API GatewayApril 10, 2023

As the world's most popular API Gateway , Kong Gateway is flexible and can be adapted to various environments and deployment configurations. This flexibility means some time should be taken to make good architectural decisions for the use cases in mind. For example, the best configuration for a…

Ahmed Koshok
‹Prev1…345…10Next›

See AI Gateway in Action

Secure your AI infrastructure with prompt guards, PII sanitization, and centralized governance. Control LLM costs with token-based rate limiting and semantic routing across providers.

Get a Demo
Powering the API world

Increase developer productivity, security, and performance at scale with the unified platform for API management, AI gateways, service mesh, and ingress controller.

Sign up for Kong newsletter

    • Platform
    • Kong Konnect
    • Kong Gateway
    • Kong AI Gateway
    • Kong Insomnia
    • Developer Portal
    • Gateway Manager
    • Cloud Gateway
    • Get a Demo
    • Explore More
    • Open Banking API Solutions
    • API Governance Solutions
    • Istio API Gateway Integration
    • Kubernetes API Management
    • API Gateway: Build vs Buy
    • Kong vs Postman
    • Kong vs MuleSoft
    • Kong vs Apigee
    • Documentation
    • Kong Konnect Docs
    • Kong Gateway Docs
    • Kong Mesh Docs
    • Kong AI Gateway
    • Kong Insomnia Docs
    • Kong Plugin Hub
    • Open Source
    • Kong Gateway
    • Kuma
    • Insomnia
    • Kong Community
    • Company
    • About Kong
    • Customers
    • Careers
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Pricing
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Trust and Compliance
  • © Kong Inc. 2026