The latest news and announcements about Kong, our products, and our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.
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…
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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!…
[](/blog/product-releases/webassembly-in-kong-gateway-3-4)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…
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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…
[](/blog/enterprise/how-to-choose-an-api-gateway)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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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