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# Announcing Kong Operator 2.1

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With Kong Ingress Controller, when your Control Plane was hosted in Kong Konnect, and you were using Kubernetes Gateway API, your dataplane, routes, and services were in read-only mode. When using Kong Ingress Controller with Kubernetes Gateway API, Kubernetes serves as the authoritative source of…

Justin Davies
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# Building a First-Class Kubernetes Experience in Kong Konnect

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To unlock Kubernetes’ full potential, many enterprises are relying on three key building blocks available in Kong Konnect today: Together, these components extend Kubernetes from being just a container orchestration platform. They lay the foundation for Kubernetes to support the exposure,…

Adam Jiroun
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# Kong Gateway Operator 1.6: Improved Support for Konnect and AWS Transit Gateways

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We're continuing our efforts to make Kong Gateway Operator (KGO) the preferred way to install, upgrade, scale, and manage a Kong Gateway or Kubernetes Ingress — whether you’re managing from Kong Konnect or Kubernetes. With this latest release, we're: As ever, we’re continuously addressing issues…

Umair Waheed
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# Kong Gateway Operator 1.5: Better Together with Konnect

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Kong Gateway Operator (KGO) is the most effective way to install, upgrade, scale, and manage a Kong Gateway or Kubernetes Ingress. The latest release of the Kong Gateway Operator brings several updates that streamline integration with Kong Konnect and improve configuration and reliability. Below,…

Khuslen Khosbayar
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# How We Built It: Managing Konnect Entities from K8s Clusters with KGO

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We recently released Kong Gateway Operator 1.4 with support for managing Konnect entities from within the Kubernetes clusters. This means users can now manage their Konnect configurations declaratively, through Kubernetes resources powered by Kong’s Custom Resource Definition s. For example, here’s…

Patryk Małek
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# Kong Gateway Operator 1.4: Konnect Edition

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It’s here! The Kong Gateway Operator release we teased at API Summit is now available for you all to use. KGO 1.4 allows you to configure Kong Konnect using CRDs, attach your DataPlane resources to Konnect with minimal configuration, and even manage the deployment of custom plugins using Kubernetes…

Michael Heap
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