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Kubernetes
March 21, 2024
8 min read

What's the Difference: Kubernetes Controllers vs Operators?

Peter Barnard
Content @ Kong

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Ingress
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What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 3.1?

Michael Heap
Sr Director Developer Experience, Kong
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Gateway API vs Ingress: The Future of Kubernetes Networking

Peter Barnard
Content @ Kong
Kong Ingress Controller
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What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.10?

Michael Heap
Sr Director Developer Experience, Kong
Kong Ingress Controller
March 30, 2023

What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.9?

Michael Heap
Sr Director Developer Experience, Kong
Kong Ingress Controller 2.7
Kubernetes
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Kong Ingress Controller 2.7: Kubernetes Gateway APIs Go Beta

Sean Chow
KIC 2.4 Product Release-banner
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June 9, 2022

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

Sean Chow
Kong Ingress Controller 2.2 GA Release
Kong Ingress Controller
February 24, 2022

Kong Ingress Controller 2.2 GA With Gateway API Support

Sean Chow
Managing APIs at Scale in a Kubernetes Environment - Part II
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Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 Now GA! UDP Support, Prometheus Integrations, and More!

Kong
APM With Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes Ingress
Kubernetes
September 21, 2021

Prometheus and Grafana APM on Kubernetes Ingress

Joseph Caudle
Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 Now in Beta!
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Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 Now in Beta!

Shane Connelly
Kubernetes Ingress gRPC Example With a Dune Quote Service
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July 30, 2021

Kubernetes Ingress gRPC Example With a Dune Quote Service

Viktor Gamov
Managing a Docker Application with Kubernetes Ingress Controller
Kubernetes
July 6, 2021

Managing Docker Apps With Kubernetes Ingress Controller

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