What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 3.4 LTS?

Happy holidays everyone! We've been working hard on the Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) and the latest 3.4 release is jam-packed with new features, bugfixes, and improvements. With this update, we're introducing easier TLS encryption, enhanced performance during complex deployments, and general…
What's New in Kong Ingress Controller 3.2?

Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 3.2 is here, and it’s an incredible release. It contains features related to graph theory, features that mean you’ll never need a database again, and a whole host of quality-of-life fixes. If you’ve been using KIC for a long time, you might remember that it was…
Enterprise-Grade Service Mesh: A Reference Architecture with OpenShift, Istio, and Kong

The service mesh architecture pattern has become a de facto standard for microservices-based projects. In fact, from the mesh standpoint, not just microservices but all components of an application should be under its control, including databases, event processing services, etc. It's critical to…
How to Manage Your Kubernetes Services with an API Gateway

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…
What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes, or K8s as it's known for short, and container orchestration are changing the landscape of software development and deployment. But what exactly does Kubernetes do? In this comprehensive guide, we'll explain the basics, discuss the benefits that Kubernetes can offer you, and explore its…
What's the Difference: Kubernetes Controllers vs Operators?

Kubernetes, or K8s, is one of the most powerful open source container orchestration systems — especially for its automatic implementation of a desired state. In other words, as an admin, you get to specify how you want your application and cluster to behave, and the control plane executes it for…
Enhancing APIOps with decK for Kong Ingress Controller Users

The latest release of decK's APIOps features with the Kong Ingress Controller advances API management and automation in Kubernetes environments. This blog post delves into how this integration streamlines operations, ensuring a more feature-rich API lifecycle management. For teams utilizing the…
What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 3.1?

Kong Ingress Controller 3.1 provides brand-new capabilities for keeping your secrets secure. We’ve introduced new KongVault and KongLicense CRDs, and added a way to keep sensitive information in your cluster when using KIC in Konnect. Finally, there’s a quality-of-life improvement that allows you…
What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.12?

API Summit 2023 has just concluded, with awesome announcements including the launch of Kong Mesh in Konnect, and Dedicated Cloud Gateways. In addition to launching new capabilities, we also ensured that our existing products continue to grow and deliver value. With that in mind, I’m pleased to…
What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.11?

Since our last Kong Ingress Controller release, we've been working hard, and today we’re pleased to announce the immediate availability of Kong Ingress Controller 2.11. KIC 2.11's standout feature is "last known good configuration", which allows you to scale your data planes out even if you have a…
What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.10?

We’ve just shipped Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 2.10! This release makes KIC easier to use. In this blog we’ll cover: Expression Router: KIC 2.10 provides an early access preview to a new Rust-based router that has been available since Kong Gateway 3.0. The router enhances efficiency by…
Unveiling Kong Ingress Controller in Kong Konnect: The Power of True Unified API Management

As we continue to push the boundaries of API management, we're excited to announce the beta release of Kong Ingress Controller within Kong Konnect. Revealed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023, this new integration turns Kong Konnect into the world’s first modern unified end-to-end API…