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

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Announcing Kong Operator 2.0

KubernetesOctober 1, 2025

Simplified controller configuration When using the Kong Ingress Controller, a significant amount of effort was needed to apply configuration to the controller by setting environment variables. The new ControlPlane resource greatly simplifies this and allows you to set configuration once at the…

Justin Davies

Building a First-Class Kubernetes Experience in Kong Konnect

KubernetesSeptember 18, 2025

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

Announcing Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.5

Kong Ingress ControllerJuly 17, 2025

We're happy to announce the 3.5 release of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC). This release includes the graduation of combined services to General Availability, support for connection draining, as well as the start of deprecating support for some Ingress types as we help move customers to the…

Justin Davies

Insights into Kubernetes Deployments with Kong Ingress Controller

Kong Ingress ControllerFebruary 11, 2025

This blog addresses the common challenges organizations face with fragmented API management in Kubernetes environments and presents Kong Konnect combined with the Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) as a comprehensive solution. We'll highlight the issues that arise when teams independently choose…

Declan Keane

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What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 3.4 LTS?

Kong Ingress ControllerDecember 19, 2024

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…

Andrew Jessup

What's New in Kong Ingress Controller 3.2?

Kong Ingress ControllerJune 20, 2024

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…

Michael Heap

Enterprise-Grade Service Mesh: A Reference Architecture with OpenShift, Istio, and Kong

Service MeshMay 13, 2024

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…

Claudio Acquaviva

How to Manage Your Kubernetes Services with an API Gateway

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API GatewayApril 9, 2024

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…

Peter Barnard

What is Kubernetes?

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KubernetesMarch 27, 2024

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…

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What's the Difference: Kubernetes Controllers vs Operators?

KubernetesMarch 21, 2024

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…

Peter Barnard

Enhancing APIOps with decK for Kong Ingress Controller Users

API DevelopmentMarch 20, 2024

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…

Jordi Fernandez Moledo

What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 3.1?

IngressFebruary 9, 2024

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…

Michael Heap

What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.12?

Kong Ingress ControllerOctober 3, 2023

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…

Michael Heap

What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.11?

Kong Ingress ControllerAugust 28, 2023

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…

Michael Heap

What’s New in Kong Ingress Controller 2.10?

Kong Ingress ControllerJune 13, 2023

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…

Michael Heap

Unveiling Kong Ingress Controller in Kong Konnect: The Power of True Unified API Management

API ManagementApril 18, 2023

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…

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