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# Take control of your Kubernetes clusters

Natively manage your APIs in Kubernetes to seamlessly implement policies for security, identity, traffic management, and more across every cluster[](https://konghq.com/contact-sales)

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### Reduce Disruptions and Outages

Natively manage Kong via Kubernetes CRDs to deliver auto-scaling and eliminate the risk of disruptions caused by configuration drift.

### Strengthen Your Security

Implement security and identity policies directly into your YAML file to ensure consistency across VM and kubernetes workloads.

### Boost Dev Efficiency

Automatically generate Kong Declarative or Kong Ingress Controller configurations with directly from OpenAPI spec files anywhere in your CI/CD pipeline.

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## Kubernetes-native API Management

Configure Kong Gateway the same way as k8s, using kubectl with a declarative API to implement traffic management, transformations, and observability across Kubernetes clusters with zero downtime.

  • - Gain global visibility at the ingress
  • - Natively manage using CRDs
  • - Implement rate-limiting and other traffic policies
  • - Declarative configuration for Ingress and API Gateway resources
  • - OpenShift, AKS, EKS, GKE and more

## Single Source of Truth for Security

Bridge the gap between legacy and cloud-native by unifying Kubernetes security and identity policies with all your other workloads.

  • - Support for Kubernetes, VMs and Baremetal
  • - Inject security and identity into YAML files
  • - Validate specs to ensure that policies are in place
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## Workflows Built for GitOps

Seamlessly integrate with Git providers to minimize friction in pushing configurations for your Kubernetes Ingress and API Gateway through the pipeline.

  • - Automatic Spec Generation
  • - NAutomated testing on every push
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### Create a Developer Platform

Rapidly design, publish and consume APIs and services

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### Secure and Govern APIs

Empower teams to provide security, governance and compliance.

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### Monolith to Microservices

Accelerate your journey into microservices.

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## Get started with the AI connectivity platform

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