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Okta and Kong Konnect Part 3: Implementing Introspection Flow

In our third Kong and Okta tutorial, we’ll go through the introspection flow implementation. The introspection flow is part of the token validation process. Kong Gateway evaluates the injected token at the request processing time to see if it's still valid to the upstream services. The evaluation hits a specific Okta endpoint, passing the received token. Based on the response provided by Okta, Kong Gateway accepts or rejects the request.

[Online Meetup] Kong Kubernetes Ingress Controller 2.0

Kong Kubernetes Ingress Controller (OSS) has launched 2.0 with a number of awesome new features and fixes. Overview of 2.0 Major architectural improvements Kubernetes Testing Framework (KTF) & new testing strategies KIC 2.0 controller manager And more Kong’s Online Meetups are a place to learn about technologies within the Kong open source ecosystem. This interactive forum will give you the chance to ask our engineers questions and get ramped up on information relevant to your Kong journey.

Display Moesif Reports Within Tableau

As a product leader, there’s no better way to show the value of your API platform then by graphically displaying key metics. If you’re already working with Tableau, it’s easy to extract key charts, or workspaces, from Moesif’s dashboards and insert them into your visualization platform. The information from Moesif will be inserted into Tableau as a web page object.

How Your API Ecosystem Can Deliver Benefits to Your Business

When you introduce an API to your technology stack, you must also consider how it will interact with the other moving parts of your business. This is especially true if you have an external-facing API. Consider the end user, software vendors, business partners, third-party developers, and internal stakeholders. It can be complicated to juggle all of these interests, but the benefits to your business pay off immensely. So how does your API ecosystem deliver benefits to your business?