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Hybrid Infrastructure Load Balancing with Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh

Kong’s Wanny Morellato and Deepak Mohandas recently joined Justin and Autumn on the ShipIt podcast to talk hybrid infrastructure with Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh. They unravel the complexities of hybrid infrastructure at scale, discussing the processes, strategies, and philosophies that drive continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, and more.

Kong Mesh 2.6: More Flexibility, Usability, and Security

The first release of Kong Mesh for 2024 (version 2.6) brings many new features that ease day 0 for new starters of service mesh reinforcing our goal of making a simple yet powerful product! In this blog, we'll break down these new features and provide tailored use cases to illustrate how Kong Mesh 2.6 can elevate your service mesh experience. We'll focus on three main categories: flexibility, usability, and security.

Day 0 Service Mesh: A Simplified Approach for Building Microservices

The acceleration of microservices and containerized workloads has revolutionized software delivery at scale. However, these distributed architectures also introduce significant complexity around networking, security, and observability. As development teams grappled with reliability and governance issues, the service mesh pattern emerged to simplify management.

7 Signs You Need a Service Mesh

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern applications and cloud native architectures, the need for efficient, scalable, and secure communication between services is paramount. Enter the service mesh — a versatile platform designed to address various challenges in securing, connecting, and observing microservices. In this post, we’ll cover seven signs that indicate it may be time for your organization to adopt a service mesh.

EBPF, Service Mesh And Sidecar

The operating system is like the boss of your computer, handling security, networking, and keeping an eye on what’s happening. But tweaking or improving the core part of the operating system, called the kernel, is a bit tricky because it’s mainly focused on keeping things stable and secure. Most cool new stuff usually happens outside the core system, in what we call the user space. That’s where people add extra features or functions.

Unlocking Success with Kong Mesh 2.4 with Security, Resilience, and Flexibility

In the ever-evolving landscape of digital business operations, staying ahead of the curve requires constant adaptation and innovation. Kong Mesh 2.4 contains several enhancements to help your organization’s infrastructure be more efficient. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key benefits of Kong Mesh 2.4 across three critical domains: security, resilience, and flexibility.

Service Mesh vs. API Gateway | Understanding Key Differences

In the realm of microservices orchestration, the question of choosing between a service mesh vs. API gateway often arises. These two components play vital roles in managing communication within distributed systems. In this discussion, we’ll explore the differences between a service mesh and an API gateway, shedding light on their individual purposes and capabilities.

Leveraging Mesh Global Rate Limit Policy in Kong Mesh 2.3

In today’s interconnected and dynamic world of microservices, ensuring optimal traffic management and protection against malicious attacks are critical. Rate limiting, a popular mechanism for controlling request flow, gets more effortless with the introduction of Global Rate Limiting in Kong Mesh. In this blog post, we’ll explore this exciting new feature and its benefits in detail.