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Reworked Plugin Queues in Kong Gateway 3.3

Starting with the 3.3 release, Kong Gateway includes a new implementation of the internal queues that are used by several plugins to decouple the production of data in the proxy path and its submission to a receiving server, such as a log server. We’ll walk you through why queues are needed, why a new implementation was required, how the new implementation works and how queues are configured.

New Horizons with Kong Gateway 3.3 for Open Source

As API usage and dependence continue to grow, the need for a reliable, performant, and secure API gateway has become even more essential. Kong Gateway Open Source continues to be the world’s most adopted API gateway, setting the benchmark for performance, reliability, and observability. Today, we’re excited to unveil Kong Gateway 3.3 for Open Source, a release that once again elevates the API gateway experience to new heights.

What's New in Kong Enterprise 3.3?

We’re excited to announce the general availability of Kong Enterprise 3.3. In this release, we’ve taken significant steps to deliver an enhanced experience for developers by making Kong Enterprise even more enterprise-ready and robust. Additionally, we’ve checked a few important boxes for our customers to easily comply with regulations. In this blog we’re going to cover the following key features we are delivering as part of Kong Enterprise 3.3.

Creating a Seamless Customer Experience with APIs at Just Eat Takeaway.com

In this Kongcast episode, Danielle Dias, Software Engineer at Just Eat Takeaway.com, talks about how her team creates a seamless customer experience by using Kong Gateway for rate limiting, monitoring, alerting, and more. Check out the transcript and video from our conversation below, and be sure to subscribe to get email alerts for the latest new episodes.

Zero Downtime Upgrading Strategies to Kong Gateway 3.x

Are you running Kong Gateway below 3.0 and need help upgrading and what to look out for? Then this presentation is for you! In this talk, Andrew Kew (Senior Technical Account Manager & Field Engineer at Kong) will discuss a few upgrade strategies from Kong Gateway 2.x to 3.x to ensure a zero downtime and smooth upgrade. Next to that, you will learn what to look out for when upgrading to 3.x. At the end of the presentation, Andrew will talk through some of the new features in Kong Gateway 3.0.

API-Managed Event Streaming with Kong Konnect and Amazon MSK

Event streaming allows companies to build more scalable and loosely coupled real-time applications supporting massive concurrency demands and simplifying the construction of services. Ultimately, we may need to grant access to such infrastructure to the most diverse entities, including external applications posting events that will be eventually consumed by internal systems. The purpose of such exposure is to promote development teams’ collaboration.

Kong Insomnia 2023.2.0 Released with Enhanced Import Flow

We’re thrilled to announce the latest release of Kong Insomnia, version 2023.2.0, packed with improvements and fixes that will make it even easier to manage your APIs. In this release, we introduce an enhanced Import flow, along with support for Kong 3.0 and the return of Swagger/OpenAPI preview. Continue reading to learn more about these exciting updates.

Making Kong Cloud-Native with the Kong Ingress Controller

There are lots of iconic duos out there. Batman and Robin, Jelly and Ice Cream, and now, Kong and Kubernetes. Join Michael as he shows what Kong Ingress Controller can do for you. We’ll take a look at how to secure your services with the KongPlugin CRD, how to use the Kubernetes events system to help debug when things go wrong, and we’ll even take a sneak peek at the upcoming Kubernetes Gateway API and how you can start using it today.