k8s/KongIngressGateway
- Kong manages API's providing enterprise features
- Multiple k8s integration options
- Ingress
- Standalone deployment/service
Operator Kong - use CRD's, Auto upgrade and scale - https://developer.konghq.com/operator/
- k8s state for kong - could be k8s configs or PostgeSQL db driven config
- DB-less mode preferred for simplicity - no dynamic updates
- k8s install - helm charts
- Authorize API clients - OpenID Connect with your IdP
Test config choices
- Delta XDS - reduce traffic between CP and DP
- Unified resource naming (experimental)
Setup helm
kubectl create namespace kong-mesh-system helm repo add kong-mesh https://kong.github.io/kong-mesh-charts helm repo update
- kong operator
https://developer.konghq.com/operator/get-started/gateway-api/install/
- Can use k8s certmanager
Cost 2026
- Mesh $4k/m /zone ?
- Zones define network boundaries (e.g. clusters, VPC's) and connect to global control plane
