• k8s
• KongIngressGateway

k8s/KongIngressGateway

• Links https://cloud.konghq.com/au/welcome

• 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

• AutoReahableServices - use MeshTrafficPermissions

• 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