Welcome to Kong Docs

Find all the information you need to use Kong’s platforms and projects

Kong Konnect

Full stack connectivity platform that is designed from the ground up for cloud native architectures, delivered as a service

Konnect Cloud documentation

Get started with Kong Konnect Cloud

1. Runtime connection

Set up your first runtime connection

Set up

2. Catalog services

Catalog your services using the Konnect Service Hub

Catalog

3. Manage services

Manage your services using the Konnect Service Hub

Manage

Connectivity runtimes

Kong Gateway

A lightweight API Gateway that lets you secure, manage, and extend APIs and microservices.

Kong Gateway documentation

Kong Mesh

Universal service mesh for enterprise organizations focused on simplicity, security, and scalability with Kuma and Envoy.

Kong Mesh documentation

Kuma (open-source)

Key features

Service Hub

Build a comprehensive catalog of services to enable discovery, consumption, and management of every API across your entire architecture.

Cloud

Dev Portal

Streamline developer onboarding with a self-service developer experience, letting developers discover, register, and consume published services.

Cloud

Self-managed

Vitals

View granular analytics with Vitals to monitor the health of environments and clusters. Gain deep insights into service, route, and application usage.

Cloud

Self-managed

Runtime Manager

Provision and manage Kong Gateway runtimes and services in your environment and platform of choice.

Cloud

Insomnia

Streamline workflows by enabling users to instantly drop into Insomnia to design, document, and test APIs and microservices.

Insomnia docs

Ecosystem integrations

Plugin Hub

Use plugins to provide advanced functionality and extend the use of the Kong Gateway.

Learn more

Kubernetes Ingress Controller

Implement authentication, transformations, and other functionalities across Kubernetes clusters with zero downtime.

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Declarative Configuration

Manage Kong Gateway declaratively using decK. Sync YAML or JSON configuration across Kong Gateway clusters, push configuration to a running cluster, detect drift, and create backups.

Learn more