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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

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

Key features

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

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

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

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

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

Ecosystem integrations

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

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

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.

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