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Overview

Kong Gateway can be installed on Kubernetes in several different modes.

• DB-less mode, configured using Kubernetes resources and the Kong Ingress Controller
• Data Planes integrated with Kong Konnect
• Hybrid mode with the Control Plane and Data Plane in a Kubernetes cluster
• Traditional mode, where each node connects to a PostgreSQL database

This documentation offers instructions for deploying Kong Gateway in Hybrid mode within a Kubernetes cluster.

Supported Versions

Kong Gateway is compatible with all supported versions of Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.

Kubernetes Version	OpenShift Version	Upstream K8s EOL
1.31	N/A	Oct 2025
1.30	N/A	Jun 2025
1.29	N/A	Feb 2025
1.28	4.15	Oct 2024
1.27	4.14	Jun 2024
1.26	4.13	Feb 2024
1.25	4.12	Oct 2023
1.24	4.11	July 2023
1.23	4.10	Feb 2023
1.22	4.9	Oct 2022
1.21	4.8	June 2022
1.20	4.7	Feb 2022
1.19	4.6	Oct 2021
1.18	4.5	June 2021
1.17	4.4	Dec 2020