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AI

AI Proxy

Call supported Large Language Model vendors and models through Kong Gateway, using mediated data formats and authentication

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AI Proxy Advanced

Route across different LLMs and models using advanced load balancing algorithms, including semantic routing

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AI Azure Content Safety

Use Azure Cognitive Services (Content Safety) to check and audit AI Proxy plugin messages before proxying them to an upstream LLM

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AI Prompt Decorator

Prepend or append an array of llm/v1/chat messages to a user's chat history

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AI Prompt Guard

Check llm/v1/chat or llm/v1/completions requests against a list of allowed or denied expressions

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AI Prompt Template

Provide fill-in-the-blank AI prompts to users

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AI Rate Limiting Advanced

Provide rate limiting for AI providers defined in the AI plugins

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AI Request Transformer

Use an LLM service to inspect and transform the client's request body prior to proxying the request to the upstream server

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AI Response Transformer

Use an LLM service to examine the upstream HTTP(S) prior to forwarding it to the client

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AI Semantic Cache

Enhance performance for AI providers by caching LLM responses semantically

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AI Semantic Prompt Guard

Semantically and intelligently create allow and deny lists of topics that can be requested across every LLM.

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Authentication

Basic Authentication

Add Basic Authentication to your services

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HMAC Auth

Add HMAC Authentication to your services

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Header Cert Authentication

Authenticate clients with mTLS certificates passed in headers by a WAF or load balancer

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JWE Decrypt

Decrypt a JWE token in a request

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JWT

Verify and authenticate JSON Web Tokens

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Key Auth

Add key authentication to your Services

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Key Authentication - Encrypted

Add key authentication to your services

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Kong JWT Signer

Verify and sign one or two tokens in a request

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LDAP Authentication

Integrate Kong with an LDAP server

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LDAP Authentication Advanced

Secure Kong with username and password protection, use LDAP search and service directory mapping

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Mutual TLS Authentication

Secure routes and services with client certificate and mutual TLS authentication

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OAuth 2.0 Authentication

Add OAuth 2.0 authentication to your service

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OAuth 2.0 Introspection

Integrate Kong with a third-party OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server

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OpenID Connect

Integrate Kong with a third-party OpenID Connect provider

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Portal Application Registration

Allow portal developers to register applications against services

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SAML

Provides SAML v2.0 authentication and authorization between a service provider (Kong) and an identity provider (IdP)

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Session

Support sessions for Kong authentication plugins.

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Upstream OAuth

Configure Kong Gateway to obtain an OAuth2 token to consume an upstream API

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Vault Authentication

Add Vault authentication to your services

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Okta

Integrate Okta's API Access Management (OAuth as a Service) with Kong API Gateway

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Okta

Security

ACME

Let's Encrypt and ACMEv2 integration with Kong Gateway

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Bot Detection

Detect and block bots or custom clients

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CORS

Allow developers to make requests from the browser

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IP Restriction

Allow or deny IPs that can make requests to your services

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JSON Threat Protection

Apply size checks on JSON payload and minimize risk of content-level attacks

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OPA

Authorize requests against Open Policy Agent

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TLS Handshake Modifier

Requests a client to present its client certificate

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TLS Metadata Headers

Proxies TLS client certificate metadata to upstream services via HTTP headers

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Imperva API Security

Integrate Kong Gateway with Imperva API Security to discover, monitor, and protect APIs

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Imperva

Traceable.ai

API security with inline request blocking and data capture

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Traceable.ai

Traffic Control

ACL

Control which consumers can access services

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Canary Release

Slowly roll out software changes to a subset of users

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Forward Proxy Advanced

Allows Kong to connect to intermediary transparent HTTP proxies

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GraphQL Proxy Caching Advanced

Cache and serve commonly requested responses in Kong

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GraphQL Rate Limiting Advanced

Provide rate limiting for GraphQL queries

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Mocking

Provide mock endpoints to test your APIs against your services

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OAS Validation

Validate HTTP requests and responses based on an OpenAPI 3.0 or Swagger API Specification

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Proxy Cache

Cache and serve commonly requested responses in Kong

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Proxy Caching Advanced

Cache and serve commonly requested responses in Kong

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Rate Limiting

Rate limit how many HTTP requests can be made in a period of time

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Rate Limiting Advanced

Upgrades Kong Rate Limiting with more flexibility and higher performance

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Request Size Limiting

Block requests with bodies greater than a specified size

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Request Termination

Terminates all requests with a specific response

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Request Validator

Validates requests before they reach the upstream service

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Response Rate Limiting

Rate limit based on a custom response header value

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Route By Header

Route request based on request headers

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Standard Webhooks

Validate that incoming webhooks adhere to the Standard Webhooks specification, which Kong contributes to

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Upstream Timeout

Set timeouts on routes and override service-level timeouts

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WebSocket Size Limit

Block incoming WebSocket messages greater than a specified size

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WebSocket Validator

Validate WebSocket messages before they are proxied

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XML Threat Protection

Apply structural and size checks on XML payloads

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Serverless

AWS Lambda

Invoke and manage AWS Lambda functions from Kong

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Apache OpenWhisk

Invoke and manage OpenWhisk actions from Kong

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Azure Functions

Invoke and manage Azure functions from Kong

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Kong Functions (Post-Plugin)

Add and manage custom Lua functions to run after other plugins

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Kong Functions (Pre-Plugins)

Add and manage custom Lua functions to run before other plugins

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Analytics & Monitoring

AppDynamics

Integrate Kong with the AppDynamics APM Platform

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Datadog

Visualize metrics on Datadog

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OpenTelemetry

Propagate spans and report space to a backend server through OTLP protocol.

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Prometheus

Expose metrics related to Kong and proxied upstream services in Prometheus exposition format

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StatsD

Send metrics to StatsD

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StatsD Advanced

(Deprecated) Send metrics to StatsD with more flexible options

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Zipkin

Propagate Zipkin spans and report space to a Zipkin server

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Transformations

Confluent

Transform requests into Kafka messages in a Confluent topic.

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Correlation ID

Correlate requests and responses using a unique ID

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DeGraphQL

Transform a GraphQL upstream into a REST API

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Exit Transformer

Customize Kong exit responses sent downstream

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Kafka Upstream

Transform requests into Kafka messages in a Kafka topic.

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Request Transformer

Use regular expressions, variables, and templates to transform requests

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Request Transformer Advanced

Use powerful regular expressions, variables, and templates to transform API requests

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Response Transformer

Modify the upstream response before returning it to the client

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Response Transformer Advanced

Modify the upstream response before returning it to the client, with greater customization capabilities

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Route Transformer Advanced

Transform routing by changing the upstream server, port, or path

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gRPC-Web

Allow browser clients to call gRPC services

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gRPC-gateway

Access gRPC services through HTTP REST

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Transform JSON objects included in API requests or responses using jq programs.

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Logging

File Log

Append request and response data to a log file

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HTTP Log

Send request and response logs to an HTTP server

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Kafka Log

Publish logs to a Kafka topic

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Loggly

Send request and response logs to Loggly

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Syslog

Send request and response logs to Syslog

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TCP Log

Send request and response logs to a TCP server

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UDP Log

Send request and response logs to a UDP server

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AWS Request Signing

Sign requests with AWS SIGV4 and temp credentials for secure use of AWS Lambdas in Kong.

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The LEGO Group

Amberflo.io API Metering

API usage metering and usage-based billing.

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Amberflo.io Inc.

AppSentinels

AppSentinels plugin for API security

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Appsentinels

Kong DataDome Plugin

DataDome's bot and online fraud protection detects and mitigates attacks on mobile apps, websites, and APIs with unparalleled accuracy and zero compromise.

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DataDome

Impart Security

Integrate Impart Security's WAF and API security protection platform with Kong.

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Impart Security

Imperva API Security

Integrate Kong Gateway with Imperva API Security to discover, monitor, and protect APIs

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Imperva

Moesif API Monetization and Analytics

Powerful API analytics and usage-based billing to monetize APIs

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Moesif

Noname Security Kong Traffic Source

Noname Security machine learning & prevention blocking for Kong API Gateway discovery

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Noname Security

Okta

Integrate Okta's API Access Management (OAuth as a Service) with Kong API Gateway

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Okta

Kong Response Size Limiting

Block responses with bodies greater than a specified size

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Optum

Kong Service Virtualization

Mock virtual API request and response pairs through Kong Gateway

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Optum

Kong Spec Expose

Expose OAS/Swagger/etc. specifications of auth protected APIs proxied by Kong

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Optum

Kong Splunk Log

Log API transactions to Splunk using the Splunk HTTP collector

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Optum

Kong Upstream JWT

Add a signed JWT into the header of proxied requests

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Optum

Salt Security

Integrate Kong API Gateway with Salt Security Discovery & Prevention for API-based apps

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Salt Security

Wallarm

Wallarm is AI-Powered Security Platform for protecting microservices and APIs

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Wallarm

Welcome to Kong Plugin Hub

Extend Kong Gateway and Kong Konnect with powerful plugins and easy integrations

Plugin Overview | Compatibility | License tiers

AI

Authentication

Security

Traffic Control

Serverless

Analytics & Monitoring

Transformations

Logging

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