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Compatibility

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Runtime version compatibility

Note: Currently, the only supported runtime type in Kong Konnect is a Kong Gateway data plane.

  Kong Konnect First supported patch version
Kong Enterprise 3.2.x 3.2.1.0
Kong Enterprise 3.1.x 3.1.0.0
Kong Enterprise 3.0.x 3.0.0.0
Kong Enterprise 2.8.x 2.8.0.0
Kong Enterprise 2.7.x 2.7.0.0
Kong Enterprise 2.6.x 2.6.0.0
Kong Enterprise 2.5.x 2.5.0.1
Kong Enterprise 2.4.x or earlier –

Plugin compatibility

Each subscription tier gives you access to a subset of plugins:

  • Free tier: Open-source Kong plugins
  • Plus tier: Open-source and Plus-specific plugins
  • Enterprise tier: All Kong plugins

If you’re looking for supported network protocols and entity scopes, see Plugin Compatibility on the Plugin Hub.

Authentication

Plugin Free Plus Enterprise Konnect support Notes
Application Registration Application registration is available in Konnect Cloud, but doesn't require this plugin.
Learn how to Enable Application Registration in Konnect Cloud.
Basic Auth --
HMAC Auth --
JWT --
JWT Signer --
JWE Decrypt --
Key Auth The time-to-live (ttl) does not work in Konnect or hybrid mode. This setting determines the length of time a credential remains valid.
Key Auth Encrypted The time-to-live (ttl) does not work in Konnect or hybrid mode. This setting determines the length of time a credential remains valid.
LDAP Auth --
LDAP Auth Advanced --
Mutual TLS --
OAuth 2 This plugin can't be used in Konnect, hybrid, or DB-less modes. It needs to generate and delete tokens, and commit those changes to a database on the same node.
OAuth 2 Introspection --
OpenID Connect --
SAML --
Session --
Vault Auth --

Security

Plugin Free Plus Enterprise Konnect support Notes
Acme --
Bot Detection --
CORS --
IP Restriction --
OPA --
TLS Handshake Modifier --
TLS Metadata Headers --

Traffic Control

Plugin Free Plus Enterprise Konnect support Notes
ACL --
Canary --
Forward Proxy --
GraphQL Proxy Caching Advanced --
GraphQL Rate Limiting Advanced In DB-less and hybrid modes, the cluster config strategy is not supported. Use redis instead.
Mocking --
OAS Validation --
Proxy Caching --
Proxy Caching Advanced --
Rate Limiting In Konnect, DB-less, and hybrid modes, the cluster config policy is not supported.

For DB-less mode, use one of redis or local; for Konnect and hybrid mode, use redis, or local for data planes only.
Rate Limiting Advanced In Konnect, DB-less, and hybrid modes, the cluster config strategy is not supported.

For DB-less mode, use one of redis or local; for Konnect and hybrid mode, use redis, or local for data planes only.
Request Size Limiting --
Request Termination --
Request Validator --
Response Rate Limiting In Konnect, DB-less, and hybrid modes, the cluster config policy is not supported.

For DB-less mode, use one of redis or local; for Konnect and hybrid mode, use redis, or local for data planes only.
Route By Header --
Upstream Timeout --
WebSocket Size Limit --
WebSocket Validator --
XML Threat Protection --

Serverless

Plugin Free Plus Enterprise Konnect support Notes
AWS Lambda --
Azure Functions --
Serverless Functions --
OpenWhisk Not bundled with Kong Gateway.

Installed as a LuaRocks package.

Analytics and Monitoring

Plugin Free Plus Enterprise Konnect support Notes
AppDynamics --
Datadog --
OpenTelemetry --
Prometheus --
Zipkin --

Transformations

Plugin Free Plus Enterprise Konnect support Notes
Correlation ID --
DeGraphQL --
Exit Transformer --
gRPC Gateway --
gRPC Web --
jq --
Kafka Upstream --
Request Transformer --
Request Transformer Advanced --
Response Transformer --
Response Transformer Advanced --
Route Transformer Advanced --

Logging

Plugin Free Plus Enterprise Konnect support Notes
File Log --
HTTP Log --
Kafka Log --
Loggly --
StatsD --
StatsD Advanced --
Syslog --
TCP Log --
UDP Log --

Deployment

Deployment plugins are not bundled with any version of Konnect, and are simply tools to help you deploy Kong Gateway in various environments.

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