If you already have zone Control Planes in Kong Mesh, you can migrate them to Konnect using Mesh Manager.
Here are a few benefits of managing your service mesh in Konnect:
- Kong-managed global Control Plane: Konnect hosts and operates the global Control Plane for you.
- Unified view: Access all Kong Mesh, Kong Ingress Controller, and Konnect entities from one place.
- Setup wizard: A UI-driven setup guides you through zone configuration.
This guide explains how to migrate a self-managed zone Control Plane to Konnect.
Figure 1: Kong Mesh services and data plane proxies connect to a self-managed global Control Plane.
Figure 2: After migration, the global Control Plane is hosted in Konnect, while zones and services remain self-managed.