Runtime Instance Installation Options

Konnect supports Kong Gateway as a runtime. You can set up any number of Kong Gateway runtime instances.

A Kong Gateway runtime instance acts as a data plane, which is a node serving traffic for the proxy. Data plane nodes are not directly connected to a database. Instead, they receive configuration from their runtime group, which stores and manages the configuration in Kong Konnect.

We recommend running one major version (2.x or 3.x) of a runtime instance per runtime group, unless you are in the middle of version upgrades to the data plane. Mixing versions may cause compatibility issues.

Note: Kong does not host runtimes. You must install and host your own runtime instances.

Docker on MacOS

Docker on Windows

Docker on Linux

Custom Docker configuration

Linux

Kubernetes (Helm)

AWS

Azure