Konnect Cloud Updates

The updates contained in this topic apply to Konnect Cloud, an application that lets you manage configuration for multiple runtimes from a single, cloud-based control plane, and provides a catalog of all deployed services.

March 2022

2021.03.07

Kong Gateway 2.8.0.0 support

Konnect Cloud now supports Kong Gateway 2.8.0.0 runtimes. You can keep using existing 2.7.x runtimes, or you can upgrade to 2.8.0.0 to take advantage of any new features, updates, and bug fixes.

For all the changes and new features in Kong Gateway 2.8.x, see the changelog.

To use any new features in the release, start up a new 2.8.0.0 runtime.

January 2022

2022.01.14

Custom Domain for Dev Portal

You can now set a custom domain for your Dev Portal through the Konnect Cloud Admin UI.

See the documentation: Add a Custom Domain.

Headers are modifiable

You can now set a welcome message and primary header through the Admin UI for your Dev Portal.

December 2021

2021.12.21

Kong Gateway 2.7.0.0 support

Konnect Cloud now supports Kong Gateway 2.7.0.0 runtimes. You can keep using existing 2.6.x runtimes, or you can upgrade to 2.7.0.0 to take advantage of any new features, updates, and bug fixes.

For all the changes and new features in Kong Gateway 2.7.x, see the changelog.

To use any new features in the release, start up a new 2.7.0.0 runtime.

November 2021

2021.11.30

Single-sign on (SSO) with Okta

Konnect Cloud now supports single sign-on (SSO) access through Okta with OpenID Connect.

See the guide on Setting up SSO with Okta for more information.

2021.11.10

Kong Gateway 2.6.0.0 support

Konnect Cloud now supports Kong Gateway 2.6.0.0 runtimes. You can keep using existing 2.5.x runtimes, or you can upgrade to 2.6.0.0 to take advantage of any new features, updates, and bug fixes.

This release introduces the new jq plugin. It also adds new features and improvements to a long list of plugins, including:

• Kafka Log and Kafka Upstream: Support for TLS, mTLS, and SASL auth
• Prometheus: Introduces the data_plane_cluster_cert_expiry_timestamp metric, letting you keep an eye on the status of you data plane certificates
• Request Termination: Introduces the new trigger configuration option, which tells the plugin to activate only on specific headers or query parameters

To use any new features in the release and gain access to the jq plugin, start up a new runtime.

For all the changes and new features in Kong Gateway 2.6.x, see the changelog.

Tags for auth plugins created by application registration

When you enable application registration on a Service, Konnect Cloud enables two plugins automatically: ACL, and one of Key Authentication or OIDC. These plugins cannot be edited or deleted directly. To help differentiate the Konnect-managed plugins and avoid breaking your Service, Konnect now adds two metadata tags for declarative configuration: konnect-managed-plugin and konnect-app-registration. See the Dev Portal doc section on Konnect-managed plugins for more information.

August 2021

2021.08.31

Kong Gateway 2.5.0.1 support

Konnect Cloud now supports Kong Gateway 2.5.0.1. runtimes. You can keep using existing 2.4.x runtimes, or you can upgrade to 2.5.0.1 to take advantage of any new features, updates, and bug fixes.

This release includes event hook support, improvements to CP-DP communication, new configuration options in plugins, and more.

For all the changes and new features in Kong Gateway 2.5.x, see the changelog.

June 2021

2021.06.24

Global plugin support

You can now configure global plugins through Konnect Cloud. Visit the Shared Config page and select the Plugin menu option to get started.

2021.06.21

Kong Gateway 2.4.1.1 support

Konnect Cloud now supports Kong Gateway 2.4.1.1 runtimes. You can keep using existing 2.3.x runtimes, or you can upgrade to 2.4.1.1 to take advantage of any new features.

The 2.4.1.1 release includes two new plugins: OPA and Mocking. To use these plugins, and any other features newly introduced in this release, start up a new runtime.

For all the changes and new features in Kong Gateway 2.4.x, see the changelog.

More plugins available in Konnect Cloud

The following plugins are now available:

• Free tier
  • Serverless Functions (Pre- and post-plugins)
  • Datadog
  • Zipkin
  • Request Size Limiting
  • Request Transformer
• Plus tier
  • Exit Transformer
• Enterprise tier
  • Key Auth Encrypted
  • Request Transformer Advanced
  • Response Transformer Advanced

2021.06.15

Default strategy/policy for rate limiting plugins

The rate limiting plugins now default to redis as the rate limiting strategy or policy. This setting allows cluster-wide rate limiting using a Redis server. To store counters in-memory on each node, change this setting to local.

The cluster config strategy/policy is not supported in Konnect Cloud, and does not appear as an option in the plugin configuration anymore.

To find the setting based on the rate limiting plugin, see:

• config.policy:
  • Rate Limiting
  • Response Rate Limiting
• config.strategy:
  • GraphQL Rate Limiting Advanced
  • Rate Limiting Advanced

Sorting the runtime status table

You can now sort the runtime status table in Runtime Manager by the Last Seen or Sync Status columns.

May 2021

2021.05.12

Certificate expiration limit extended

The validity period for runtime certificates has been extended from 30 days to six months.

To take advantage of the new validity period, bring up new data planes through the Runtime Manager. For existing instances, generate new certificates.

2021.05.11

Konnect Plus is launched!

Konnect introduces a new plan tier system for subscriptions.

• Kong Konnect Free: Basic features and plugins with a cloud control plane.
• Kong Konnect Plus: A pay-as-you-go, credit card-based option that provides a simple way for developers or operators on small teams to quickly start using the services they need right now.
• Kong Konnect Enterprise: For organizations that want to manage all services across their entire organization. Konnect Enterprise provides connectivity with enterprise-grade security, scalability, and observability across any cloud, platform, and protocol to help teams build powerful digital services and experiences.

If you already have a Konnect or Kong Gateway account and license, this license will roll over seamlessly into the new Konnect Enterprise tier.

Konnect Plus free trials

When you sign up for a Konnect account, you are automatically enrolled into a 30-day Konnect Plus free trial. You don’t need to provide a credit card or any info beyond the account registration. At the end of the trial, you’ll have the choice to keep the account at the Plus tier or downgrade to Free.

Billing and plan management

You can now manage your plan subscription for Free and Plus plan tiers directly from the app. Konnect now includes a Stripe integration, and the process is fully self-serve: choose your plan, add a card, make payments, all through the Konnect app and billing portal.

Self-serve account registration

You can now sign up for a Konnect account without an access code. No more reaching out to Kong support or sales for access – just go to https://konnect.konghq.com and try it out!

2021.05.07

Runtime setup improvements

Runtime setup for Linux and Kubernetes environments has improved. When you configure a new runtime, instead of one Advanced tab, the Runtime Manager now has Linux and Kubernetes tabs. Choose the tab that fits your environment and copy the configuration parameters directly.

Known issues with the Kubernetes tab:

• The image and repository parameters are in the wrong format and point to a non-existent image. Substitute them with the following:

  image:
    repository: kong/kong-gateway
    tag: "2.3.2.0-alpine"
  

• cluster_telemetry_endpoint is missing a space between the parameter and the value. Add a space to fix the formatting:

  cluster_telemetry_endpoint: <your-instance-name>.tp.konnect.konghq.com:443
  

March 2021

2021.03.16

Runtime setup improvement

Quick setup just got a little bit faster. When configuring a new runtime through the Runtime Manager, HTTPie is no longer required for the quick setup script.

February 2021

2021.02.23

Kong Gateway 2.3 support

Konnect Cloud now supports Kong Gateway 2.3 runtimes. There is no upgrade path for existing runtimes.

To use Kong Gateway 2.3, reprovision a new runtime.

Advanced runtime configuration

You can now configure custom Kong Gateway data planes through the Runtime Manager and run gateway instances outside of Docker. Use the Advanced option when configuring a new runtime to get started.

See the runtime configuration guides for more information:

• Kong Gateway runtime on Docker
• Kong Gateway runtime on Kubernetes
• Kong Gateway runtime without a container

Logging plugins

The full set of Kong Gateway’s logging plugins is now available through Konnect Cloud. This includes:

• File Log
• HTTP Log
• Kafka Log
• Loggly
• StatsD
• StatsD Advanced
• Syslog
• TCP Log
• UDP Log

2021.02.10

Portal authentication

You can now disable authentication on a Dev Portal, which exposes the Dev Portal publicly to anyone with the link. No one needs to register for Dev Portal access.

New application registrations aren’t available through a public-facing portal.

2021.02.01

Kong Konnect (Konnect) is now generally available!

To get started with Konnect, see the Quickstart Guide.

For more information about Konnect, contact your Kong sales representative.