Custom Resources (CRDs) in Kubernetes allow controllers to extend Kubernetes-style declarative APIs that are specific to certain applications.
A few custom resources are bundled with the Kong Ingress Controller to configure settings that are specific to Kong Gateway and provide fine-grained control over the proxying behavior.
The Kong Ingress Controller uses the configuration.konghq.com
API group for storing configuration specific to Kong Gateway.
These CRDs allow users to declaratively configure all aspects of Kong Gateway: