Kong

Resources

• Kong Homepage
• GitHub Project
• Kong documentation

Installation notes

• Installation done via the docker method.

    curl -Ls https://get.konghq.com/quickstart | bash

The above command will install the gateway (with the manager) and a Postgres database.

    f2910e38d492   kong/kong-gateway:3.4.1.0    "/entrypoint.sh kong…"   3 hours ago   Up 3 hours (healthy)   0.0.0.0:8000-8004->8000-8004/tcp,::8000-8004->8000-8004/tcp, 8443-8447/tcp  kong-quickstart-gateway
    6acbad818392   postgres:13                   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   3 hours ago   Up 3 hours            5432/tcp 

Tests

• Key less: straightforward
• API Key: use of the key Auth Plugin. See also the Authentication Reference page for the settings.
• OIDC: The plugin OIDC is only available for th Enterprise Licence.

On-premise installation

• The Enterprise licence is required to go on production, a lot of functionnalities are only available with a subscription (e.g. Plugins, Developper Portal, etc).
• Kong can be installed locally but the pricing page seems to refer to the SAAS mode.