Kong Open Sources Gateway Operator to Simplify Kubernetes-Native Gateway Management
PARIS, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, today announced the release of Kong Gateway Operator (KGO) 1.2 at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024. This is the first open source release of KGO, continuing Kong's long history of supporting the open source community. In addition, this latest version introduces a new era for deploying and managing the Kong Gateway in a Kubernetes-native manner, offering unprecedented ease and flexibility for Kubernetes platform teams. When using vendor-neutral Gateway API resources, KGO will automatically deploy the Kong Ingress Controller and Kong Gateway Data Planes, either separately or together, when running on Kubernetes.
- When using vendor-neutral Gateway API resources, KGO will automatically deploy the Kong Ingress Controller and Kong Gateway Data Planes, either separately or together, when running on Kubernetes.
- "Kong Gateway Operator is now one step closer to being the de-facto reference for Gateway API implementers on Kubernetes," said Marco Palladino, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Kong Inc. "With this open-source update, developers can read the code and see what a production-grade Kubernetes operator looks like.
- Kong Gateway Operator 1.2 open sources all features from the previous versions (1.0 and 1.1), and adds new capabilities, including:
Managed Gateways (OSS) — The Kong Gateway Operator watches for any Gateway resources in your cluster and dynamically deploys both the Kong Ingress Controller and Kong Gateway in order to serve traffic based on your configuration. - HPA-Based Gateway Autoscaling (OSS) — Automatically scale up or down your Kong Gateway deployments based on CPU and RAM usage.