Kong API Gateway Training Course

Introduction

• The need for API management

Setting up Kong

• Deciding on an installation type: bare metal, cloud, containers and Kubernetes
• Using curl commands
• Installing and starting a Kong cluster

Overview of Kong Features and Architecture

• Kong's lightweight proxy
• Kong plugins

Adding Services and Routes

• Using the Admin API
• Implementing host matching

Consuming Services

• Configuring ports, hosts, and DNS

Responding to Requests

• Reverse proxying incoming requests

Controlling Traffic

• Managing, throttling, and restricting traffic
• Load balancing requests: dynamic ring-balancer vs DNS-based

Analyzing Traffic

• Visualizing, inspecting, and monitoring traffic (e.g., using Prometheus)
• Logging data transfers (e.g., using ELK Stack)

Transforming Data

• Transforming requests and responses in real-time

Securing API and Service Access

• Protecting services through an authentication layer

Integrating Kong with Third-party Services

• Calling serverless functions via APIs

Advanced Routing Mechanisms

• Beyond simple host matching

Securing the Kong Admin API

• Configuring firewall rules
• Using Kong as a proxy for the Admin API

Extending Kong

• Adding extra functionality through Kong Plugins
• Creating Your Own Plugin

Scaling Kong

• Increasing nodes to process trillions of API calls

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion