Kong on Ubuntu 24.04

Kong Gateway is a cloud-native API gateway designed to manage, secure, and route API and service traffic for modern, distributed applications. Built on NGINX and Lua, Kong provides a high-performance, scalable, and extensible platform for API management across microservices, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. It enables platform teams and developers to reliably expose, protect, and observe services without modifying application code.

Features of Kong Gateway:

• Cloud-native API gateway for managing REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket traffic.
• High-performance architecture built on NGINX and Lua for low-latency request processing.
• Flexible deployment models including DB-less (declarative) and database-backed modes.
• Built-in plugins for authentication, authorization, rate limiting, logging, and traffic control.
• Kubernetes-native integration with Ingress Controller support for service exposure.
• Extensible plugin framework for custom policies and integrations.
• Designed for production-grade deployments across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud platforms.

Run these commands:
$ kong version

Disclaimer: Kong Gateway is an open-source project developed and maintained by Kong, Inc. and the open-source community. It is provided under the Apache License 2.0 and is distributed on an "as is" basis, without warranties or conditions of any kind. Users are responsible for validating configuration, security, and operational suitability in their environments.