Kong 101 - Jumpstart into the world of APIs
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The document is a workshop presentation titled 'Kong 101 - Jumpstart into the World of APIs,' led by Sven Bernhardt, focusing on the Kong API Gateway. It covers key features of Kong, including its flexibility, deployment options, modular plugin architecture, and integration with CI/CD pipelines. The presentation emphasizes the benefits of using Kong for API management and provides links to further resources and documentation on the subject.
Kong 101 - Jumpstart into the world of APIs
- 1. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 1 Brühl, 2023-06-21 Sven Bernhardt KONG 101 - JUMPSTART INTO THE WORLD OF APIS
- 2. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich WORKSHOP-MATERIAL DOWNLOAD Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 2 https://bit.ly/449Zggm
- 3. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich THAT‘S ME Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 3 Sven Bernhardt Cloud-Native enthusiast, API & integration geek. Always curious how new technologies and concepts can help to make things more valuable and efficient. @sbernhardt https://svenbernhardt.wordpress.com/ Chief Architect / Integration Evangelist OPITZ CONSULTING Deutschland GmbH
- 4. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich API GATEWAY Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 4 ¢ Single entry point for clients to access Services ¢ No matter the implementation technology ¢ No matter the deployment model (Monolithic or µService) ¢ Provides a consistent governance model ¢ Decouples Client and Service implementation ¢ Is deployed separately in its own instance ¢ Deployment models: ¢ Bundled data and control plane ¢ Independent data and control plane Source: https://tinyurl.com/yxbds3cd
- 5. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich Business Logic (B) Policy (P) SHARED POLICY LAYER Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 5 OTHER MONOLITH MICROSERVICES 3RD-PARTY Routing Load Balancing Authentication Authorization Logs & Metrics Rate Limiting Caching Validation Transformation MULTI-CLOUD & KUBERNETES ON-PREMISE HOSTING B Shared Policy Layer (Kong Gateway) B B B B B B B B B Serverless (e.g. AWS Lambda) More applications and services More languages and protocols REST} { More deployment types
- 6. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich KONG API GATEWAY Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 6 ¢ Build on Open Source, driven by the community ¢ 35.1K GitHub Stars ¢ 338 Contributors ¢ 130 Releases (since 2015, current Version: 3.3.0) ¢ Optimized for speed ¢ Flexible deployment options ¢ Unlimited extensibility ¢ Itself based on APIs (Everything is an API!) Graphic and more details: https://konghq.com/blog/why-kong-is-the-best-api-gateway
- 7. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich FLEXIBILITY TO FIT IN ANY ENVIRONMENT Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 7 ¢ Kong Gateway is Kubernetes-native ¢ Not everyone is on Kubernetes ¢ IT architectures are usually heterogeneous ¢ Flexibility with respect to the environment ¢ Configuration flexibility depending on deployment ¢ Supports any database as backend store that provides a postgres-compatible interface Graphic source: https://konghq.com/blog/why-kong-is-the-best-api-gateway
- 8. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich MODULAR, EXTENSIBLE PLUGIN ARCHITECTURE Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 8 ¢ Plugins deliver API Management capabilities ¢ AuthN/AuthZ ¢ Traffic control ¢ Security ¢ Observability ¢ … more see PluginHub or GitHub ¢ Keeps Kong Gateway Core lightweight and fast ¢ Extensibility through Plugin Development Kit Graphic source: https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/
- 9. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich EASY TO INTEGRATE IN CI/CD PIPELINES Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 9 ¢ In Kong Gateway, everything is an API ¢ Resources can be managed using: ¢ Kubernetes CRDs ¢ YAML configuration (via decK) ¢ RESTful Admin API ¢ Possiblity to establish an APIOps approach that allows for rapid API delivery
- 10. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich BASIC CONCEPTS – ROUTES & SERVICES Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 10 µService 2 µService 1 Client 1 Client 2 Client 3 COTS GET POST, PUT, DELETE GET, POST, PUT, DELETE GET, POST, PUT, DELETE Clients Services Routes Backend apps Kong Gateway
- 11. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich BASIC CONCEPTS – UPSTREAMS, CONSUMERS, PLUGINS Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 11 µService 2a µService 1 Route Service Client 1 GET, POST, PUT, DELETE P P P P µService 2b Route Client 2 GET, POST, PUT, DELETE P P P Plugins Kong Gateway Consum er Upstream P
- 12. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS – STANDALONE MODE Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 12 ¢ Kong Gateway Nodes deployed on VM, Bare Metal or Dockerized ¢ Simple Deployment architecture ¢ Configuration using: ¢ RESTful Admin API ¢ decK ¢ Availability of Gateway Nodes is depending on the database availability Postgres-compatible Database Gateway Node Gateway Node Gateway Cluster
- 13. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS – HYBRID MODE Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 13 ¢ Data Plane (DP) Node only has connection to Control Plane Node ¢ Control Plane (CP) Node Has connection to Database and manages all DP Nodes ¢ Configuration: Depends on CP Deployment ¢ Benefits: ¢ Deployment flexibility ¢ Increased reliability ¢ Traffic reduction ¢ Increased security ¢ Ease of management Postgres-compatible Database Data Plane Node Data Plane Node Gateway Cluster Control Plane Node Data Pane Node On-Premises Cloud Provider 1
- 14. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS – KUBERNETES (K8S) Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 14 ¢ Kong K8s Ingress Controller translates K8s resources into Kong Gateway configuration ¢ Deployment ¢ With or without database ¢ Possibility to run in hybrid mode ¢ Configuration using K8s CRDs ¢ Kubernetes can take care about: ¢ High availability ¢ Load Balancing ¢ Auto-scaling … ¢ Attention: there are restrictions, when deployed without database Kong Ingress Controller Kong Proxy
- 15. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 15 LABS https://opitzcloud.canto.global/b/GRBHD
- 16. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich KONG IS KING Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 16 ¢ Getting started with API Management using Kong is easy! ¢ Ease-of-use with respect to implementation and deployment ¢ Kong Gateway provides lightweight, flexible architecture ¢ Kong Gateway is developed efficiency in mind: ¢ Efficient API delivery though automation with CI/CD ¢ Efficient provisioning using IaC (Ansible, Terraform)
- 17. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 17 Q & A
- 18. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich IN CASE OF ANY QUESTIONS… Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 18 Sven Bernhardt Chief Architect / Integration Evangelist | Oracle ACE Director OPITZ CONSULTING Deutschland GmbH Kirchstrasse 6, 51647 Gummersbach, Germany Phone: +49 172 2193529 Mail: sven.bernhardt@opitz-consulting.com Twitter: @sbernhardt Blog: https://svenbernhardt.wordpress.com
- 19. © OPITZ CONSULTING 2023 / Öffentlich LINKS & REFERENCES Kong 101 – Jumpstart into the world of APIs 19 ¢ Kong Blog: https://konghq.com/blog/why-kong-is-the-best-api-gateway ¢ Kong PluginHub: https://docs.konghq.com/hub/ ¢ Kong Gateway Documentation: https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/ ¢ Tutorial CI/CD: https://konghq.com/blog/api-gateway-ci-cd-pipeline ¢ Kong deck Documentation: https://docs.konghq.com/deck/latest/ ¢ Kong Documentation Plugin compatibility: https://docs.konghq.com/kubernetes-ingress- controller/latest/references/plugin-compatibility/ ¢ Kong Documentation Admin API: https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/admin-api/#route- object