Managing APIs at Scale with Kong Gateway and Kubernetes
Modern applications rely on dozens or hundreds of APIs, creating complex management challenges that can slow down your entire development pipeline. For DevOps engineers, platform architects, and engineering teams running microservices in production, Kong Gateway API management with Kubernetes API infrastructure offers a powerful solution to handle API traffic at enterprise scale. This guide is designed for technical teams already familiar with Kubernetes who need to implement robust API management without sacrificing performance or security. You’ll learn practical approaches that real engineering teams use to manage hundreds of APIs serving millions of requests daily. We’ll walk through Kong Kubernetes integration fundamentals, showing you how to deploy and configure Kong as your primary API gateway. You’ll discover advanced strategies for microservices API management , including traffic routing, rate limiting, and authentication patterns that scale with your business. Finally, w...