k8s/IngressGateway/Kong

Links https://cloud.konghq.com/au/welcome
Kong manages API's providing enterprise features
Multiple k8s integration options
- Ingress
- Standalone deployment/service
- Operator Kong - use CRD's, Auto upgrade and scale - https://developer.konghq.com/operator/
k8s state for kong - could be k8s configs or PostgeSQL db driven config
- DB-less mode preferred for simplicity - no dynamic updates
k8s install - helm charts
Authorize API clients - OpenID Connect with your IdP

Test config choices

Setup helm

kubectl create namespace kong-mesh-system
helm repo add kong-mesh https://kong.github.io/kong-mesh-charts
helm repo update

kong operator
- https://developer.konghq.com/operator/get-started/gateway-api/install/
- Can use k8s certmanager

Mesh $4k/m /zone ?
- Zones define network boundaries (e.g. clusters, VPC's) and connect to global control plane