Kong API Gateway

Kong API Gateway on Ubuntu 24.04 with Free Maintenance Support by bCloud

Kong API Gateway on Ubuntu 24.04, with maintenance support from bCloud, is a repackaged open-source offering available through the AWS Cloud Marketplace (additional charges may apply for support). Kong Gateway is a cloud-native API gateway and API management solution designed to securely manage, route, protect, and observe API traffic across microservices, applications, and distributed environments.

This AWS Marketplace AMI provides a pre-configured Kong API Gateway environment on Ubuntu 24.04 for deployment on AWS EC2, enabling developers, DevOps teams, platform engineers, and enterprises to quickly establish centralized API traffic management with authentication, rate limiting, routing, load balancing, and observability capabilities.

Keywords of Kong API Gateway

• AWS Marketplace AMI deployment
• Cloud-native API gateway
• API traffic management
• Microservices API routing
• API authentication and security
• Rate limiting and traffic control
• Load balancing
• API observability and monitoring
• Optional bCloud maintenance support

Core Technical Capabilities of Kong API Gateway

API Gateway and Traffic Management

Kong Gateway provides centralized control over API traffic between clients and backend services.

• HTTP and HTTPS API routing
• service and route management
• traffic forwarding to backend services
• load balancing across upstream services

API Security and Authentication

Kong provides plugins and policies for securing APIs and controlling access to backend services.

• authentication and authorization capabilities
• API key and credential-based access control
• request and response security policies
• TLS and HTTPS support

Rate Limiting and Traffic Control

Kong helps control API consumption and protect backend services from excessive traffic.

• configurable rate limiting
• request throttling and traffic policies
• consumer-based traffic controls

Plugin-Based Architecture

Kong uses an extensible plugin architecture to add functionality to API traffic processing.

• authentication and security plugins
• rate limiting and traffic management plugins
• logging and monitoring integrations
• customizable API processing workflows

Observability and Monitoring

Kong provides capabilities for monitoring API traffic and integrating gateway activity with observability platforms.

• request and response logging
• metrics and operational monitoring
• integration with monitoring and logging systems

AWS Marketplace-Optimised Advantages

AMI-Based EC2 Deployment

AWS Marketplace AMI deployment provides:

• Kong API Gateway environment pre-configured on Ubuntu 24.04
• ready-to-use API gateway environment
• reduced setup and configuration time

AWS Infrastructure Compatibility

Kong environments on EC2 can be managed using standard AWS infrastructure services:

• VPC and Security Groups for controlled API access
• EBS for application configuration and operational data
• integration with AWS load balancing and networking services
• integration with monitoring and logging tools

Procurement and Billing

AWS Marketplace supports:

• centralised billing through AWS accounts
• simplified procurement and deployment

Maintenance Support (bCloud)

Optional bCloud support may include:

• updates and patch management
• technical troubleshooting
• deployment and operational assistance
• API gateway configuration and optimization guidance

Support beyond the open-source Kong API Gateway environment may incur additional charges.