{
 "slug": "kong",
 "name": "Kong Gateway",
 "tagline": "Cloud-native API gateway in DB-less mode with declarative configuration",
 "category": "api-app-server",
 "use_cases": [
  "api-gateway",
  "rate-limiting",
  "authentication"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "kong gateway"
 ],
 "status": "live",
 "upstream": {
  "vendor": "Kong Inc.",
  "url": "https://konghq.com",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "license_url": "https://github.com/Kong/kong/blob/master/LICENSE"
 },
 "image": {
  "os": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
  "cis_level": 1,
  "ports": [
   8000,
   8443,
   443
  ],
  "artifacts": [
   "/etc/lynxroute/sbom.json",
   "/etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html",
   "/usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md"
  ]
 },
 "clouds": {
  "aws": {
   "status": "live",
   "version": "3.9.4",
   "last_build": "2026-10-23",
   "entity_id": "prod-quigglxxgdba6",
   "ami_alias": "/aws/service/marketplace/prod-quigglxxgdba6/latest",
   "listing_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-ryeoj376l4lq6",
   "recommended_instance_type": "t3.medium",
   "price_usd_per_hour": 0.05,
   "free_trial_days": 5,
   "unit": "instance-hour"
  },
  "azure": {
   "status": "live",
   "version": "3.9.3",
   "last_build": "2026-06-29",
   "offer_id": "kong",
   "plan_id": "payg-gen2",
   "image_urn": "lynxroute:kong:payg-gen2:latest",
   "listing_url": "https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/lynxroute.kong?tab=Overview",
   "recommended_vm_size": "Standard_D2s_v3",
   "price_usd_per_vcpu_hour": 0.028,
   "unit": "vcpu-hour"
  },
  "alicloud": {
   "status": "not_offered"
  }
 },
 "urls": {
  "page": "https://lynxroute.com/products/kong/",
  "json": "https://lynxroute.com/products/kong/product.json"
 },
 "release_notes": [
  {
   "version": "3.9.4",
   "title": "Kong Gateway 3.9.4",
   "notes": "* Kong Gateway (OSS) updated 3.9.3 -> 3.9.4, a security release. Apache-2.0 unchanged\n* Security: fixes CVE-2026-1907, an SQL injection in the clustering RPC\n* Rebuilt on the latest CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, picking up every operating-system security update published since the previous build\n",
   "source": "backfill-aws-listing",
   "live": {
    "aws": "2026-10-23"
   }
  },
  {
   "version": "3.9.3",
   "title": "Kong Gateway v3.9.3",
   "notes": "* Re-release of Kong Gateway 3.9.3. The application version is unchanged; this build refreshes the underlying operating system image\n* Certbot pre-installed - enable HTTPS with one command: sudo certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com\n* Rebuilt on the latest CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, picking up every operating-system security update published since the previous build\n",
   "source": "backfill-aws-listing",
   "live": {
    "aws": "2026-09-03",
    "azure": "2026-06-29"
   }
  },
  {
   "version": "3.9.3",
   "title": "Kong Gateway 3.9.3 - June 2026",
   "notes": "* Kong Gateway (OSS) 3.9.3 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - maintenance release (patch from 3.9.2); applies upstream nginx security patches limiting the maximum number of request headers (CVE-2026-49975)\n* Certbot pre-installed - enable a trusted HTTPS certificate with one command: sudo certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com\n* Rebuilt on the latest CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base\n",
   "source": "backfill-aws-listing",
   "live": {
    "aws": "2026-09-03",
    "azure": "2026-06-29"
   }
  },
  {
   "version": "3.9.2",
   "title": "Kong Gateway 3.9.2 - Initial release (June 2026)",
   "notes": "* Kong Gateway (OSS) 3.9.2 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS\n* CIS Level 1 hardening applied (ansible-lockdown/UBUNTU24-CIS)\n* CVE-scanned before every release\n* DB-less mode - declarative /etc/kong/kong.yml, no database to operate\n* Admin API bound to 127.0.0.1; remote management via an Nginx TLS + HTTP Basic Auth perimeter, single admin credential generated at first boot\n* Proxy data plane on ports 8000 (HTTP) and 8443 (HTTPS)\n* Anonymous usage reporting disabled\n* UFW firewall pre-configured (ports 22, 8000, 8443, 443)\n* fail2ban, auditd, AppArmor pre-configured\n* SBOM (CycloneDX 1.6) at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json\n* CIS Conformance Report (OpenSCAP) at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html\n* IMDSv2 enforced\n",
   "source": "backfill-aws-listing",
   "live": {
    "aws": "2026-06-11"
   }
  }
 ],
 "release_history": [
  {
   "version": "3.9.4",
   "aws": "2026-10-23"
  },
  {
   "version": "3.9.3",
   "aws": "2026-09-03",
   "azure": "2026-06-29"
  },
  {
   "version": "3.9.2",
   "aws": "2026-06-11"
  }
 ],
 "deploy": {
  "aws_cli": "# subscribe once on the AWS Marketplace listing, then:\naws ec2 run-instances \\\n  --image-id resolve:ssm:/aws/service/marketplace/prod-quigglxxgdba6/latest \\\n  --instance-type t3.medium --key-name my-key --security-group-ids sg-xxxxxxxx",
  "azure_cli": "# accept the plan terms once, then:\naz vm image terms accept --publisher lynxroute --offer kong --plan payg-gen2\naz vm create -g my-rg -n kong --size Standard_D2s_v3 \\\n  --image lynxroute:kong:payg-gen2:latest --admin-username azureuser --generate-ssh-keys"
 },
 "description": {
  "what_is": "Kong Gateway (OSS) is a cloud-native API gateway and reverse proxy built on OpenResty (NGINX + LuaJIT). It routes, secures, and observes API traffic with bundled plugins for key-auth, JWT, ACL, rate-limiting, request and response transformation, CORS, Prometheus metrics, and OpenTelemetry. API consumers connect to the proxy data plane, while operators manage configuration through the Admin API using the deck CLI or a declarative YAML file. This image runs in DB-less mode: configuration lives in a single declarative /etc/kong/kong.yml, so there is no database to deploy, secure, or operate. Apache-2.0 license, no per-API fees, no vendor lock-in. The Enterprise-only Kong Manager web console, RBAC, and OIDC are not part of this OSS build - management is via the Admin API.",
  "image_adds": "Security hardening:\n* DB-less mode - declarative /etc/kong/kong.yml, no database to deploy or expose\n* Admin API bound to 127.0.0.1 only; remote management via an Nginx TLS + HTTP Basic Auth perimeter, with a single admin credential generated at first boot\n* Proxy data plane on ports 8000 (HTTP) and 8443 (HTTPS)\n* Anonymous usage reporting disabled\n* UFW firewall - ports 22, 8000, 8443, 443\n* fail2ban, AppArmor\n* CVE scan - every image is scanned for vulnerabilities before release\n\nOS hardening (CIS Level 1):\n* CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown\n* auditd, SSH hardening, Kernel hardening, IMDSv2 enforced\n\nCompliance artifacts:\n* SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json\n* CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html\n* CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md"
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-10-31T09:36:34Z"
}