Component guide
kong
API gateway for routing, auth and rate limiting.
Meridian
in Meridian-API-Platform-200
kong
Licence: Apache-2.0 | Language: Lua | Source: https://github.com/Kong/kong
Role
API gateway
Why it's here
Authentication, rate limiting, key management and plugins in front of every service - the piece that makes a platform.
Running it
Started by docker compose up -d on port 8000.
./fetch-sources.sh ./sources
tar xzf ./sources/kong.tar.gz -C ./sources
This component ships inside the Meridian
stack. See pricing →