kong

docker3.9.2musl355M pulls

Kong is a cloud-native API gateway and service mesh platform for managing APIs and microservices.

api-management

Usage

Recommended variant

docker pull kong:3.3.1-alpine

alpine = musl libc, smallest footprint — some native extensions won't build

Variants

Available tags

kong:full

kong:alpinemusl

Lifecycle

Support & EOL

latest3.9.2

pull size34MB compressed

Known issues

Gotchas

avoid :latest in production — pulls breaking major version changes

alpine variant uses musl libc, can break native extensions compiled for glibc

requires a database (PostgreSQL or Cassandra) for configuration storage

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