Introduction
This API Gateway & API Management at Scale with Kong training course provides professionals with the knowledge required to design and implement scalable API gateway architectures using Kong. The course focuses on managing API traffic, securing services, and enabling governance across distributed microservices environments. Participants will learn how API gateways support routing, load balancing, authentication, and service protection. The training course explains how organizations implement API lifecycle management, versioning, and policy enforcement using Kong. Emphasis is placed on high availability, scalability, and operational observability. Participants will also understand how API management improves reliability and control across enterprise service environments.
The training course further develops skills in implementing API security, rate limiting, and traffic management using Kong capabilities. Participants will learn how to integrate identity management, configure plugins, and monitor API performance. The course also addresses governance, API publishing, and backend integration strategies. Participants will understand how to manage API lifecycle, handle versioning, and enforce policies across environments. Additionally, the course explains deployment models and scaling approaches for high-volume API traffic. By the end of the training course, participants will be equipped to design and manage API gateway solutions using Kong.
This API Gateway & API Management at Scale with Kong training course will highlight:
- Designing API gateway architecture using Kong
- Implementing API security and rate limiting
- Managing API lifecycle and versioning
- Integrating IAM and backend services
- Monitoring API traffic and observability
Objectives
At the end of this API Gateway & API Management at Scale with Kong training course, you will learn to:
- Design API gateway architectures
- Implement API security and rate limiting
- Manage API lifecycle and governance
- Integrate IAM and backend services
- Monitor API performance
Training Methodology
This training course provides structured technical guidance on API gateway architecture and management using Kong. The methodology focuses on routing, security configuration, policy enforcement, and scalability. Participants will examine deployment architectures, plugin configuration, and API governance approaches. The course emphasizes practical implementation of API gateway solutions in enterprise environments.
Organisational Impact
This API Gateway & API Management at Scale with Kong training course will enable organisations to:
- Improve API security posture
- Enhance service scalability
- Strengthen API governance
- Improve traffic management
- Enable centralized API control
- Improve observability and monitoring
Personal Impact
Participants will develop:
- Design API gateway architectures
- Configure Kong plugins
- Implement API security
- Manage API lifecycle
- Improve API governance knowledge
- Enhance API management skills
Who should Attend?
This training course is designed for professionals responsible for API architecture, gateway management, and microservices integration.
- API Architects
- Backend Developers
- Platform Engineers
- DevOps Engineers
- Integration Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
API Gateway Architecture with Kong
- API gateway concepts
- Kong architecture overview
- Deployment models
- Routing and services
- Load balancing
- High availability design
API Security and Access Control
- Authentication mechanisms
- Authorization models
- Rate limiting
- IP restriction
- Security plugins
- Zero trust considerations
API Lifecycle and Governance
- API versioning
- API publishing
- Policy enforcement
- Service governance
- API documentation
- Managing API lifecycle
Integration and Traffic Management
- Backend service integration
- IAM integration
- Traffic shaping
- Circuit breaking
- Service mesh considerations
- Plugin configuration
Observability and Scaling
- Monitoring API traffic
- Logging strategies
- Metrics and dashboards
- Scaling Kong deployment
- Performance optimization
- Operational best practices
- Upon successful completion of this training course, a GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to all delegates.
- Guided Learning Hours – In accordance with ISO 9001:2015–certified quality management standards, one Guided Learning Hour is awarded for every 60 minutes of attendance.