This instructor-led training program covers Kong architecture, API gateway concepts, service routing, plugins, authentication, rate limiting, traffic control, API security, load balancing, monitoring, logging, microservices communication, and deployment workflows.
Overview
Kong API Training by AcadNXT is designed to provide participants with practical expertise in API gateway management, microservices integration, and API lifecycle management using the Kong API Gateway platform. This instructor-led training program covers Kong architecture, API gateway concepts, service routing, plugins, authentication, rate limiting, traffic control, API security, load balancing, monitoring, logging, microservices communication, and deployment workflows. Participants will gain hands-on experience in configuring, managing, and securing APIs using Kong for modern cloud-native and enterprise application environments. The course is ideal for API developers, DevOps engineers, backend developers, cloud engineers, and IT professionals looking to strengthen their API management and microservices integration capabilities.
Learning Outcomes
• Understand Kong API Gateway architecture and workflows
• Configure and manage API gateway services effectively
• Implement authentication, authorization, and traffic control policies
• Integrate Kong with microservices and backend services successfully
• Apply monitoring, logging, and analytics techniques effectively
• Troubleshoot API gateway and service communication issues
• Deploy scalable API gateway solutions in enterprise environments
• Apply API security and governance best practices confidently
Duration & Delivery Mode
14 hours
Target Audience
• API Developers
• Backend Developers
• DevOps Engineers
• Cloud Engineers
• Microservices Architects
• Integration Specialists
• Platform Engineers
• IT Professionals interested in API gateway management
Pre-requisites
• Basic understanding of APIs and web services
• Familiarity with RESTful architecture concepts is beneficial
• Knowledge of networking and HTTP protocols is helpful
• Understanding of microservices or cloud concepts is advantageous
Skillset Achieved
• Understanding Kong API Gateway architecture and workflows
• Configuring and managing API gateways using Kong
• Managing API routing and service communication
• Applying authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Implementing traffic control and rate limiting policies
• Integrating Kong with microservices environments
• Managing logging, monitoring, and analytics workflows
• Applying API security and governance best practices
• Debugging and troubleshooting API gateway issues
• Deploying scalable API management solutions using Kong
Course Outcome
After completing the Kong API Training, participants will be able to configure, secure, monitor, and manage APIs using Kong API Gateway in modern enterprise and cloud-native environments. Learners will gain practical expertise in API routing, traffic management, authentication, microservices integration, monitoring, and scalable API gateway deployment practices.
Course Outline
Introduction to API Gateway and Kong
• Overview of API gateway concepts and architecture
• Introduction to Kong API Gateway ecosystem
• Understanding microservices communication workflows
• Installing and configuring Kong environment
• Kong architecture and deployment overview
Service Routing and API Management
• Creating and managing services in Kong
• Route configuration concepts
• Managing upstream services and APIs
• Proxy and gateway workflows
• API lifecycle management basics
Plugins and Traffic Management
• Introduction to Kong plugins
• Authentication and authorization plugins
• Rate limiting and traffic control techniques
• Request and response transformation concepts
• Plugin management best practices
Security and Access Control
• API authentication mechanisms
• JWT and OAuth concepts overview
• Role-based access management basics
• Secure API communication techniques
• API security best practices
Microservices Integration
• Integrating Kong with microservices environments
• Service discovery concepts
• Load balancing and failover workflows
• API orchestration basics
• Scalable API architecture concepts
Monitoring, Logging, and Analytics
• API monitoring concepts
• Logging and diagnostics workflows
• Managing API usage analytics
• Performance monitoring basics
• Troubleshooting gateway and service issues
Deployment and Production Management
• Deploying Kong in production environments
• Containerized deployment concepts
• Configuration management workflows
• High availability and scalability concepts
• Maintenance and upgrade best practices
Mini Project and Practical Implementation
• Configuring a Kong API Gateway environment
• Implementing routing, plugins, and security policies
• Integrating APIs and microservices workflows
• Monitoring and troubleshooting API traffic
• Final project review and discussion
Assessment Topics
• Kong architecture and API gateway concepts
• Service routing and API management workflows
• Plugin configuration and traffic control techniques
• Authentication and API security concepts
• Microservices integration and load balancing
• Monitoring, logging, and analytics workflows
• Deployment and troubleshooting practices
• Kong API Gateway mini project implementation
Evaluation
• Hands-on Kong API Gateway configuration exercises
• API routing and plugin management assignments
• Authentication and security implementation activities
• Monitoring and troubleshooting tasks
• Mini project development and evaluation
• Interactive implementation and architecture discussions
Course Materials
Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.
Certification
Participants who successfully complete the training will receive an AcadNXT Certification in Kong API Training, validating their expertise in Kong API Gateway management, API routing, authentication, traffic control, microservices integration, monitoring, API security, and scalable enterprise API management practices.
Available cities in United States for this course
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What Our Students Say
“The Kong API Training from AcadNXT provided excellent practical exposure to API gateway management and enterprise microservices integration workflows.”
“This course helped me understand Kong routing, authentication, and traffic management concepts through highly practical implementation sessions.”
“The instructors explained API gateway security, plugin management, and monitoring workflows very clearly. The hands-on labs were extremely beneficial.”
“I gained strong confidence in configuring Kong API Gateway and implementing scalable API management solutions. The mini project added significant practical value.”
“AcadNXT delivered a highly professional Kong API training program that significantly improved our API gateway management and microservices engineering capabilities.”