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Kong/MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis, MN, US

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What we’re about

Welcome to Kong! We are so happy you are joining our global community!

This group is for everyone who is interested in learning more about APIs, microservices, Kubernetes, service mesh, and more. We are best known as the creator and primary supporter of Kong Gateway, the most widely adopted open-source API gateway.

Become a Community Organizer
We are always on the look for awesome community members to lead our user groups. The community organizer’s role is crucial to the success and vitality of Kong’s community. If you are interested in learning more, please email us at: meetups@konghq.com

Speak at a Meetup
We always want to hear from our community members about their awesome use cases! You can do a short talk of 15/20mins or a detailed technical presentation of 25/45min. Our team is happy to guide you through the process and help you with the presentation. And of course, all our community speakers get awesome swag!
Apply to speak: https://bit.ly/3JMA9Ws

Kong YouTube Channel - All of our community events are recorded and uploaded to YouTube. From User Calls, to tutorials, technical deep dives, we have it all!
Subscribe now: https://www.youtube.com/c/KongInc

Learn more about Kong

Kong community - https://konghq.com/community
Kong Champions - https://konghq.com/kong-champions Our champions are frequent contributors who play a key part in Kong’s community. Are you a Kong Champion? Apply today!

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Upcoming events (3)

Network event
118 attendees from 81 groups hosting
Thu, Aug 21, 2025, 3:00 PM UTCUnlocking API Excellence: Monitoring & Observability with Kong
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In today’s digital landscape, APIs are the backbone of innovation and connectivity. However, as API ecosystems grow in scale and complexity, ensuring optimal performance and reliability becomes increasingly challenging. That’s where observability and monitoring step in—empowering organizations to proactively manage, diagnose, and resolve API issues before they impact users.

Join us for an in-depth webinar, “Unlocking API Excellence: Monitoring & Observability with Kong,” where our experts will explore the critical role of observability in API performance optimization. Discover how Kong’s robust suite of tools provides real-time visibility into API operations, enabling you to track key metrics, swiftly diagnose bottlenecks, and drive operational excellence.

Whether you’re aiming to minimize downtime, enhance security, or deliver seamless user experiences, this session will equip you with actionable strategies and best practices for leveraging observability data to elevate your API game.

Key Takeaways:

Master the Importance of API Observability:
Understand why monitoring and observability are essential pillars of modern API management, ensuring continuous performance and early detection of issues.

Unlock Kong’s Monitoring Capabilities:
Learn how to leverage Kong’s powerful observability tools to monitor API traffic, latency, error rates, and other vital metrics in real time.

Drive Reliability and User Satisfaction: Discover proven techniques to use observability data for active troubleshooting, optimizing performance, and delivering consistently reliable API experiences to your users.
Network event
155 attendees from 81 groups hosting
Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 1:00 AM UTCKong Konnect Automations: API Platform-as-a-Service Concepts & Delivery Methods
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[Workshop] Kong Konnect Automations 101: Introduction to API Platform-as-a-Service Concepts and Delivery Methods

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Discover the fundamentals of delivering API management as a platform service with Kong Konnect.

In this introductory workshop, we’ll explore essential concepts and methodologies that Platform Providers use to provide scalable, self-service API management capabilities to Platform Consumers.

Who should attend? Platform Engineers, Platform Owners, SREs, and anyone building an internal API platform.

Design for Federation
- Map the “Provider - Consumer” contract so platform teams and product teams can work autonomously.
- Navigate Kong Konnect’s multi-tenant architecture to isolate teams while sharing global policies.
- Model RBAC and system accounts for fully programmatic workflows—no ticket queues.

Operationalize at Scale
- Onboard new teams in minutes using templated provisioning and GitOps pipelines.
- Give teams Infrastructure autonomy with governed self-provisioning of Platform resources.
- Integrate external systems (e.g., S3, Vault) for secrets and artifacts.

Throughout live demos and in-depth walkthroughs, you’ll build a reference blueprint you can take back to your org.

Ready to go deeper? This session sets you up for our 201 Workshop and Automations Developer Day.
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Network event
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Mon, Sep 15, 2025, 7:00 AM UTCThe Kong Agentic AI Hackathon at API Summit 2025
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We’re excited to invite you and your team to the Kong-quer Agentic AI Hackathon, part of API Summit 2025. This global hackathon is happening virtually, so you can join from anywhere.

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Theme: Agentic AI, systems that think, adapt, and act on their own. We’re challenging you to build projects that go beyond simple responses, taking initiative to solve real problems with minimal guidance.

What you can win:

$10,000 in total prizes for 7 winners

Digital contributor badges for all valid entries

A chance to be featured during API Summit, on the Kong blog, and across our social media

Key details:

Who: Join solo or in teams (up to 5 people)

When: Submit between September 15–30, 2025

Judging: Based on creativity, technical depth, impact, and how well you integrate with Kong

📌 Full details, rules, and registration are here: Hackathon Landing Page

We’d love to see what you create, something that doesn’t just respond, but truly acts.

Cheers,
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Past events (136)

Network event
115 attendees from 54 groups hosting
Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 3:00 PM UTCBuilding AI-Ready Infrastructure for Real-World Impact
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