Bangalore SRE x Kong Bengaluru July month meetup

Join us for an exclusive collaboration between the Bangalore SRE community and Kong Bengaluru. Let's come together to share knowledge on innovation, resilience and collaboration in reliability and API space.
Whether you are an SRE veteran or newbie, a power user of API Platforms, Service Mesh or just curious about industry trends, this is the perfect space to connect.
Let’s come together to share knowledge, forge connections, and toast to a more reliable future!
Save the date and be part of the celebration! 🚀

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When: July 12th, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Smarsh Inc. (Halasuru, Bangalore)

AGENDA:
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM -
Introductions and Kick -off

11:30 - 12 PM -
From Chaos to Kong: building enterprise grade MT API governance at scale
In this talk we go over - K8s multi-tenancy 101s and challanges we have faced at Smarsh. How Kong as an API gateway platform solution helped us. Architectural deep dive, implementation journey and path ahead.

Speaker:
Harsh Kumar and Duvvuri Srinivas (Smarsh)

12:05 - 12:35 PM -
Introduction to Insomnia – Simplifying API Testing and CI/CD Integration

• Create a simple API, and an OpenAPI spec for it.
• Generate collection from OpenAPI spec for testing, use it on local
• Automating API tests using Insomnia CLI (`inso`)
• Running tests in CI tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)

Speaker:
Harsha Dixit (Kong)

12:45 - 1:15 PM -
Optimizing SRE workflows with MCP Servers

In this talk we'll explore how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes & simplifies access to diverse data sources for SRE teams, enabling automated context retrieval and more reliable, AI-driven operational workflows.

Speaker:
Jeydev N. (JP Morgan Chase)

1:15 onwards -
Networking over Coffee/Refreshments

This event is in collaboration with: Kong Bengaluru
Our Venue and refreshments sponsor for the meetup: Smarsh Inc.