Visualize Your Kong API Gateway

KongMap is a new free Docker-based tool that allows you to quickly see your whole Kong API Gateway configuration in an interactive map through a web browser. No more combing through yaml based declarative config files or making API calls or stringing together Admin GUI clicks to make a mental map of your current gateway configuration. CLI’s are great, but sometimes it is just nice to be able to visually to see your gateway configuration relationships. KongMap offers an alternative way to view and manage your Kong Gateways

KongMap provides a single pane view of your Kong Cluster showing all of your gateway API Endpoints (Routes) and the upstream proxied targets (Services) they are connected with. Polices (Plugins) such as authentication, rate limiting, caching, and more can be toggled in and out of view. Hovering over or clicking into any node in the map will bring up details for that node, whether it be a route, service, plugin, or workspace (workspaces are only shown when connected to a Kong Enterprise cluster). When connected to a Kong Enterprise Cluster, every node has a direct link to view itself in Kong Manager (The Kong Enterprise Edition Admin GUI). KongMap is a good complement to what is available and not available in the Kong Enterprise UI, Kong Manager and Open Source UI alternatives such as Konga. KongMap provides the ability to toggle between multiple Kong clusters, whether they be Kong Open Source, Kong Enterprise, DB or DB-less cluster configurations, or Kong for Kubernetes (Kong’s Ingress Controller for Kubernetes).

Endpoint Analyzer

A really helpful feature beyond the map view is the Endpoint Analyzer. Clicking on an endpoint node will reveal the ‘Analyze Endpoint’ button.

The Analyzer will walk you through the details of any particular endpoint including detailed configuration of the Kong Route, the order of execution and details of plugins/policies as well as the full details of the attached/proxied Service. If connected to a Kong Enterprise Cluster, then a direct link to the element on Kong Manager is provided.