version-compatibility.md

Version Compatibility

Kong's Ingress Controller is compatible with different flavors of Kong. The following sections detail on compatibility between versions.

Kong

By Kong, we are here referring to the official distribution of the Open-Source Kong Gateway.

Kong Ingress Controller	<= 0.0.4	0.0.5	0.1.x	0.2.x	0.3.x	0.4.x	0.5.x	0.6.x	0.7.x
Kong 0.13.x	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Kong 0.14.x	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Kong 1.0.x	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Kong 1.1.x	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Kong 1.2.x	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Kong 1.3.x	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Kong 1.4.x	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
Kong 2.0.x	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅

Kong-enterprise-k8s

Kong-enterprise-k8s is an official distribution by Kong, Inc. which bundles all enterprise plugins into Open-Source Kong Gateway.

The compatibility for this distribution will largely follow that of the Open-Source Kong Gateway compatibility (the previous section).

Kong Ingress Controller	0.6.2+	0.7.x
Kong-enterprise-k8s 1.3.x.y	✅	✅
Kong-enterprise-k8s 1.4.x.y	✅	✅

Kong Enterprise

Kong Enterprise is the official enterprise distribution, which includes all other enterprise functionality, built on top of the Open-Source Kong Gateway.

Kong Ingress Controller	0.0.5	0.1.x	0.2.x	0.3.x	0.4.x	0.5.x	0.6.x	0.7.x
Kong Enterprise 0.32-x	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Kong Enterprise 0.33-x	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Kong Enterprise 0.34-x	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Kong Enterprise 0.35-x	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Kong Enterprise 0.36-x	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
Kong Enterprise 1.3.x	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅