[Kong Operator][docs]

Kong Operator is a [Kubernetes Operator][operator-concept] that can manage your Kong Ingress Controller, Kong Gateway Data Planes, or both together when running on Kubernetes.

With Kong Operator, users can:

• Deploy and configure Kong Gateway services.
• Customise deployments using PodTemplateSpec to:
  • Deploy sidecars,
  • Set image,
  • And much more.
• Upgrade Data Planes using a rolling restart or blue/green deployments.
• Configure auto scaling on Data Planes.