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Kong Event Gateway Backend Clusters API

A backend cluster is an abstraction of a real Kafka cluster. It stores the connection and configuration details required for Kong Event Gateway to proxy traffic to Kafka.Multiple Kafka clusters can be proxied through a single Kong Event Gateway.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Kong Event Gateway Backend Clusters API is one of 139 APIs that Kong publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Event Gateway Backend Clusters. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, a GitHub repository, an API reference, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 32 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.14.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://global.api.konghq.com, https://us.api.konghq.com, https://eu.api.konghq.com, https://au.api.konghq.com.

5 operations 2 paths 32 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.14.0
Base URL
https://konghq.com/
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Contact
Kong Inc
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Kong Event Gateway Backend Clusters API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Token) (personalAccessToken). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Token) (systemAccountAccessToken). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (konnectAccessToken). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (serviceAccessToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • personalAccessToken — The personal access token is meant to be used as an alternative to basic-auth when accessing Konnect via APIs. You can generate a Personal Access Token (PAT) f…
  • systemAccountAccessToken — The system account access token is meant for automations and integrations that are not directly associated with a human identity. You can generate a system acc…
  • konnectAccessToken — The Konnect access token is meant to be used by the Konnect dashboard and the decK CLI to authenticate with.
  • serviceAccessToken — The Service access token is meant to be used between internal services.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Event Gateway Backend Clusters 5

A backend cluster is an abstraction of a real Kafka cluster. It stores the connection and configuration details required for Kong Event Gateway to proxy traffic to Kafka. Multiple…

GET
/v1/event-gateways/{gatewayId}/backend-clusters
List Backend Clusters
list-event-gateway-backend-clusters 4 params → 200401403
POST
/v1/event-gateways/{gatewayId}/backend-clusters
Create Backend Cluster
create-event-gateway-backend-cluster 1 param body → 201400401403
GET
/v1/event-gateways/{gatewayId}/backend-clusters/{backendClusterId}
Get a Backend Cluster
get-event-gateway-backend-cluster 2 params → 200401403404
PUT
/v1/event-gateways/{gatewayId}/backend-clusters/{backendClusterId}
Update Backend Cluster
update-event-gateway-backend-cluster 2 params body → 200400401403
DELETE
/v1/event-gateways/{gatewayId}/backend-clusters/{backendClusterId}
Delete Backend Cluster
delete-event-gateway-backend-cluster 2 params → 204401403404

Schemas 32

The contract defines 32 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BackendCluster (11 properties), InvalidParameterMaximumLength (5 properties), InvalidParameterMinimumLength (5 properties), BaseError (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BadRequestError
BaseError
object
standard error
5 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterMinimumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
UpdatedAt
string
An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.
CreatedAt
string
An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
BackendCluster
object
The Kafka cluster.
11 properties 7 required
CursorMetaPage
object
5 properties 3 required
GatewaySecret
string
A sensitive value containing the secret or a reference to a secret as a template string expression. If the value is provided as plain text, it is encrypted at…
UnauthorizedError
BackendClusterAuthenticationSaslPlain
object
SASL/PLAIN authentication scheme for the backend cluster.
3 properties 3 required
BackendClusterTLS
object
5 properties 1 required
BackendClusterAuthenticationSensitiveDataAwareScheme
NotFoundError
StringFieldContainsFilter
object
Filters on the given string field value by fuzzy match.
1 property 1 required
InvalidParameterMaximumLength
object
5 properties 4 required
InvalidParameterStandard
object
4 properties 2 required
BackendClusterAuthenticationSaslPlainSensitiveDataAware
object
SASL/PLAIN authentication scheme for the backend cluster without requiring sensitive password data.
3 properties 2 required
BackendClusterName
string
The unique name of the backend cluster.
InvalidParameterChoiceItem
object
5 properties 4 required
BootstrapServers
array
A list of cluster bootstrap servers in the format address:port.
InvalidParameters
array
invalid parameters
Labels
object
Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters,…
BackendMetadataUpdateIntervalSeconds
integer
The interval at which metadata is updated in seconds.
BackendClusterAuthenticationSaslScram
object
SASL/SCRAM authentication scheme for the backend cluster.
4 properties 4 required
CursorMeta
object
Pagination metadata.
1 property 1 required
ForbiddenError
BackendClusterAuthenticationScheme
BackendClusterAuthenticationSaslScramSensitiveDataAware
object
SASL/SCRAM authentication scheme for the backend cluster without requiring sensitive password data.
4 properties 3 required
InvalidParameterDependentItem
object
5 properties 4 required
BackendClusterAuthenticationAnonymous
object
Anonymous authentication scheme for the backend cluster.
1 property 1 required
GatewaySecretReferenceOrLiteral
string
A literal value or a reference to an existing secret as a template string expression. The value is stored and returned by the API as-is, not treated as sensiti…
InvalidRules
string
invalid parameters rules

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kong-event-gateway-backend-clusters-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Base URL
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Docs
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Provider
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