Key Auth: Realms for external Consumers in Konnect - Plugin

Realms for external Consumers in Konnectv3.10+

You can authenticate consumers that are managed centrally in Konnect by configuring the identity_realms field in the Key Auth plugin. A Data Plane can only reach out to realms in the same region as they are deployed.

identity_realms are scoped to the Control Plane by default (scope: cp). The order in which you configure the identity_realms dictates the priority in which the Data Plane attempts to authenticate the provided API keys. See the realm priority reference for details.

For a full tutorial of this example, see Create a centrally-managed Consumer in Konnect.

Prerequisites

You have a realm configured with an associated Control Plane in Konnect. You can do this with the /realms endpoint.

Environment variables

REGION: Region for your Konnect instance.
REALM_ID: The ID of the realm you created in the prerequisites.

Set up the plugin

Add this section to your declarative configuration file:

_format_version: "3.0"
plugins:
  - name: key-auth
    config:
      key_names:
      - apikey
      identity_realms:
      - scope: realm
        region: ${{ env "DECK_REGION" }}
        id: ${{ env "DECK_REALM_ID" }}
      - scope: cp

Make the following request:

curl -X POST https://.api.konghq.com/v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/plugins/ \
    --header "accept: application/json" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $KONNECT_TOKEN" \
    --data '
    {
      "name": "key-auth",
      "config": {
        "key_names": [
          "apikey"
        ],
        "identity_realms": [
          {
            "scope": "realm",
            "region": "'$REGION'",
            "id": "'$REALM_ID'"
          },
          {
            "scope": "cp"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
    '

Make sure to replace the following placeholders with your own values:

controlPlaneId: The id of the control plane.
KONNECT_TOKEN: Your Personal Access Token (PAT) associated with your Konnect account.

See the Konnect API reference to learn about region-specific URLs and personal access tokens.

echo "
apiVersion: configuration.konghq.com/v1
kind: KongClusterPlugin
metadata:
  name: key-auth
  namespace: kong
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: kong
  labels:
    global: 'true'
config:
  key_names:
  - apikey
  identity_realms:
  - scope: realm
    region: '$REGION'
    id: '$REALM_ID'
  - scope: cp
plugin: key-auth
" | kubectl apply -f -

Prerequisite: Configure your Personal Access Token

terraform {
  required_providers {
    konnect = {
      source  = "kong/konnect"
    }
  }
}

provider "konnect" {
  personal_access_token = "$KONNECT_TOKEN"
  server_url            = "https://us.api.konghq.com/"
}

Add the following to your Terraform configuration to create a Konnect Gateway Plugin:

resource "konnect_gateway_plugin_key_auth" "my_key_auth" {
  enabled = true

  config = {
    key_names = ["apikey"]
    identity_realms = [
      {
        scope = "realm"
        region = var.region
        id = var.realm_id
      }, 

      {
        scope = "cp"
      }    ]
  }

  control_plane_id = konnect_gateway_control_plane.my_konnect_cp.id
}

This example requires the following variables to be added to your manifest. You can specify values at runtime by setting TF_VAR_name=value.

variable "realm_id" {
  type = string
}

Add this section to your declarative configuration file:

_format_version: "3.0"
plugins:
  - name: key-auth
    service: serviceName|Id
    config:
      key_names:
      - apikey
      identity_realms:
      - scope: realm
        region: ${{ env "DECK_REGION" }}
        id: ${{ env "DECK_REALM_ID" }}
      - scope: cp

Make sure to replace the following placeholders with your own values:

serviceName|Id: The id or name of the service the plugin configuration will target.

Make the following request:

curl -X POST https://.api.konghq.com/v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/services/{serviceId}/plugins/ \
    --header "accept: application/json" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $KONNECT_TOKEN" \
    --data '
    {
      "name": "key-auth",
      "config": {
        "key_names": [
          "apikey"
        ],
        "identity_realms": [
          {
            "scope": "realm",
            "region": "'$REGION'",
            "id": "'$REALM_ID'"
          },
          {
            "scope": "cp"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
    '

Make sure to replace the following placeholders with your own values:

controlPlaneId: The id of the control plane.
KONNECT_TOKEN: Your Personal Access Token (PAT) associated with your Konnect account.
serviceId: The id of the service the plugin configuration will target.

See the Konnect API reference to learn about region-specific URLs and personal access tokens.

echo "
apiVersion: configuration.konghq.com/v1
kind: KongPlugin
metadata:
  name: key-auth
  namespace: kong
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: kong
config:
  key_names:
  - apikey
  identity_realms:
  - scope: realm
    region: '$REGION'
    id: '$REALM_ID'
  - scope: cp
plugin: key-auth
" | kubectl apply -f -

Next, apply the KongPlugin resource by annotating the service resource:

kubectl annotate -n kong service SERVICE_NAME konghq.com/plugins=key-auth

Prerequisite: Configure your Personal Access Token

terraform {
  required_providers {
    konnect = {
      source  = "kong/konnect"
    }
  }
}

provider "konnect" {
  personal_access_token = "$KONNECT_TOKEN"
  server_url            = "https://us.api.konghq.com/"
}

Add the following to your Terraform configuration to create a Konnect Gateway Plugin:

resource "konnect_gateway_plugin_key_auth" "my_key_auth" {
  enabled = true

  config = {
    key_names = ["apikey"]
    identity_realms = [
      {
        scope = "realm"
        region = var.region
        id = var.realm_id
      }, 

      {
        scope = "cp"
      }    ]
  }

  control_plane_id = konnect_gateway_control_plane.my_konnect_cp.id
  service = {
    id = konnect_gateway_service.my_service.id
  }
}

This example requires the following variables to be added to your manifest. You can specify values at runtime by setting TF_VAR_name=value.

variable "realm_id" {
  type = string
}

Add this section to your declarative configuration file:

_format_version: "3.0"
plugins:
  - name: key-auth
    route: routeName|Id
    config:
      key_names:
      - apikey
      identity_realms:
      - scope: realm
        region: ${{ env "DECK_REGION" }}
        id: ${{ env "DECK_REALM_ID" }}
      - scope: cp

Make sure to replace the following placeholders with your own values:

routeName|Id: The id or name of the route the plugin configuration will target.

Make the following request:

curl -X POST https://.api.konghq.com/v2/control-planes/{controlPlaneId}/core-entities/routes/{routeId}/plugins/ \
    --header "accept: application/json" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer $KONNECT_TOKEN" \
    --data '
    {
      "name": "key-auth",
      "config": {
        "key_names": [
          "apikey"
        ],
        "identity_realms": [
          {
            "scope": "realm",
            "region": "'$REGION'",
            "id": "'$REALM_ID'"
          },
          {
            "scope": "cp"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
    '

Make sure to replace the following placeholders with your own values:

controlPlaneId: The id of the control plane.
KONNECT_TOKEN: Your Personal Access Token (PAT) associated with your Konnect account.
routeId: The id of the route the plugin configuration will target.

See the Konnect API reference to learn about region-specific URLs and personal access tokens.

echo "
apiVersion: configuration.konghq.com/v1
kind: KongPlugin
metadata:
  name: key-auth
  namespace: kong
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: kong
config:
  key_names:
  - apikey
  identity_realms:
  - scope: realm
    region: '$REGION'
    id: '$REALM_ID'
  - scope: cp
plugin: key-auth
" | kubectl apply -f -

Next, apply the KongPlugin resource by annotating the httproute or ingress resource:

kubectl annotate -n kong httproute  konghq.com/plugins=key-auth

kubectl annotate -n kong ingress  konghq.com/plugins=key-auth

Prerequisite: Configure your Personal Access Token

terraform {
  required_providers {
    konnect = {
      source  = "kong/konnect"
    }
  }
}

provider "konnect" {
  personal_access_token = "$KONNECT_TOKEN"
  server_url            = "https://us.api.konghq.com/"
}

Add the following to your Terraform configuration to create a Konnect Gateway Plugin:

resource "konnect_gateway_plugin_key_auth" "my_key_auth" {
  enabled = true

  config = {
    key_names = ["apikey"]
    identity_realms = [
      {
        scope = "realm"
        region = var.region
        id = var.realm_id
      }, 

      {
        scope = "cp"
      }    ]
  }

  control_plane_id = konnect_gateway_control_plane.my_konnect_cp.id
  route = {
    id = konnect_gateway_route.my_route.id
  }
}

This example requires the following variables to be added to your manifest. You can specify values at runtime by setting TF_VAR_name=value.

variable "realm_id" {
  type = string
}

Key Auth

Realms for external Consumers in Konnectv3.10+

Prerequisites

Environment variables

Set up the plugin

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