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		merlincorey on Dec 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kong gateway reaches 1.0 GA, now supports service ... > Nginx gives you the ability to tweak functionality, but it's not as dynamic or as easy out of the box. NginX supports Lua and Javascript embedded and out of the box on many distributions.

vorpalhex on Dec 20, 2018 [–]

That is through a set of additional plugins. Kong uses that base and ships with mature implementing plugins including a robust RESTful API for managing config.

merlincorey on Dec 20, 2018 | [–]

> That is through a set of additional plugins.

Which are compiled and enabled in several distribution packages.

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