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title: Integrating PingOne Authorize with Kong Gateway
description: Ping Identity's integration kit for Kong extends Kong's authorization capabilities through an external policy evaluation service.
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revdate: July 2, 2025
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# Integrating PingOne Authorize with Kong Gateway

Ping Identity's integration kit for Kong extends Kong's authorization capabilities through an external policy evaluation service.

Integration with Kong Gateway allows centralized management of API access control and application protection in PingOne Authorize while delegating enforcement to Kong Gateway. Learn more about how traffic flows through Kong Gateway and PingOne Authorize in [How API Access Management works](p1az_introduction.html#section_lvy_vgt_zsb).

Configure the integration kit in Kong Gateway to enable management of access control rules in PingOne Authorize. The integration kit works with Kong Gateway or [Kong Konnect](p1_az_kong_konnect_integration.html).

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|   | * The `ping-auth` plugin has been tested with Kong Gateway 3.4.1.

* Support for Kong Konnect is available in version 1.0.8 and later of the `ping-auth` plugin. |

To configure the integration kit:

1. [Set up an API gateway](p1az_configuring_p1az_for_kong_integration.html) in PingOne Authorize.

2. [Configure the ping-auth plugin](p1az_configuring_kong_for_p1az_integration.html) in Kong Gateway.

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|   | The following are important usage notes for the Kong Gateway integration kit:- Transfer-encoding

  A Kong limitation currently prevents the `ping-auth` plugin from supporting the `Transfer-Encoding` header, regardless of the value.

- Logging limit

  Because of Kong's log level limit, log messages are limited to 2048 bytes by default, which is less than the size of many requests and responses. Learn more in the [OpenResty Reference](https://openresty-reference.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Lua_Nginx_API/#ngxlog) documentation.

- Request body limit

  The `ping-auth` plugin might not receive client request bodies that exceed Kong's default buffer limit of 8 KB. If the request body is missing, check the `nginx_http_client_body_buffer_size` setting in `kong.conf` and increase its value to accommodate your maximum expected request body size. Learn more in [nginx\_http\_client\_body\_buffer\_size](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/reference/configuration/#nginx_http_client_body_buffer_size) in the Kong documentation. |

Learn more about Kong in the [Kong Gateway](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest) documentation.