Grey Parrot CTO Shares How Kong Gateway Transformed Observability at API Summit

2023  16 November 2023

Grey Parrot CTO Shares How Kong Gateway Transformed Observability at API Summit

Grey Parrot IO Ltd was represented at the API Summit by our Chief Technology Officer, Matey Aryeh. His session, "Handling Observability from an API Gateway Perspective," looked at why observability matters in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and how the right tooling can change the way teams monitor their services.

Matey described how Grey Parrot's move to the Kong Gateway has improved service monitoring for both Grey Parrot and its clients. The improvement applies to on-premise and cloud services alike.

What the session covered

  • Observability in SRE: Why observability is central to SRE practice and how it affects service reliability.
  • The move to Kong Gateway: The practical observability benefits Grey Parrot saw after the transition.
  • Comprehensive service monitoring: Strategies for effective health checks across the whole service stack, covering both applications and the systems they depend on.
  • Adapting team culture: The cultural shift teams need in order to adopt stronger observability practices, and how Kong Gateway supports that shift.

For teams working in API management and SRE, the session shows how adopting the right tools can improve observability across the service stack.