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# Getting Started with Kong Enterprise

## What is Kong Enterprise?

 Kong Gateway Enterpise is the scalable, secure, and self-managed API management solution

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## Benefits of Kong Enterprise

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## What is Kong Manager?

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Kong Manager is the graphical user interface (GUI) for Kong Gateway. It uses the Kong Admin API under the hood to administer and control Kong Gateway.

#### Here are some of the things you can do with Kong Manager:

* Manage all workspaces in one place
* Create new routes and services
* Activate or deactivate plugins
* Group your teams, services, plugins, consumer management, and everything else exactly how you want them
* Manage users and roles for Kong Gateway
* Centrally store and easily access key sets and keys.

Access Kong Manager on port `8002` at the path you specified in `KONG_ADMIN_GUI_PATH`, or the default URL `http://localhost:8002/workspaces`.

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**Note**: If you are running Kong in [traditional mode](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/3.6.x/production/deployment-topologies/traditional/), increased traffic could lead to potential performance issues for the Kong proxy. Server-side sorting and filtering large quantities of entities can also cause increased CPU usage in both Kong Gateway and its database.
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## What is Kong Admin API?

Kong Gateway comes with an **internal** RESTful Admin API for administration purposes. Requests to the Admin API can be sent to any node in the cluster, and Kong will keep the configuration consistent across all nodes.

* `8001` is the default port on which the Admin API listens.
* `8444` is the default port for HTTPS traffic to the Admin API.

This API is designed for internal use and provides full control over Kong, so care should be taken when setting up Kong environments to avoid undue public exposure of this API. See [Securing the Admin API](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/3.6.x/production/running-kong/secure-admin-api/) for more information about security methods.

## What is Kong Manager OSS <a href="#main" id="main"></a>

Kong Manager Open Source (OSS) is the graphical user interface (GUI) for Kong Gateway (OSS). It uses the Kong Admin API under the hood to administer and control Kong Gateway (OSS). To access Kong Manager OSS, go to the following URL after installing Kong Gateway (OSS): <http://localhost:8002>

#### Here are some of the things you can do with Kong Manager OSS:

* Create new routes and services
* Activate or deactivate plugins
* Group your services, plugins, consumer management, and everything else exactly how you want them
* Manage certificates
* Centrally store and easily access key sets and keys.

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**Note:** If you are using the Enterprise image of Kong Gateway, you can use the [Kong Manager Enterprise](https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/3.6.x/kong-manager/).
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