Modern microservices-based architectures necessitate a shift in both application development and deployment strategies, emphasizing hybrid deployments and Kubernetes orchestration as fundamental components. Kong Gateway facilitates hybrid deployments by separating the control plane, which handles administrative tasks, from the data plane, which serves API consumers, allowing them to operate in distinct environments. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) provides a robust platform for deploying these architectures, offering features like high availability, scalability, and load balancing. The integration of Kong Konnect and Amazon EKS Anywhere enhances this setup by enabling flexible deployment across AWS Cloud and on-premise environments, utilizing Amazon's open-source Kubernetes distribution and the Cluster API Project. This synergy allows for seamless workload movement and microservices management, with mTLS tunnels ensuring secure communication between control and data planes. The deployment of these components can be managed using Kubernetes tools like YAML, Helm Charts, and DevOps practices, which simplify the configuration of roles and communication settings. Together, Kong Konnect Enterprise and Amazon EKS Anywhere offer a comprehensive solution for running services across hybrid environments, supporting a wide range of API management features and plugins.