How to Route Traffic Between Services in Different Zones (Multi-Zone Setup)

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Hello everyone,

I’m new to Kong Mesh. I’m comfortable with single-zone traffic routing between Kubernetes pods, but I’m getting confused when it comes to multi-zone traffic routing.

My setup:

  • Global Control Plane: Kong Konnect

  • Zone Control Planes:

    • Zone 1 – running in a local Kubernetes cluster

    • Zone 2 – running in a separate, isolated local Kubernetes cluster

Use case:
I need to route traffic from:

  • Zone 1: demo-app (dataplane proxy)
    to

  • Zone 2: redis (dataplane proxy)

I’d appreciate guidance on:

  • The correct approach to enable cross-zone traffic routing

  • Any required configuration (Mesh, Dataplane, TrafficRoute, etc.)

  • Common pitfalls or best practices for this setup

Thanks in advance for your help!