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FTI: https://konghq.atlassian.net/browse/FTI-7542

Explicitly stating the centrally-managed consumers require network connectivity to the Konnect identity service to validate requests. Some DPs may not have public network connectivity, and hence they do not have access to this feature.

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  • Tested how-to docs. If not, note why here.
  • All pages contain metadata.
  • Any new docs link to existing docs.
  • All autogenerated instructions render correctly (API, decK, Konnect, Kong Manager).
  • Style guide (capitalized gateway entities, placeholder URLs) implemented correctly.
  • Every page has a description entry in frontmatter.
  • Add new pages to the product documentation index (if applicable).

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the Key Auth plugin documentation to explicitly call out that identity realm authentication for centrally-managed Consumers requires the Data Plane to have network connectivity to the Konnect identity service, helping set expectations for restricted-network deployments.

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  • Adds an informational note in the Key Auth plugin overview explaining the Data Plane connectivity requirement for identity realms.
  • Updates the identity-realms example to include the connectivity requirement as a prerequisite.

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File Description
app/_kong_plugins/key-auth/index.md Adds an info note describing Data Plane connectivity requirements for realm-based auth.
app/_kong_plugins/key-auth/examples/identity-realms.yaml Adds a new requirement stating the Data Plane must reach the Konnect identity endpoint.


Identity realms are scoped to the Control Plane by default (`scope: cp`).
{:.info}
> **Note:** Identity realms require the Data Plane to have network connectivity to {{site.konnect_short_name}} to look up centrally-managed Consumers. The Data Plane reaches the realm at the identity endpoint `https://%s.identity.konghq.com`, where `%s` is the region. If the Data Plane can't reach {{site.konnect_short_name}}, realm-scoped authentication won't work.
You have a realm configured with an associated Control Plane in {{site.konnect_short_name}}.
You can do this with the [`/realms`](/api/konnect/consumers/#/operations/list-realms) endpoint.
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The Data Plane has network connectivity to {{site.konnect_short_name}} to reach the identity endpoint `https://%s.identity.konghq.com`, where `%s` is the region.
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