An Introduction to API Gateways

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INTRODUCTION TO API GATEWAYS

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AN INTRODUCTION TO API GATEWAYS

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AN INTRODUCTION TO API GATEWAYS

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG COMMON FUNCTIONALITY ▸ Authentication ▸ Caching ▸ Logging ▸ Rate limiting ▸ Transformations

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG COMMON FUNCTIONALITY ▸ Authentication ▸ Caching ▸ Logging ▸ Rate limiting ▸ Transformations

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG COMMON FUNCTIONALITY ▸ Authentication ▸ Caching ▸ Logging ▸ Rate limiting ▸ Transformations

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG CONSOLIDATION ▸ Potentially hundreds of APIs on different servers ▸ One hostname to rule them all

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG MOVE FAST, BREAK NOTHING ▸ Registering an API is just an API call to Kong ▸ Changing an API is just an API call to Kong

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG THOSE WHO CONTROL THE PRESENT, CONTROL THE PAST ▸ “Fix” legacy URL issues ▸ https://unit-api.realpage.com/v2/sites/a99e12/foo ▸ becomes ▸ https://esapi.realpage.com/unit-api/a99e12/sites

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG BALANCE THE LOAD ▸ Kong can provide load balancing

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG SECURITY AS A SERVICE ▸ One SSL certiﬁcate for esapi.realpage.com

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG TIPPING THE SCALES ▸ Scaling Kong horizontally ▸ Scaling backends horizontally ▸ Caching

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AN INTRODUCTION TO KONG AUTOBOTS, TRANSFORM! ▸ Add or remove headers ▸ Add or remove query string parameters ▸ Add or remove ﬁelds from response bodies

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QUESTIONS? AN INTRODUCTION TO API GATEWAYS