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Apache APISIX 3.0: 11 Highlights of Open Source API Gateway

The open source API Gateway Apache APISIX version 3.0 is coming! We have selected 11 essential features to give a brief overview.

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Why Is Apache APISIX the Best API Gateway?

Why is Apache APISIX the best API Gateway? We will compare multiple API gateways (Kong, Tyk, Gloo) in terms of the popularity among developers, their open source licenses, their performances, and the ecosystem as a whole.

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Why would you choose Apache APISIX instead of NGINX or Kong?

This article describes the history of the open source API Gateway Apache APISIX architecture's evolution and compares the advantages of the two frameworks, Apache APISIX and NGINX.

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GCP, AWS, Azure, and OCI ARM-Based Server Performance Comparison

This article uses Apache APISIX to compare the performance of AWS, Google, Azure, and Oracle ARM-based servers in network IO-intensive scenarios.

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Use Keycloak with API Gateway to secure APIs

This article describes how Apache APISIX integrates with Keycloak (OpenID Connect Provider) to secure your APIs.

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How to Integrate API Gateway and Consul?

Apache APISIX supports the Consul KV-based service discovery registry. This article will walk you through the process of implementing service discovery and service registry in Apache APISIX.

Ecosystem Plugins

Integrating Splunk HTTP Event Collector with API Gateway

This article explains how to configure and use the Splunk HEC service in Apache APISIX.

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How to choose the right API Style and Technology

In this post, we’ll go through the 5 most popular API styles and look at very common questions like “How to decide on the right API style and which technology to choose for a style” and provide practical scenarios where an API Gateway can supplement their weaknesses.

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A poor man's API

Creating a full-fledged API requires resources, both time and money. You need to think about the model, the design, the REST principles, etc., without writing a single line of code. Most of the time, ...

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Geo-routing with Apache APISIX

Apache APISIX, the Apache-led API Gateway, comes out of the box with many plugins to implement your use case. Sometimes, however, the plugin you're looking for is not available. While creating your ow...

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Event-Driven APIs with Webhook and API Gateway

There are many ways and technology options to consider when implementing an event-driven API. For example, we explored how to build event-driven APIs using these 3 well-known patterns: CQRS, API Gateway and Serverless on the previous blog post. This post elaborates on building event-driven APIs by making use of Webhook and API Gateway, we understand the role of each in this solution. Firstly, let’s turn our attention to the initial problem statement without the webhook in place.

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Apache APISIX 3.0: 11 Highlights of Open Source API Gateway

The open source API Gateway Apache APISIX version 3.0 is coming! We have selected 11 essential features to give a brief overview.

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10 most common use cases of an API Gateway

This post elaborates on the 10 most common usages of an API Gateway such as Apache APISIX in architecting API-Led Connectivity. We understand different solutions where you can make use of the API Gateway capabilities to design reliable, high-performance, and simple APIs for other developers.