Prompt
I'm building a microservices platform and need one gateway for all APIs
Latest observation
A single gateway for all APIs in a microservices platform is usually called an API Gateway.
What it does
An API gateway sits between clients and your microservices and handles things like:
- Routing requests to the right service
- Authentication/authorization
- Rate limiting / throttling
- TLS termination
- Request/response transformation
- Aggregation of multiple service calls
- Logging, monitoring, and tracing
- Caching
Why use one
- Gives clients one entry point
- Hides internal service topology
- Reduces client complexity
- Centralizes cross-cutting concerns
Common options
- Kong
- NGINX / NGINX Plus
- Envoy
- Spring Cloud Gateway
- Traefik
- AWS API Gateway
- Azure API Management
- Google Cloud API Gateway / Apigee
Important design note
For most platforms, a single logical gateway is fine, but make sure it’s:
- Highly available
- Stateless
- Horizontally scalable
- Not overloaded with too much business logic
If you want, I can also help you choose the best gateway for your stack (Kubernetes, AWS, .NET, Java, Node.js, etc.).
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