Enterprise Application Architecture with .NET Core
by Ganesan Senthilvel, Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan, Habib Qureshi
API gateway
When having a lot of microservices, discovery, location, integration, security, and analytics become a challenge. Then comes the need for the software service called API gateway. An API gateway addresses a number of concerns within the microservices architecture, and provides certain features which are useful in the implementation of the architecture.
Features commonly provided by an API gateway include the following, and are to be sought when deciding which API gateway to use in the implementation of your microservices architecture:
API Security: The API gateway controls the access to services for partners, customers, and employees (developers, DevOps, and so on). Some API gateways also provide features of API key management, ...
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