Microservices with Docker on Microsoft Azure™ (includes Content Update Program)
by Boris Scholl, Trent Swanson, Daniel Fernandez
Application/API Gateway
An application gateway, also commonly referred to as an API Gateway, is used in a microservices architecture for traffic aggregation and request routing of inbound client requests to the necessary services. These gateways are also quite commonly used for authentication offload and SSL offload, as well as quality of service throttling, monitoring, and many other things. Even very basic load balancing and routing requirements will often require a reverse gateway, as most load balancers in public cloud environments are not dynamic or flexible enough to meet the needs of modern microservices deployments.
Common Gateway Responsibilities:
• Request routing and load balancing: Perform service lookup and route requests to the ...
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