MODERN API GATEWAY ENGINEERING

Build, Secure & Automate Cloud-Native APIs with NGINX, Kong, Traefik, AWS API Gateway, Kubernetes, OpenAPI, OAuth2, APIOps, GitOps & Observability

von Jianxu Luo

178 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Modern API platforms need more than simple routing. They need security, automation, observability, governance, and a reliable way to control traffic across microservices, Kubernetes, serverless, and cloud environments.Modern API Gateway Engineering is a practical guide to designing, securing, automating, and operating modern API gateway platforms using NGINX, Kong, Traefik, AWS API Gateway, Kubernetes, OpenAPI, OAuth2, APIOps, GitOps, and observability tooling.The book begins with the foundations of API gateways and explains how they differ from load balancers, Ingress controllers, and service meshes. From there, you will progressively build and secure gateway environments for REST, gRPC, microservices, Kubernetes, and serverless workloads.You will learn how to: - Configure NGINX for routing, gRPC, caching, authentication, and rate limiting- Deploy and manage Kong and Traefik on Kubernetes- Build serverless APIs with AWS API Gateway, Lambda, and Cognito- Secure APIs with JWT, OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, API keys, WAF controls, and OWASP API security practices- Use OpenAPI as the source of truth for API contracts and gateway configuration- Build APIOps and GitOps workflows with GitHub Actions, Argo CD, or Flux- Enforce centralized authorization and policy controls with Keycloak and Open Policy Agent- Monitor traffic, latency, errors, and authentication failures with Prometheus and Grafana- Implement distributed tracing and telemetry with OpenTelemetry- Standardize policies across multiple gateway technologies- Test performance, resilience, failover, canary releases, and blue-green deployments- Create dashboards, alerts, and runbooks for reliable API operationsEach major section includes hands-on labs that move from architecture to implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and automation.The final capstone project brings everything together into a multi-gateway, multi-region API platform where NGINX, Kong, Traefik, and AWS API Gateway front the same API estate with unified routing, authentication, policy enforcement, caching, observability, GitOps-based delivery, and operational monitoring.Whether you are a backend developer, DevOps engineer, SRE, cloud engineer, platform engineer, architect, or API security professional, this book provides a structured path to building API gateway systems that are secure, automated, observable, resilient, and ready to scale.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174109827
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published