NGINX as an API Gateway

API Gateway is another very popular use-case for NGINX, it is easy to configure and provides all the necessary functionalities you expect any enterprise grade API Gateway to possess.
In this basic how-to video, we cover:
◆ High level understanding of API Management vs API Gateway
◆ Capabilities of an API Gateway
◆ Authentication and Authorization with JWT Tokens
GitHub Link
⬡ github.com/jay-nginx/api-gateway
How to Get Started With NGINX
⬡ bit.ly/3MeGufw
Free eBook: Deploying NGINX as an API Gateway
⬡ bit.ly/3j7wwPA
Chapters:
0:00 - Configure NGINX or NGINX+ Instance as API Gateway
1:26 - Gateway vs. Management
2:33 - API Gateway
3:06 - Understanding an API Request
4:21 - API Gateway Essential Functions
11:16 - Demo

[@assonancex]

Really comprehensive presentation - cheers for that buddy.

[@StefanBraitti]

Great presentation! Thanks!

[@mockingbird3809]

Very interesting. Thanks!!

[@prabhakarrao8806]

Excellent presentation !!!

[@bjarnesegaard5701]

WHen you use the proxy_pass to go to a server url it will add the value from the proxy_pass to the url in th forwarding. So in the case of going to f1-api it will and up being f1-api/api/f1/seasons for eample.

[@mohamedyoussef8835]

Awesome video ++++++++++ 🙂

[@sakhrnabil7]

how do you use nginx-plus through docker-compose?

[@veldranecz]

Honestly jwt authentication is possible with nginx opensource, you can use openresty module lua-resty-oidc

[@budi0580]

Is possible do routing based on the request body specific field value ?

[@veldranecz]

yes, with the openresty (lua jit + nginx), you can parse the request body and based on the field value setup the upstream or define the target route

[@budi0580]

@@veldranecz hi thanks. I did it with njs module.

[@veldranecz]

@@budi0580 are you satisfied with the performance of thr njs module ?

[@initpwn]

joooooot

[@user-me1ry6lg6d]

the hardest part to using Nginix is this thing called TLS certificate ,.please help us on how to get one , just from scratch . Thank you sir.