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Workshop Intermediate

API Gateway: A guide to easily securing your APIs

Proposal status is Rejected
Session Description

API Gateway abstracts away the various services from clients. It also helps in securing the underlying APIs in a standardised manner. I'll be taking an example of Kong Gateway, a popular open source project and how it can be leveraged for securing your APIs. In this workshop, we will take an example of a sample service and look into enabling authentication, logging, rate limiting by using Kong Plugins. The structure of the workshop would be as following:


  • - What is an API Gateway?
  • - What functionalities can API Gateway help with?
  • - Popular API Gateways
  • - Basics of Kong Gateway
  • - Deployment Styles for Kong Gateway
  • - Best Practices

By the end of the session, you will be familiar with what an API gateway is, what Kong Gateway is, and how you can leverage an API Gateway to secure your API endpoints.


References

https://github.com/Kong/kong

Session Categories

FOSS

Speakers

Ashwini Manoj
Ashwini Manoj Senior Software Engineer | Infraspec

I am a Software Engineer working at Infraspec in Bangalore. I've worn the hat of a Frontend, Backend, and SRE/Infrastructure engineer over the last 7 years of my career. I have experience working in domains like supply chain management, retail, and fintech. I am also an organizer for the DevOpsDays conference in Bangalore.