  Kong API Gateway培訓(xùn)

Introduction

The need for API management
Setting up Kong

Deciding on an installation type: bare metal, cloud, containers and Kubernetes
Using curl commands
Installing and starting a Kong cluster
Overview of Kong Features and Architecture

Kong's lightweight proxy
Kong plugins
Adding Services and Routes

Using the Admin API
Implementing host matching
Consuming Services

Configuring ports, hosts, and DNS
Responding to Requests

Reverse proxying incoming requests
Controlling Traffic

Managing, throttling, and restricting traffic
Load balancing requests: dynamic ring-balancer vs DNS-based
Analyzing Traffic

Visualizing, inspecting, and monitoring traffic (e.g., using Prometheus)
Logging data transfers (e.g., using ELK Stack)
Transforming Data

Transforming requests and responses in real-time
Securing API and Service Access

Protecting services through an authentication layer
Integrating Kong with Third-party Services

Calling serverless functions via APIs
Advanced Routing Mechanisms

Beyond simple host matching
Securing the Kong Admin API

Configuring firewall rules
Using Kong as a proxy for the Admin API
Extending Kong

Adding extra functionality through Kong Plugins
Creating Your Own Plugin
Scaling Kong

Increasing nodes to process trillions of API calls
Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion