Daniel Skrba Daniel Skrba | Sep 12, 2022 | BASICS, LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING
When talking about managing web applications and the services they provide, the term “API gateway” is often thrown around, but what does it mean? In order to unpack how a gateway functions, we first need to understand what an API is. Application Programming Interface...
Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Sep 12, 2022 | DEVOPS, SECURITY
With HTTP REST APIs serving as the backbone of modern web applications, securing those APIs presents a critical challenge for organizations. APIs are typically designed to be discoverable, self-documenting, and easily consumed by a range of programming languages, and...
Marko Juraga Marko Juraga | Feb 21, 2022 | DEVOPS, NEWS
The focus of the 2.5 version was on expanding support for HAProxy configuration keywords, and that’s where most of the effort during this release cycle was spent. We will continue doing that during the next couple of versions to gain complete feature parity with...
Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Mar 19, 2021 | LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING, SECURITY
HAProxy acts as an API gateway in front of your application servers, providing cross-cutting security. Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 1 [Introduction] Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 2 [Authentication] Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 3...
Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Mar 12, 2021 | LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING, SECURITY
Use HAProxy as an API gateway to enable API monetization. Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 1 [Introduction] Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 2 [Authentication] Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 3 [Health Checks] Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 4...