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...
![Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 5 [Monetization]](https://cdn.haproxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/API-Gateway-Monetization-1000x500.png)
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...
Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Oct 26, 2020 | MICROSERVICES, PERFORMANCE
HAProxy’s cache helps boost API performance by serving saved messages to your users. The age of rendering most of a web page’s contents on the server and then delivering it as a colossal HTML file is fading into the past. Modern web frameworks like...
![Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 3 [Health Checks]](https://cdn.haproxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image2-2-1000x500.png)
Baptiste Assmann and Nick Ramirez Baptiste Assmann and Nick Ramirez | Mar 1, 2019 | MICROSERVICES, TECH
Achieving high availability rests on having good health checks. HAProxy as an API gateway gives you several ways to do this. Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 1 [Introduction] Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 2 [Authentication] Using HAProxy as an API...
