課程大綱

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

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