2020-11-08 Sunday - Researching Azure API Gateway - Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Deployment

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/

 

Hybrid, multi-cloud management platform for APIs across all environments

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/api-management/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/?product=featured
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/api-management/#documentation

API Management in a Hybrid and Multi-Cloud World

• https://azure.microsoft.com/mediahandler/files/resourcefiles/api-management-in-a-hybrid-and-multi-cloud-world/API%20management%20in%20a%20hybrid%20and%20multi-cloud%20world.pdf

Bring Azure services and management to any infrastructure

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-arc/
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/azure-arc-infographic/
• https://azure.microsoft.com/mediahandler/files/resourcefiles/azure-arc-infographic/Azure_Arc_Infographic.pdf

"For customers who want to simplify complex and distributed environments across on-premises, edge and multicloud, Azure Arc enables deployment of Azure services anywhere and extends Azure management to any infrastructure."

 

Self-hosted gateway overview

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/self-hosted-gateway-overview
  

"The following functionality found in the managed gateways is not available in the self-hosted gateways:...", (KM: see article for details)

"When connectivity to Azure is lost, self-hosted gateway will be unable to receive configuration updates, report its status, or upload telemetry."

 

Deploy an Azure API Management self-hosted gateway to Docker

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/how-to-deploy-self-hosted-gateway-docker

"Hosting self-hosted gateway in Docker is best suited for evaluation and development use cases. Kubernetes is recommended for production use."

 

Deploy a self-hosted gateway to Kubernetes

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/how-to-deploy-self-hosted-gateway-kubernetes

"The self-hosted gateway sends telemetry to Azure Monitor and Azure Application Insights according to configuration settings in the associated API Management service. When connectivity to Azure is temporarily lost, the flow of telemetry to Azure is interrupted and the data is lost for the duration of the outage. Consider setting up local monitoring to ensure the ability to observe API traffic and prevent telemetry loss during Azure connectivity outages."

Integrate API Management in an internal VNET with Application Gateway

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-integrate-internal-vnet-appgateway

How to use Azure API Management with virtual networks

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/api-management-using-with-vnet

"Azure Virtual Networks (VNETs) allow you to place any of your Azure resources in a non-internet routable network that you control access to. These networks can then be connected to your on-premises networks using various VPN technologies."

Azure Tips & Tricks #197:Getting started with Azure API Management

• https://microsoft.github.io/AzureTipsAndTricks/blog/tip197.html