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Jay Pathak

04/21/2023, 9:04 AM
Hi everyone ! I am evaluating API gateways and perks of using any available open source api gateway. Can someone pitch in to this thread with the data such as 1. What API gateway are they using? 2. What are some of the must haves they thought before choosing any gateway? Also is anyone using ambassador explicitly? Would like to connect
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Anjul Sahu

04/21/2023, 9:16 AM
You can use the API Gateway which is on top of Kubernetes (aka Ingress V2). Traefik/Istio Ingress gateway/Ambassador/Kong as well should work. Recently shared about Kong on our blog. https://www.cloudraft.io/blog/kong-api-gateway
another one - about K8s Api gateway https://www.armosec.io/blog/kubernetes-gateway-api/
For Ambassador, pls ping me, I can connect you with the right person.
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Michel Loiseleur

04/21/2023, 10:08 AM
Btw, Traefik is holding a webinar on API Gateway https://info.traefik.io/en/en/webinar-level-up-your-api
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Jay Pathak

04/21/2023, 10:28 AM
Thanks @Michel Loiseleur, I am extensively looking out for open source versions, so that can explore more on adding custom feature on need basis
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Anjul Sahu

04/21/2023, 3:16 PM
Go for envoy based system as it can be easily extended with filters and plugins. - https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/extending/extending
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Jay Pathak

04/21/2023, 3:28 PM
@Anjul Sahu Ambassador is built on top of envoy correct. Is there any advantage of using envoy based gateway than nginx based?
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Anjul Sahu

04/21/2023, 3:59 PM
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Sonja Chevre

04/24/2023, 6:50 AM
hey! I'm a product manager at Tyk - and we have our own open source api gateway: https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk let me know if you have any questions. the advantage of our gateway is that it is truly open source (not open core) - no need to pay for add-ons. We monetise the control plane, but depending on your use case, you might not need it - or can also write your own.