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API gateway is a fancy term for a configurable reverse proxy often bought as a service.
by SahAssar 2y ago
API gateway is a fancy term for a configurable reverse proxy often bought as a service.
- 0x457 2y agoNo, API gateway is a web service that has a main purpose of routing requests based on incoming requests. Load Balancer maing purpose is to...balance the load across multiple backends. Just because both can be implemented with a reverse proxy such as NGINX doesn't mean it's the same thing.
- SahAssar 2y agoI said "API gateway is a fancy term for a configurable reverse proxy often bought as a service" and both "load balancer" and "API gateway" are common configurations of "configurable reverse proxy", often bought as a service.
- p_ing 2y agoMany load balancers have this functionality within them, even ones from years ago that aren't around anymore like Microsoft ISA/TMG. They're not web services, but they can route based on requests.