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How NGINX fits as a potential complement and/or replacement for existing API gateway and API management approaches
How to take an existing NGINX Open Source or NGINX Plus configuration and extend it to also manage API traffic
How to create a range of safeguards that can be applied to protect and secure backend API services in production
How to deploy NGINX Plus as an API gateway for gRPC services
Enterprises use NGINX load‑balancing features to complement existing hardware ADCs, or even to replace them completely, and while converting applications from monoliths to microservices. Among the many use cases for NGINX, the API gateway use case is becoming increasingly widespread, especially when collapsing load balancers and API gateways into a single solution.
In this eBook, we show you how to extend NGINX Open Source or NGINX Plus to manage API traffic. With NGINX for API management, you tap into the high performance, reliability, robust community support, and advanced functionality and professional support (for NGINX Plus customers) that NGINX is famous for.
