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Gateway Federation in API Platform

What is Gateway Federation?

Gateway Federation Overview

Gateway federation in API Platform empowers organizations to seamlessly manage, govern, and expose APIs deployed on external gateways, all from a single, unified control plane. Instead of manually tracking APIs across different platforms, API Platform enables you to:

  • Discover External APIs: Automatically find APIs hosted on external gateways and bring them under API Platform’s management.
  • Centralize Governance: Apply consistent API governance compliance policies to all federated APIs, regardless of where they are deployed.
  • Monitor & Enforce Compliance: Continuously monitor API activity and ensure adherence to organizational governance policies.
  • Enable Developer Access: Make APIs easily discoverable and consumable for developers through the API Platform Developer Portal, streamlining onboarding and integration.

By federating gateways with API Platform, you gain complete visibility and control over your API landscape, reduce operational complexity, and accelerate secure API delivery to consumers and partners.

Getting Started

  1. Register External Gateway: Add the external gateway configuration in API Platform.
  2. Discover APIs: Discover APIs from the external gateway and create them in the API Platform control plane.
  3. Apply Governance: Define governance policies and monitor governance compliance for the discovered APIs.
  4. Expose to Developers: Make APIs available for consumption by publishing to the API Platform Developer Portal.