The Busy Platform Engineers Guide to API Gateways • Daniel Bryant • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOams https://gotoams.nl Daniel Bryant - Independent Technical Consultant @DanielBryantUK RESOURCES https://twitter.com/danielbryantuk https://github.com/danielbryantuk https://linkedin.com/in/danielbryantuk ABSTRACT API Gateways are certainly not a new technology, but the way in which they are being deployed, configured, and operated within modern platforms is forcing many of us to rethink our approach. Can we simply lift and shift our existing gateway into the cloud? Is our API gateway GitOps friendly (and does it need to be)? And what about service meshes, CNI, eBPF, and... Join this talk for a whistle stop tour of modern API gateways, which a focus on deploying and managing this technology within Kubernetes (on which many modern platforms are built): • Understand why platform engineers should care about API Gateways today • Learn about API gateways, options, and requirements for modern platforms • Identify key considerations for migrating to the cloud or building a new platform on Kubernetes • Understand how cloud native workflows impact the user/developer experience (UX/DX) of an API gateway • Explore the components of a complete "edge stack" that supports end-to-end development flows [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:23 tl;dr 02:36 Software engineering is all about decisions 03:59 Choosing an API gateway is a type 1 decision 05:55 From Kubernetes to PaaS to...? 06:29 A quick recap for building platforms 07:54 Looking back at my dev career 09:36 The need for a platform control plane emerges 10:02 The CNCF ecosystem is the foundation 10:38 A word of caution with platforms 11:57 Building platforms: What did I learn? 13:07 API Gateway as a Product 18:08 Modern cloud native comms stack 21:10 All-in-one or one-for-all? 22:39 You can't have good DevX without good UX 24:58 Self-Service configuration 29:18 Extra validation when applying global configuration? 29:41 Interop example: Emissary-ingress & Linkerd 32:23 API gateway plugins: love 'em/hate 'em 35:48 Wrapping up 36:41 Conclusion 40:02 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotoams.nl/2023/sessions/2498 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Daniel Bryant, James Gough & Matthew Auburn • Mastering API Architecture • https://amzn.to/3YvVXOF Daniel Bryant & Abraham Marín-Pérez • Continuous Delivery in Java • https://amzn.to/3DMBonT Mauricio Salatino • Platform Engineering on Kubernetes • https://amzn.to/3X14qZK https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #API #APIs #PlatformEngineering #CloudNative #EdgeStack #eBPF #CNI #ServiceMesh #GitOps #Kubernetes #PaaS #CNCF #DevX #Linkerd CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1