Getting Started 4 guides
What APISIX is, how it compares to Kong and NGINX, and how to set it up from scratch.
Apache APISIX Gateway: Architecture, Core Concepts and Getting Started Guide
APISIX User Guide: Routes, Upstreams, Services and the Admin API
APISIX vs Kong vs Traefik vs NGINX: Which API Gateway Should You Use?
APISIX vs Kong: Feature-by-Feature Technical Comparison with Benchmarks
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Auth & Security 5 guides
JWT, API keys, OAuth 2.0, CORS, SSL/TLS and fine-grained access control at the gateway level.
APISIX Authentication: JWT, API Keys, Basic Auth and OAuth 2.0 Plugins
APISIX Access Control: IP Allow/Deny, Consumer Groups and RBAC
APISIX SSL: HTTPS Termination, mTLS and Dynamic Certificate Management
APISIX CORS Plugin: Configure Cross-Origin Requests at the Gateway
APISIX Security Hardening: WAF, Bot Detection and Threat Protection
Traffic Management 4 guides
Rate limiting, load balancing, traffic splitting for canary releases and API versioning strategies.
APISIX Rate Limiting: limit-count, limit-req and limit-conn Plugins Explained
APISIX Load Balancing: Round Robin, Least Conn, Weighted and Health Checks
APISIX Traffic Splitting: Canary Releases and A/B Testing at the Gateway
API Versioning with APISIX: URL Path, Header and Query Parameter Strategies
Plugins & Ecosystem 4 guides
APISIX's plugin system, service discovery, service mesh integration and deployment discussions.
Observability & Performance 3 guides
Prometheus metrics, structured logging, distributed tracing and performance tuning for production APISIX deployments.
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