configure-api-gateway

Deploy and configure an API gateway for centralized API traffic management and policy enforcement.

Deploy the API gateway with database (Kong) or file-based config (Traefik).

Expected: Gateway pods running with 2 replicas. Load balancer service has external IP assigned. Admin API accessible (Kong: port 8001, Traefik: dashboard port 8080). Health checks passing.

Deploy and configure an API gateway (Kong or Traefik) to handle API traffic management, authentication, rate limiting, request/response transformation, and routing. Covers plugin configuration, upstream services, consumer management, and integration with existing infrastructure. Use when multiple backend services need a unified API endpoint, when centralized authentication or rate limiting is required, when implementing API versioning, or when needing detailed analytics and load balancing for microservices. Source: pjt222/development-guides.