Configuring NGINX/Plus as an API Gateway

This is the supporting GitHub link for the YouTube tutorial on configuring NGINX/Plus as an API Gateway.

This covers configuring the API Gateway for:

1. Routing
2. SSL Termination
3. Rate Limiting
4. Authentication
5. Authorization
6. Load Balancing

JWT Keys for Testing

JWT with UID 222 eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE2NTcwNzk3ODUsInVuYW1lIjoiamRvZSIsInVpZCI6IjIyMiIsInN1ZG8iOnRydWUsImRlcHQiOiJJVCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly9uZ2lueC5jb20ifQ.L66ii6A-m5GuD4tlbATWiFIdms3NITTKOJSPxvCHWJQ

JWT with UID 111 eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE2NTcwNzk3ODUsInVuYW1lIjoiamRvZSIsInVpZCI6IjExMSIsInN1ZG8iOnRydWUsImRlcHQiOiJJVCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly9uZ2lueC5jb20ifQ.wIwsagoWUMAZQbhiqicGaUmSL7kdCc3BPqydMqvxl5E

Useful Links:

• REGEX - NGINX Blog
• AuthN / AuthZ - NGINX JWT Validation Blog
• Backend API Used - Ergast

Built With

• Ubuntu - My favourite Linux OS for testing
• NGINX Plus - NGINX Plus Trial
• Postman - Download and use Postman
• ERGAST API - Backend API Used for Demo

Author

• Jay Desai - Other Repos - jay-nginx