Configure a service gateway

The API gateway is both a standard component of the microservices framework and the portal to the microservices system. You can register each microservice with the API gateway during microservice deployment. The API gateway is developed by making extensive customization on Kong API Gateway. You can manage APIs by creating services and configuring routes. The API gateway provides standardized APIs to help system administrators to decouple the internal systems and separate the front and back ends.

As shown in Figure-1, a service can be used by other services after it is registered on the gateway. API gateway configuration includes "Configure services" and "Configure users."

Figure-1 Service gateway