How to Use Ocelot as an API Gateway in ASP.NET Core

An API gateway is a frontend server for APIs, handling incoming API requests and routing them to the appropriate backend services. It plays a crucial role in microservice architecture by offering a single entry point to the system.

Some main functionalities of an API gateway are:

• Routing
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Request composition
• Caching
• Load balancing
• Fault tolerance
• Service discovery

There are many popular choices for API gateway in ASP.NET Core-based microservices, such as Ocelot, YARP and others.

This blog post explains how Ocelot can be an API gateway in ASP.NET Core APIs.

Read full article here

https://www.telerik.com/blogs/how-use-ocelot-api-gateway-aspnet-core

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