#ICYMI: What Is WSO2 API MicroGateway (MGW)?
It is a lightweight proxy for your APIs.
Core Features
* Security via OAuth2, JWT
* Throttling
* Usage metering (Analytics)
* Low resource usage (2CPU, 256 MB RAM)
* Fast bootup time
When to Use
* When there is unusual traffic for an API or a set of APIs, you can spawn an MGW to serve traffic during that period without impacting the performance of other APIs
* When there is a need to run a gateway in a lockdown environment that does not have connectivity to other API management components (e.g. Publisher, Store, KM)
* When deploying an API gateway within a microservices architecture where gateway acts as a sidecar to the main service (or API)
How API MGW Works
* API developers use the Publisher interface to create the APIs
* API admins publish this API
* API MGW will connect to the API publisher and generate a micro-gw runtime
How WSO2 API Microgateway works
How to Invoke an API
* Log into the developer-portal (Store) and subscribe to the API through an application
* Generate an access token (JWT or OAuth2 token)
* Send the request along with the token
e.g. curl -k -i -H “Authorization: Bearer ” https://goo.gl/5wBdvN
