AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
Exploring API Management
Introduction
Welcome to our comprehensive guide on exploring API Management. In this article, we will thoroughly examine the Azure API Management service, its architecture, and its core components. Our goal is to help you understand how API gateways can optimize and secure API calls in modern cloud environments.
What You'll Learn
- An overview of the Azure API Management architecture
- Methods to secure APIs with subscriptions and certificates
- A step-by-step demonstration of building and hosting a backend API on Azure
Note
This guide is designed for developers and IT professionals looking to enhance their understanding of API management on Azure. It assumes a basic familiarity with cloud services and API design principles.
Overview of Azure API Management
The Azure API Management service provides a structured and scalable approach to managing and monitoring APIs. It ensures that your API calls are efficiently routed, secured, and monitored through a central gateway. This architecture simplifies the process of managing multiple APIs and enhances security by enforcing access controls and authentication measures.
Securing Your APIs
In a robust cloud environment, security is paramount. Azure API Management offers advanced methods to secure your APIs:
- Subscriptions: Control access by assigning unique subscriptions to different users or user groups.
- Certificates: Utilize certificate-based authentication to ensure that only authorized users have access to your services.
Warning
Always ensure that your API endpoints are properly secured by implementing both subscription validation and certificate authentication. This dual-layer security approach minimizes the risk of unauthorized access.
Building and Hosting a Backend API
The final part of this guide covers the complete process of designing, securing, and deploying your backend API on the Azure API Management platform. We will take you through the step-by-step process, demonstrating how to:
- Design your API backend.
- Secure your API endpoints using the provided security features.
- Deploy your API to the Azure API Management platform for scalable and efficient management.
By the end of this guide, you will have a practical understanding of how to build a secure, manageable, and scalable API infrastructure using Azure.
Let’s embark on this journey to unlock the full potential of API Management on Azure and transform your approach to cloud API security and performance.
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