Does NginX(Open source, not Nginx plus), supports API Gateway?

Question

Does NginX(Open source, not Nginx plus), supports API Gateway? Please, help me get to the valid documentation or information. Thank you!

Reproduction

I'm unsure as to what you mean. What are you trying to accomplish? – Piapiacenza

We are in sales pitch phase. We are considering on Nginx products, for API gateway. I see enough documentations, with respect to Nginx plus, whereas, curious to know if Nginx open source has any API gateaway intelligence? kindly, help! – Reproduction

If you choose not to go NGINX Plus, then you'll have to proxy to a WSGI which will make calls to your API. – Piapiacenza

Answer 1

Unfortunately the Nginx Api Gateway is featured only in Nginx Plus. But there is Kong, an alternative that is built on top of Nginx and is also open source.

There is even a post on Nginx's official blog about it: https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-powers-kong-api-management-solution/

Edit: The blog post has been replaced by an nginx plus one. The original post can still be accessed through web.archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20160413082936/https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-powers-kong-api-management-solution/

Lampkin

The blog post redirects and is no longer about kong. – Antrim

Thanks @BenG, I've included that info in the answer and also a link for the original post. – Lampkin