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Zuul API Gateway

An edge service that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, security, and more.

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Overview

Zuul is an API Gateway application that handles all requests and performs dynamic routing of microservice applications. It is built to enable dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security. Zuul uses a set of filters for every request to perform actions like authentication, routing, and adding metadata. It is often used with Spring Cloud and is a popular choice for microservices architectures.

✨ Key Features

  • Dynamic Routing
  • Monitoring and Metrics
  • Resiliency (retries, circuit breakers)
  • Security (authentication, rate limiting)
  • Filter-based architecture
  • Integration with Spring Cloud

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Deep integration with the Netflix OSS and Spring Cloud ecosystems
  • Battle-tested at Netflix scale
  • Flexible filter-based architecture

Unique Value: Provides a robust and battle-tested API gateway for microservices architectures, with deep integration into the Spring Cloud ecosystem.

🎯 Use Cases (4)

API gateway for microservices Edge service for a distributed system Centralized point for authentication and security Dynamic routing of requests to backend services

✅ Best For

  • Implementing an API gateway for a Spring Boot-based microservices architecture
  • Dynamically routing traffic based on service discovery with Eureka
  • Implementing cross-cutting concerns like security and monitoring in a centralized gateway

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Non-JVM environments
  • Projects that require a simple, lightweight gateway without the overhead of the Spring ecosystem

🏆 Alternatives

Spring Cloud Gateway Kong Gateway Tyk Express Gateway

Offers a more mature and feature-rich solution for Spring-based applications compared to newer alternatives, but may have more overhead.

💻 Platforms

Web API

✅ Offline Mode Available

🔌 Integrations

Spring Cloud Netflix Eureka Netflix Ribbon Netflix Hystrix

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: Open-source and free to use.

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