Kong API Gateway: Rate Limiting Tutorial | Protect Your API from Overload

Link to blog: https://soln.tech/blog/api-management Learn how to implement rate limiting using Kong API Gateway to protect your backend services from overload and abuse. In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll set up Kong using Docker, connect it to a FastAPI backend, and configure the rate-limiting plugin to control incoming requests. ----------------------------- What You’ll Learn: ------------------------------ How to install Kong using Docker Compose Difference between Kong Proxy (8000) and Admin API (8001) Create services and routes in Kong Connect Kong to a backend API Add rate limiting plugin in Kong Test API request limits using curl ------------------ TIMELINE ------------------ 0:11 Run Kong with Docker 00:40 Run hello world API on port 5000 01:47 Register a service (hello_world API) using Kong Admin API 03:00 Create a route in Kong 03:47 Apply rate limiting plugin to Kong service 04:26 Test rate limiting plugin #Kong #APIGateway #RateLimiting #FastAPI #Docker #B