Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway. It provides rich traffic management features such as load balancing, dynamic upstream, canary release, circuit breaking, authentication, observability, and more.

Installation

To install APISIX, run:

make install

Usage

After installation, access APISIX:

# Port forward to access Admin API
kubectl port-forward svc/apisix-admin -n apisix 9180:9180

# Access Admin API
curl http://localhost:9180/apisix/admin/routes -H 'X-API-Key: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1'

Default Admin API key: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1

Configuration

The default configuration includes:

APISIX server with Admin API enabled
etcd as configuration storage
Dashboard (if enabled)
Ingress Controller (if enabled)

Components

APISIX: Core API gateway server
etcd: Configuration storage backend
Dashboard: Web UI for management (optional)
Ingress Controller: Kubernetes ingress support (optional)

Creating Routes

Example route configuration:

curl http://localhost:9180/apisix/admin/routes/1 \
  -H 'X-API-Key: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' \
  -X PUT -d '
{
  "uri": "/hello",
  "upstream": {
    "type": "roundrobin",
    "nodes": {
      "127.0.0.1:1980": 1
    }
  }
}'

Uninstall

To uninstall APISIX:

make uninstall