Amazon API Gateway
Fully managed service to create, publish, and secure APIs at any scale for backend access
Manba
Unified HTTP API gateway with traffic control and plugins
Manba is a Go‑based HTTP API gateway offering traffic control, circuit breaking, load balancing, plugins, and Prometheus metrics, deployable via Docker for scalable microservice architectures.
Overview
Highlights
Traffic control per server or API
Circuit breaker to protect unstable services
Load balancing with service discovery
Extensible plugin system (JWT, metrics, custom responses)
Pros
- Highly configurable routing and traffic policies
- Stateless proxy enables horizontal scaling
- Rich feature set including API aggregation and caching
- Production‑ready Docker images for quick deployment
Considerations
- Requires Go version 1.10 or newer
- Steep learning curve for complex routing configurations
- Limited UI options beyond the official web UI
- Docker knowledge needed for initial setup
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Fit guide
Great for
- Microservice architectures needing traffic shaping and resilience
- Teams that prefer Go‑based tooling with Docker deployment
- Projects requiring JWT authentication and Prometheus monitoring
- Enterprises implementing A/B testing or online traffic diversion
Not ideal when
- Simple applications with minimal routing requirements
- Teams lacking Go or Docker expertise
- Environments that demand a feature‑rich graphical management console
- Use cases where a fully managed cloud gateway is preferred
How teams use it
A/B testing with traffic diversion
Dynamically split traffic between service versions without code changes
Rate limiting and circuit breaking
Protect backend services from overload and prevent cascading failures
API aggregation for composite endpoints
Combine multiple microservice calls into a single external API response
Secure public APIs with JWT and access lists
Enforce authentication and whitelist/blacklist controls for external consumers
Tech snapshot
Go98%
Makefile1%
Shell1%
Dockerfile1%
Frequently asked questions
What Go version is required?
Manba requires Go 1.10 or newer.
How can the gateway be deployed?
Deploy using the Docker images `fagongzi/proxy` and `fagongzi/apiserver`, optionally with a provided docker‑compose file.
Does Manba support WebSocket traffic?
Yes, WebSocket connections are supported.
Can I monitor gateway metrics?
Manba exports Prometheus‑compatible metrics for API performance and health.
Is there a UI for managing APIs?
An official web UI is included, and additional UI projects like gateway_ui and gateway_admin_ui are available.
Project at a glance
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LicenseApache-2.0
Repo age9 years old
Last commit3 years ago
Primary languageGo
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