API Gateway Development Kong
When you actually need an API gateway
A dedicated API gateway like Kong earns its complexity once you have multiple services that need consistent authentication, rate limiting, and routing rules applied centrally rather than duplicated in each service. For a single monolithic application or a small number of services, a gateway can be premature infrastructure that adds operational overhead without a corresponding benefit - we'll say so if that's your situation rather than sell unnecessary complexity.
What we configure
- Centralized authentication - API keys, JWT validation, or OAuth2 enforced consistently at the gateway rather than reimplemented in every service
- Rate limiting per client/API key, protecting backend services from being overwhelmed by a single misbehaving or high-volume consumer
- Request routing to the correct backend service, with support for versioning and gradual rollout patterns
- Logging and monitoring plugins so you can see real traffic patterns and error rates across all services from one place
Our process
1. Confirm the gateway is the right call
Based on your actual number of services and their real integration needs - not adopted just because it's a well-known pattern.
2. Design routing and auth strategy
Which services need what level of access control, and how routing rules map to your real service architecture.
3. Configure and test
In a staging environment with realistic traffic patterns before production cutover.
4. Handover with documentation
Your team gets documentation for adding new routes/services to the gateway themselves going forward, not a black box only we can maintain.
Pricing
Rs 100,000-400,000 depending on number of services, authentication complexity, and whether this is greenfield or integrating with an existing microservices setup.
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