API Traffic Management 101
From Monitoring to Managing and Beyond
by Mike Amundsen
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This book is for those just getting started in API traffic management as well as those who have experience and want to review the basics and take your work to the next level. Developers who are responsible for creating and maintaining APIs will learn how network admins and those charged with enabling API traffic collection identify and track key API activity. And admins who design and maintain API traffic metrics can learn how to align and enrich traffic collection to support and inform API developers.
And you don't need to be a traffic management practitioner to extract value from this book. I also spend time focusing on the business value of good API traffic practice, including the ability to connect your organization's business goals and internal progress measurements with the useful traffic monitoring, reporting, and analysis. 
Book Description
The aim of this short book is to introduce the general themes, challenges, and opportunities in the world of managing API traffic. Most of the examples and recommendations come from my own experience (or that of colleagues) while working with customers, ranging from small local startups to global enterprises.This book is for those just getting started in API traffic management as well as those who have experience and want to review the basics and take your work to the next level. Developers who are responsible for creating and maintaining APIs will learn how network admins and those charged with enabling API traffic collection identify and track key API activity. And admins who design and maintain API traffic metrics can learn how to align and enrich traffic collection to support and inform API developers.
And you don't need to be a traffic management practitioner to extract value from this book. I also spend time focusing on the business value of good API traffic practice, including the ability to connect your organization's business goals and internal progress measurements with the useful traffic monitoring, reporting, and analysis.
This open access book is Complimented by Nginx. You can download API Traffic Management 101 ebook for free in PDF format (3.8 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
The Power of API Traffic Management
Chapter 2
Managing Traffic
Chapter 3
Monitoring Traffic
Chapter 4
Securing Traffic
Chapter 5
Scaling Traffic
Chapter 6
Diagnosing and Automating Traffic
Appendix A
From Monitoring to Managing and Beyond
Book Details
Title
API Traffic Management 101
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Published
2019
Pages
83
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9781492056362
ISBN10 Digital
1492056367
PDF Size
3.8 MB
License
Compliments of Nginx
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