Mastering Azure API Management: A Practical Approach to Designing and Implementing an API-Centric Enterprise Architecture

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Getting Started
	Chapter 1: Quick Start
		Create an Azure Account
		Provision Azure API Management
		Add API
		Test API
			API Management Portal
			Command Line
		Summary
	Chapter 2: Overview
		Unlocking Digital Assets with APIs
			Payments
			Manufacturing
			Automotive
		Understanding the Basics of web APIs
			SOAP
				WSDL
			REST
				WADL
				OpenAPI
			HTTP Clients for Testing RESTful web APIs
				cURL
				Postman
		Enterprise API Platform in Essence
			Consistent Documentation
			Comprehensible Capabilities
			Common Design Guidelines
			API User Onboarding
			User Management
			Health Monitoring
			Governance and Compliance
			Versioning and Revisioning
			Scalability and Resiliency
			Security
			DevOps
			Performance
			Stability
		Introducing Azure API Management
			Azure Portal
				Interacting with Azure API Management
			Developer Portal
			API Gateway
		Summary
Part II: Key Concepts
	Chapter 3: APIs and Products
		APIs
			Create Blank API with Azure CLI
				Add API Operation
				Update API Operation
			Manage APIs with Azure PowerShell
			Create API from Azure Resources
				Create Web Application in Azure App Service
				Create API from Azure App Service Web Application
		Products
			Create APIs
			Create Products
			Add APIs to Products
		Summary
	Chapter 4: Users and Groups
		Groups
			System Groups
			Create a Group
			Associate Groups to Products
		Users
			Create a User
			Deactivate and Reactivate a User
			Add a User to a Group
		Summary
	Chapter 5: Versions and Revisions
		Versions
			Version Scheme
			Add a New Version
		Revisions
			Add a New Revision
			Make Revision Current
		Summary
	Chapter 6: Subscriptions
		Creating a Subscription
		Revealing Subscription Keys
		Calling API with Subscription Key
		Summary
	Chapter 7: Policies and Named Values
		Policies
			Simple Policy
			Scoping
			Calculating Effective Policy
			Expressions
				Single Statement Expressions
				Multi-Statement Expressions
		Named Values
			Plaintext
			Secrets
			Secrets from Azure Key Vault
				Enable Managed System Identity in Azure API Management
				Preparing Azure Key Vault
				Using Secret from Azure Key Vault in Policies
		Examples
			Validations
				Content Validation
				Parameter Validation
				Other Validations
			Canary Backend APIs
		Summary
	Chapter 8: Developer Portal
		Overview
		Customization
			Styling
			Notifications and Templates
		Self-hosting
			Running the Developer Portal Locally
		Summary
Part III: Workflow
	Chapter 9: API Development in Context
		Centralized API Repository
			Internal Repository
			External Repository
		Application Repositories
		Product Deployment with Azure Pipeline
		Summary
	Chapter 10: Developing Policies
		Azure Portal
		Visual Studio Code Extension
			Installation
			Developing a Policy
			Testing an API
			Debugging a Policy
		Summary
	Chapter 11: Deploying APIs
		ARM Templates
		Bicep
		REST
		Terraform
		Summary
	Chapter 12: Power Apps
		Creating a Connection
		Creating a Power App
		Summary
Part IV: Enterprise Integration
	Chapter 13: Networking
		Internal Virtual Network (VNET)
		External VNET
		No VNET
		Backend Integration with AKS
		Summary
	Chapter 14: Self-hosted API Gateway
		Creating a Self-hosted API Gateway
		Deploying a Self-hosted API Gateway
			Configuration
				Service Endpoint
				Authorization Token
			Deployment
		Updating the Self-hosted API Gateway
		Summary
Part V: Maintenance
	Chapter 15: Security
		Authentication
			HTTP Basic Authentication to Backend Web Services
			Authentication with OAuth 2.0
				Backend App
				Client App
				Azure API Management Instance Settings
				Test and Validate
		Other Security Aspects
			Subscriptions
			Protecting Against Path Traversal Attacks
		Summary
	Chapter 16: Logging and Monitoring
		Logging via Event Hub
			Deploy an Azure Event Hub
			Set Event Hub Logger to Azure API Management
			Add Event Hub Logger to Policy
			Observing Logs with VS Code
		Logging to Azure Log Analytics
		Azure Application Insights
		Summary
	Chapter 17: Administration
		High Availability
			Scaling in Regions
			Preparing for a Disaster with Backup and Restore
		Configuring External Caching
		Adding Custom Domains
		Monetizing Your APIs with User Reports
		Azure Automation
			Creating an Azure Automation Account
			Connecting to Azure API Management
		Azure Logic Apps
		Summary
Index