Akamai API Security integration with OCI VTAP
Here in this blog, we will learn about Akamai Api Security integration with OCI VTAP.
About OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a collection of related cloud services that lets you create and manage a variety of services and applications in a hosted environment with high availability.
It provides solutions, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
It also provides scalable, secure, and cost-effective tools to enterprises for managing their IT resources.
Akamai API Integration:
Integration of Load Balancer with Akamai API Security involves enabling an Akamai API Security server to mirror traffic to OCI. In the latest version of Akamai API Security, this integration supports the creation of a VTAP, which mirrors incoming traffic directing it to the OCI Load Balancer for API security monitoring.
Requirements for OCI VTAP Integration:
- The OCI VTAP must have either an on-premise installation of Akamai API security or a remote engine implemented.
- Traffic to the Load Balancer must be unencrypted.
- OCI VTAP Integration does not support on-premises deployment with proxy.
How does VTAP Help in capturing Traffic Mirroring:
VTAP is a feature in that enables the mirroring of network traffic from one source to another for analysis. It is helpful in troubleshooting, security analysis, and compliance checks. VTAP may mirror traffic from multiple sources, such as databases, virtual machines, and load balancers, and send it to a network packet collector.
VTAP Components:
VTAP Source: The start point of network traffic being mirrored, includes a virtual machine or database.
VTAP Target: The destination where mirrored traffic is sent for analysis, like a network packet collector.
Capture Filter: Criteria used to select specific traffic to be mirrored based on parameters like IP address or port.
Additional Features in VTAP:
a. Max Packet Size
b. Priority mode
Through this integration feature of OCI and Akamai API Security, the API traffic from will be analyzed in the UI using its advanced features.