Apigee Anti-Patterns Here in this blog, we will learn about Anti-Patterns in Apigee. Apigee is a powerful API management platform, but like any flexible technology, it allows practices that can unintentionally harm performance or reliability. These poor practices are known as anti-patterns—design choices that are technically possible yet counterproductive. Recognizing them early is essential for…
Load balancing across backend servers with Apigee In this blog, we will learn how Apigee load balance traffic across backend servers. When you deploy APIs with Apigee, you often need to ensure high availability and scalability across multiple backend services. Apigee simplifies this by offering built-in support for load balancing and failover across multiple backend…
Understanding Apigee Runtime Components In this blog, we will learn about Apigee Runtime components. Description: Google Apigee Hybrid offers a flexible architecture that allows organizations to manage APIs securely across cloud and on-premises environments. At the core of this architecture lies the runtime plane, which is responsible for executing and managing APIs, enforcing policies, and…
Extract Variable Policy in Apigee In this blog, we will learn how to extract the Variable policy in Apigee. When working with API’s in Apigee, it’s common to receive or send information through messages that include data in the form of headers, parameters, or payloads. The Extract-Variable-Policy in Apigee helps us to pick specific pieces…
API Products in Apigee In this blog, we will learn what the API Products in Apigee. When sharing APIs with developers, giving direct access to each individual API can be difficult to manage. Apigee solves this with API products—packages that group one or more APIs together, along with rules that define how they can be…
Securing Apigee Hybrid with HashiCorp Vault In this blog, we will learn how to secure Apigee Hybrid with Hashicorp Vault. Description: In enterprise-grade API platforms like Apigee Hybrid, managing sensitive infrastructure secrets—such as Google service account keys and Cassandra database credentials—is essential for ensuring security, compliance, and operational resilience. Traditionally, secrets stored in Kubernetes manifests…
XML Threat Protection Policy in Apigee In this blog, we will learn about the XML Threat protection policy in Apigee. APIs frequently exchange data in XML format, which, while powerful, can also introduce security vulnerabilities if not properly validated. Malicious actors may attempt to exploit XML processing weaknesses to launch attacks such as XML bombs,…
Custom Error Handling Framework in APIGEE In this blog, we will learn how to handle the custom error Framework in Apigee. A robust error logging framework is a critical asset for operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and long-term cost savings. By capturing detailed diagnostic information—including request and response metadata, backend interactions, and contextual error traces—in a…
Securing Google Apigee with Armor In this blog, we will learn how to secure Google Apigee with Armor. Description: Google Apigee provides a full lifecycle API management solution, but securing APIs in today’s threat landscape requires more than basic rate-limiting or authentication. Armor, a cybersecurity platform offering cloud-native threat prevention, delivers enhanced perimeter protection through…
Caching and Persistence in APIGEE In this blog, we will learn about Caching and Persistence in APIGEE. In modern API ecosystems, performance and scalability are critical. Apigee simplifies these challenges by offering powerful, policy-driven caching mechanisms that reduce latency, minimize backend calls, and improve user experience. Leveraging its built-in policies and internal frameworks, Apigee offers…