Build an API Gateway with Envoy and use with .NET Core APIs

In this step by step tutorial I take you through how to set up Envoy as an API Gateway and run it in Docker Compose with two .NET Core APIs. Specifically, the 2 API Gateway use cases we’ll cover are:
• HTTP Routing
• TLS / HTTPS Termination

Level: Intermediate

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⏲️ Time Codes ⏲️

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION
- 2:25 Course Overview
- 6:00 Architecture
- 8:02 Demo

PART 2 - THEORY
- 11:00 Ingredients
- 11:47 What is an API Gateway?
- 18:10 What is Envoy?
- 19:47 How Envoy works?

PART 3 - API / SERVICE SETUP
- 20:47 API Set Up
- 27:54 Dockerize our APIs
- 30:35 Configure for HTTPS - Certificates
- 35:30 Configure for HTTPS - User Secrets
- 42:07 Docker Compose Setup

PART 4 - ENVOY HTTP ROUTING
- 53:38 Get started with Envoy (Default Config)
- 1:06:48 Run Envoy in Docker Compose
- 1:16:12 Docker Compose Networking

PART 5 - ENVOY & HTTPS/TLS TERMINATION
- 1:23:27 HTTPS/TLS Termination Overview
- 1:26:25 Remove HTTPS Redirection (from 1 API)
- 1:27:14 Generate Certificates for Envoy using OpenSSL
- 1:33:34 Configure HTTPS/TLS Terminaiton in Envoy
- 1:41:06 Configure end to end HTTPS in Envoy

PART 6 - WRAP UP
- 1:47:05 Final Thoughts
- 1:48:47 Supporter Credits

[uxmjuzb]

Thank you so much Les Jackson. It's good to find someone like you who explains almost everything, if not everything, in a tutorial. I learned a lot.

[JoeFrixon]

Just starting to watch but the initial explanation itself requires a thumbs up. Happy to be here.

[peymanGhaderkurehpaz]

Thanks Less, your tutorials are amazing, I just enjoy and love to watching them till the end. I loved it.
I would like to ask you if it is possible make another tutorial for your next videos and secure these two microservices with a single Auth service and maybe I ask too much but if you also include roles and permissions in it, then it would be great.

[guillermomazzari]

Before I keep watching, just gotta say, I loved that intro lol

[RayChristian]

Thank you Les for another amazing tutorial during our lockdown in Melbourne. I'm currently investigating Ocelot for the API gateway and you have given me another option to think about it.

[aliqureshi]

Salute to you Les Jackson for such a great effort to contribute to IT, I'm loving it going to implement at work place :)

[hamedsalameh]

Thanks a lot Les !! Your videos are excellent!!
Really helped me a lot on Envoy and API Gateway with .Net Core

Thank you, Les. Another great video. Greetings from Serbia.

[SagarAradwad]

Very well laid out tutorial. Actually looking for this kinda tutorial. Thanks. Very informative.

[crazyhiker]

Thanks boss, I've fallen in love with your wonderful tutorials....

[RaviBedre]

Awesome man....watching this video at midnight and completed...:)

[ranitdatta]

Great tutorial would be great if you show how to deploy this as production environment in any cloud platform. That would complete any full stack development. Thanks again.

[corsaronero]

great video Les, hope to see you on collins street soon :)

[dannykempkes]

Great tutorial. Really taking your time to explain and very hands-on. I certainly will check out your other videos. Definitely keep it up

[hagolub]

Just stumbled across this walk-through! Now I need to check out your other ones to see what I missed! Thanks!

[josh.c]

Thank you so much for your content! I've been transitioning from the Java ecosystem to .NET and your videos have been incredibly helpful!

[davem]

Great Video!!
I agree that the Envoy documentation looks pretty thorough but I find that I often get lost, bump into dead ends and/or get frustrated with the final definitions.

So your video went a long way towards helping me understand a envoy.ymal file that I have to modify!

Looking forward to implementing what I’ve learned!!

[PadamAgrawal]

Thank you so much Mr. Les, you are simply great, I love the way you explain very smoothly,

[Sajee]

Thank you for the great tutorial. It was very helpful. It would be really appreciated if you could make a detailed video about ENVOY.

[zejjizejji]

Really helpful video - thank you. If you ever get chance, it would be great to compare how to use Envoy as a sidecar proxy, rather than as a front proxy. A lot of the available resources on the web are pretty impenetrable, so it's a topic that would really benefit from your clear presentations!