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Proxying API's in China with Apigee

Posted on 04-06-2017 05:49 PM
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Given the firewall restrictions in China. Are there any set of bet practices to follow in order to proxy API's hosted in China?

@Bala

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omidt
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Please clarify - Are you referring to proxying from Apigee Cloud to a backend in China, or is there a private/on-premise installation in this solution?

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omidt
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I'm not sure what a list of best practices for this would look like, but I'd consider the following...

  • Reduce the number of hops crossing the firewall, whether it's coming in or going out (the obvious one)
  • Invest some time in reviewing the DNS setup (timeouts, TTLs, local NS?, etc.)
  • Look to leverage a caching strategy where possible/appropriate
  • Review your TCP and HTTP timeouts at each layer
  • If you don't require the full catalogue of Apigee Edge policies and if your API clients are in China, consider the use of Edge Microgateway

I highly recommend performing some thorough network tests between real locations to understand latencies, round-trip times (RTT), TTFB and observe the consistency (or lack of) over a period of time. You should notice drops, degradation and/or loss of network routes if you leave the test running for several weeks.

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