# Apache APISIX Gateway

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-gateway/  
**Provider:** Apache APISIX — https://apis.io/providers/apache-apisix/  
**Documentation:** https://apisix.apache.org/

Apache APISIX Gateway is one of 18 APIs that [Apache APISIX](https://apis.io/providers/apache-apisix/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include API Gateway, Apache, and Cloud-Native. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a getting-started guide.

Apache APISIX provides rich traffic management features including load balancing, dynamic upstream configuration, canary releases, circuit breaking, authentication, observability plugins, and more. It is built on NGINX for high performance with etcd for distributed configuration.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/
- **GettingStarted** — https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/getting-started/README/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-apisix/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Apache APISIX APIs (12)

- [Apache APISIX Consumer Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-consumer-groups-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Consumers API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-consumers-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Diagnostics API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-diagnostics-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Global Rules API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-global-rules-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Health Check API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-health-check-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Introspection API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-introspection-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Plugin Configs API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-plugin-configs-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Plugin Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-plugin-metadata-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Plugins API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-plugins-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Protos API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-protos-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Routes API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-routes-api/)
- [Apache APISIX Schema API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-apisix/apache-apisix-schema-api/)

## Tags

API Gateway, Apache, Cloud-Native

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