Scalable Systems

aid: scalable-systems
name: Scalable Systems
description: A topic collection focused on APIs, tools, and platforms for designing and operating scalable distributed systems.
  Covers load balancing, auto-scaling, service discovery, distributed caching, message queues, and the cloud infrastructure
  APIs that enable systems to handle growth in data, traffic, and complexity. Relevant to site reliability engineers, infrastructure
  architects, and platform engineers responsible for operating high-scale production environments.
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  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/scalable-systems.png
tags:
- Auto Scaling
- Caching
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Distributed Systems
- High Availability
- Infrastructure
- Load Balancing
- Message Queues
- Platform Engineering
- Scalable Architecture
- Service Discovery
type: Index
created: '2025-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: scalable-systems:aws-autoscaling
  name: AWS Auto Scaling API
  description: AWS Auto Scaling monitors applications and automatically adjusts capacity across multiple AWS resources including
    EC2, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, and Aurora. The API enables defining scaling policies, target tracking, and scheduled scaling
    for systems that must respond to variable load.
  tags:
  - Auto Scaling
  - AWS
  - Cloud Infrastructure
  - Scalable Architecture
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/application/APIReference/Welcome.html
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/application/APIReference/Welcome.html
- aid: scalable-systems:redis
  name: Redis REST API (Upstash)
  description: Redis is the dominant distributed in-memory cache and data structure store used to reduce latency and database
    load in scalable systems. Upstash provides a serverless Redis-compatible REST API for low-latency caching at scale.
  tags:
  - Caching
  - Distributed Systems
  - In-Memory
  - Low Latency
  humanURL: https://upstash.com/docs/redis/features/restapi
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://upstash.com/docs/redis/features/restapi
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/redis/redis
- aid: scalable-systems:consul
  name: Consul API
  description: HashiCorp Consul provides service discovery, health checking, key-value storage, and service mesh capabilities
    via a comprehensive REST API. Core component for service registry and dynamic configuration in scalable distributed systems.
  tags:
  - Configuration Management
  - High Availability
  - Service Discovery
  - Service Mesh
  humanURL: https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/api-docs
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/api-docs
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul
- aid: scalable-systems:etcd
  name: etcd API
  description: etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store used as the backing store for Kubernetes and many
    distributed systems. Its gRPC API provides atomic operations, watches, leases, and transactions for distributed coordination
    and consensus.
  tags:
  - Configuration Management
  - Distributed Systems
  - High Availability
  - Kubernetes
  humanURL: https://etcd.io/docs/latest/learning/api/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://etcd.io/docs/latest/learning/api/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
- aid: scalable-systems:celery
  name: Celery Flower API
  description: Celery is a distributed task queue for Python applications. Flower is Celery's real-time monitoring tool that
    exposes an HTTP API for inspecting workers, tasks, queues, and scheduled jobs in production systems.
  tags:
  - Asynchronous
  - Distributed Systems
  - Message Queues
  - Task Queue
  humanURL: https://flower.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://flower.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/celery/celery
- aid: scalable-systems:nginx-plus
  name: NGINX Plus API
  description: NGINX Plus provides an advanced REST API for runtime configuration and statistics of upstream server groups,
    virtual servers, and cache zones. Enables dynamic load balancer reconfiguration and real-time traffic monitoring without
    reloads.
  tags:
  - HTTP
  - High Performance
  - Load Balancing
  - Traffic Management
  humanURL: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html
- aid: scalable-systems:scalable-systems-applicationautoscaling-api
  name: Scalable Systems ApplicationAutoScaling API
  description: The ApplicationAutoScaling API from Scalable Systems — 1 operation(s) for applicationautoscaling.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/application/APIReference/Welcome.html
  tags:
  - ApplicationAutoScaling
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/scalable-systems-applicationautoscaling-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/dataplaneapi/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/haproxytech/dataplaneapi
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.rabbitmq.com/management.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/scalable-systems-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/scalable-systems-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/scalable-systems-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/scalable-systems-authentication.yml
- type: Guide
  url: https://www.nginx.com/resources/glossary/load-balancing/
  name: Load Balancing Explained
- type: Guide
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/features/
  name: AWS Auto Scaling Features
- type: Guide
  url: https://redis.io/docs/manual/scaling/
  name: Redis Scaling Guide
- type: Guide
  url: https://www.consul.io/use-cases/service-discovery-and-health-checking
  name: Service Discovery with Consul
- type: Guide
  url: https://geeksforgeeks.org/distributed-systems/what-is-scalable-system-in-distributed-system/
  name: Scalable Systems in Distributed Computing
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/scalable-systems/blob/main/json-schema/scalable-systems-load-balancer-schema.json
  name: Load Balancer JSON Schema
- type: JSONStructure
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/scalable-systems/blob/main/json-structure/scalable-systems-load-balancer-structure.json
  name: Load Balancer JSON Structure
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/scalable-systems/blob/main/json-ld/scalable-systems-context.jsonld
  name: Scalable Systems JSON-LD Context
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/scalable-systems/blob/main/vocabulary/scalable-systems-vocabulary.yml
  name: Scalable Systems Vocabulary
- type: Examples
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/scalable-systems/blob/main/examples/scalable-systems-rabbitmq-queue-example.json
  name: RabbitMQ Queue Configuration Example
- type: Examples
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/scalable-systems/blob/main/examples/scalable-systems-consul-service-registration-example.json
  name: Consul Service Registration Example
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com