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title: What is a Distributed API Gateway? How to get started with Spring Cloud Gateway for Kubernetes
date: 2021-02-25T18:44:03Z
modified: 2021-04-07T13:17:55Z
permalink: "https://redmonk.com/videos/what-is-a-distributed-api-gateway/"
type: video
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 2534
tags:
  - APIs
  - distributed
  - Kubernetes
  - Spring
  - Spring Cloud
  - Tanzu
  - VMware
  - What Is - How To
  - RedMonk Video
series:
  - What Is - How To
channel:
  - RedMonk Video
featured_image: "https://redmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WiHt-VMWare-Vid-2-Final-Cut-Thumbnail-scaled.jpg"
timestamp: 2021-04-07T13:17:55Z
---

Join Kelly Fitzpatrick of RedMonk and Chris Sterling (Senior Product Line Manager, API Management, VMware) in a conversation about problems that arise with API sprawl and how a distributed API gateway can help.

This was a RedMonk video, sponsored by VMware. Related resources:

- Chris’s [blog post](https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-spring-cloud-gateway-kubernetes-distributed-api-gateway-generally-available) announcing the general availability of Spring Cloud Gateway for Kubernetes
- Spring Cloud Gateway [project page](https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-gateway)
- VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Gateway [landing page](https://tanzu.vmware.com/solutions-hub/application-tier-networking-and-gateway/spring-cloud-gateway)
- The Animal Rescue [sample app](https://github.com/spring-cloud-services-samples/animal-rescue) used in the demo in the video
- Related [video](http://redmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/video/what-is-a-cloud-native-data-pipeline.md): What is a Cloud Native Data Pipeline? How to use Spring Cloud Data Flow to get started with Cloud Native Data Pipelines