Red Hat 3scale API Management
Fresh74% completeRed Hat 3scale API Management is a full-lifecycle API management platform used by platform engineers, API teams, and enterprise architects to secure, publish, rate-limit, and monetize APIs. It operates on a hybrid-cloud architecture that separates the API gateway (APIcast, NGINX-based) from the API manager control plane, allowing traffic to stay on customer infrastructure while policy configuration is centralized. Post-acquisition by Red Hat in 2016, it is distributed as a Red Hat subscription product, deployable on OpenShift on-premises, in the cloud, or as a Red Hat-managed SaaS tenant.
Products
- APIcast (API Gateway)active
NGINX-based API gateway that enforces traffic policies, authentication, rate limiting, and routing rules at runtime; deployable on OpenShift, as a container, or self-managed.
- 3scale API Manager (Admin Portal / Porta)active
Web-based control plane for configuring API products, application plans, usage limits, billing rules, and developer account management across all APIs.
- Developer Portalactive
Customizable, CMS-backed self-service portal where API consumers can discover APIs, read interactive ActiveDocs documentation, sign up, manage credentials, and view their usage.
- 3scale Toolbox (CLI)active
Command-line interface for automating 3scale configuration tasks including importing/exporting API products, copying services, managing application plans, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
- 3scale Operator (OpenShift)active
Kubernetes/OpenShift operator for declarative installation and lifecycle management of the 3scale platform using custom resource definitions (APIManager CR).