--- title: Use Nginx as an API Gateway | daily.dev description: Use Nginx as an API Gateway to manage and direct incoming requests to three different microservices. Nginx is software that works as a reverse proxy and can be... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/use-nginx-as-an-api-gateway-d7l0vd5zk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Use Nginx as an API Gateway | daily.dev og:description: Use Nginx as an API Gateway to manage and direct incoming requests to three different microservices. Nginx is software that works as a reverse proxy and can be... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/use-nginx-as-an-api-gateway-d7l0vd5zk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d7l0vD5ZK.png og:image:alt: Use Nginx as an API Gateway og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Use Nginx as an API Gateway **[AWS Tip](https://daily.dev/sources/awstip)** · 5 min read · 167 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Use Nginx as an API Gateway to manage and direct incoming requests to three different microservices. Nginx is software that works as a reverse proxy and can be used as a Load balancer to distribute requests to different servers. The primary role of the API gateway is to act as an intermediary between clients (e.g. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@aciolyr** · 2 upvotes > I would love to read it if it wasn't for medium paywall -.- **@marshalmoricavalheiro** · 0 upvotes > Nice job. **@geltonaureliano** · 0 upvotes > This is awesome! **@masumonline** · 0 upvotes > This is awesome. I was looking for it. **@eyoung** · 0 upvotes > Useful Piece, saved for later use!! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices), [#nginx](https://daily.dev/tags/nginx), [#api-gateway](https://daily.dev/tags/api-gateway) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/use-nginx-as-an-api-gateway-d7l0vd5zk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Use Nginx as an API Gateway","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/use-nginx-as-an-api-gateway-d7l0vd5zk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/use-nginx-as-an-api-gateway-d7l0vd5zk"},"datePublished":"2023-08-03T07:15:51.656Z","dateModified":"2023-08-03T07:14:40.081Z","description":"Use Nginx as an API Gateway to manage and direct incoming requests to three different microservices. 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