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API Gateway Federation Explained – How WSO2 API Manager Powers Modern Distributed Architectures

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In today’s digital ecosystem, enterprise applications are becoming highly distributed—running across multiple clouds, regions, and on-premises environments. As organizations scale, traditional single-gateway API architectures start showing limits, especially around latency, performance, and reliability. To address this, WSO2 API Manager introduces a powerful capability:  API Gateway Federation . In this article, we’ll explore: What API Gateway Federation is and why it matters How WSO2 API Manager implements a federated architecture Real-world use cases Key benefits of Federation A hands-on walkthrough of deploying APIs to AWS API Gateway directly from WSO2 API Manager What is API Gateway Federation? Traditionally, enterprises used  one central API gateway  to receive and process all API requests. This worked when applications were hosted in a single region. But in modern architectures— microservices, multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and regional deployments —this model introduc...

WSO2 API Manager 4.6 Release Highlights

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This blog is about the most recent release of WSO2 API Manager i.e. APIM v4.6 that brings a major leap forward in AI-driven API management, federated gateway support, and advanced analytics. This version introduces the AI Gateway with multi-model support and MCP tool integration, a universal API management interface for federated gateways, and enhanced analytics and monetization through Moesif. New Features MCP Gateway & MCP Hub – Manage and orchestrate MCP tools seamlessly. Multi-Model AI Service Provider Support – Integrate multiple AI models effortlessly. AI Guardrails & Semantic Caching – Ensure safe, efficient AI-driven API interactions. API Discovery for Federated Gateways – Simplify API visibility across gateways. API Analytics with Moesif – Gain product-level insights and monetization visibility. Application Update Workflow – Streamline application management. Application-Level Scopes – Enhance API security and access control. Improvements Expanded list of onboarded AI ...