API Done Right - 8 Week Implementation

API Done Right with Arinco

API Done Right is a consulting service that offers a complete solution for organizations looking to deploy an API Management instance and sample workloads. Our solution is designed to simplify the process of building and managing APIs, and to help organizations quickly realize the benefits of API-based architecture.

Our solution includes the deployment of an Azure API Management instance with a pre-configured set of policies, which can be customized based on your specific requirements. We also provide sample workloads that can be used to test and validate the deployment, ensuring a smooth and seamless experience for your development team.

Our consulting services are delivered by a team of experienced experts who have a deep understanding of API-based architectures and can guide you through the entire process, from design to implementation. Our team can also provide ongoing support, maintenance, and optimization services to ensure your APIs are always running at peak performance.

The API Platform Design phase will encompass the following:

• Arinco will review the current Azure environment.
• Arinco will assess the readiness of the Azure environment for API Management deployment.
• Arinco will identify any required configuration to be applied to the Azure environment.
• Arinco will assist in identifying a sample workload for deployment.
• The sample workload will be published to API Management in the API Platform Service Enablement phase.

The API Platform Service Enablement phase will encompass the following:

• Deployment of a shared Azure API Management instance to an Azure landing zone
• Deployment and integration with Application Insights and Log Analytics for monitoring and alerting
• Deployment and integration with Azure Key Vault for certificates and secrets for use in API Management
• Integration with existing virtual networks and routing services eg: Azure Application Gateway/Azure Front Door
• Deployment of Network Security Groups and configuration of networking to support routing to Azure API Management Configuration of API Management policies
• Integration with existing Azure DevOps or GitHub environment for automated deployments leveraging infrastructure as code configuration and CI/CD pipelines.

The API Pilot Use Case Implementation will encompass the folllowing:

• Design of API operations
• Building artifacts for the first sample APIs (i.e., APIs, operations, policies, etc.) including what might be required for - OpenAPI Specification support.
• Deployment of the API artifacts through CI/CD
• Deployment of the API pilot
• Publishing the API to API Management.