What is this?
Zuul is Netflix's L7 (application-layer) gateway service that handles dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security for traffic flowing into a set of backend services.
Zuul is Netflix's L7 (application-layer) gateway service that handles dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security for traffic flowing into a set of backend services.Is this a ready-to-run application, or a framework I build my own gateway with?Zuul is a gateway framework/service you embed and configure in your own Java codebase, not a pre-built app with a UI you just launch.
Zuul is a gateway framework/service you embed and configure in your own Java codebase, not a pre-built app with a UI you just launch.How do I get started using it?The README itself has no quickstart or code samples - it tells you to go to the project wiki for usage information and HOWTOs.
The README itself has no quickstart or code samples - it tells you to go to the project wiki for usage information and HOWTOs.Do I need Java to build and run it?Yes, Zuul is a Java project (its CI workflows build it with Gradle), so you need a JVM toolchain to use it.
Yes, Zuul is a Java project (its CI workflows build it with Gradle), so you need a JVM toolchain to use it.Will this README actually teach me how to use Zuul?Not really - the README is mostly links to external articles, conference talks, and the wiki; real usage docs and HOWTOs live outside this repo.
Not really - the README is mostly links to external articles, conference talks, and the wiki; real usage docs and HOWTOs live outside this repo.What capabilities does Zuul provide out of the box?According to the README, it provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security capabilities for the traffic it gateways.
According to the README, it provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, and security capabilities for the traffic it gateways.What does the 'L7' in 'L7 application gateway' mean?L7 refers to Layer 7 (the application layer), meaning Zuul makes routing and policy decisions based on the actual content of HTTP requests rather than just IP/port.
L7 refers to Layer 7 (the application layer), meaning Zuul makes routing and policy decisions based on the actual content of HTTP requests rather than just IP/port.Where can I see Zuul used in real production systems?The README links out to Netflix engineering articles, conference talks (like the Strange Loop 2017 Zuul 2 talk), and a list of other projects that use Zuul.
The README links out to Netflix engineering articles, conference talks (like the Strange Loop 2017 Zuul 2 talk), and a list of other projects that use Zuul.What are similar projects?apisix, eureka, istio, nginx, spring-cloud-alibaba, kong, consul, linkerd2
apisix, eureka, istio, nginx, spring-cloud-alibaba, kong, consul, linkerd2Which topics is it in?high-availability, load-balancer, api-gateway, reverse-proxy, cloud-native, microservices, distributed-systems, proxy, monitoring, java, devops, backend
high-availability, load-balancer, api-gateway, reverse-proxy, cloud-native, microservices, distributed-systems, proxy, monitoring, java, devops, backend