What exactly is their relationship? When installing APIM, are both of them installed at the same time? The functions supported by both are different, but when they work, do they work together? If not, should the user choose to install one of the two?
Please explain in detail about the relationship between API Gateway and Choreo Connect.
CodePudding user response：
Choreo Connect is the new name for one of our existing products - Micro-gateway. The Standard Gateway and Choreo Connect/ Micro-gateway are designed for different use cases. Standard Gateway is more suitable for VM-friendly, old-fashioned application whereas Choreo Connect designed keeping Cloud-native development in mind.
Choreo Connect is container friendly and does not require lot of processing power and memory and with its faster startup, it's the ideal solution for cloud-native applications.
Both are two different downloadable products.
The features they offer more or less similar as well.
When deciding which distribution to use, ask yourself what type of application architecture you are planning to use. If it's old-fashioned monolith type of application, Standard Gateway is more suited. If it's Microservices/ Cloud-native, then Choreo Connect is more suited.
More info on Choreo Connect - https://wso2.com/choreo/choreo-connect/
CodePudding user response：
API Gateway is a synapse based gateway that comes by default with API Manager. Choreo Connect is a lightweight micro-gateway which is compatible with APIM 4.0.0 and newer versions.
You can find a detailed comparison in [1].