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CONFIDENTIAL

Andrew WinderSenior Software Engineer, Message Systems

Key Management for a Distributed API

April 10, 2023

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Who Is Message Systems?

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How do we develop products?

• API-centric architecture• Resource-oriented APIs, future plans for Hypermedia• Web UIs are JavaScript apps talking to APIs• Modular APIs and codebases

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Challenges with that approach?

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Challenges

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Solution, from 10K feet

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Pre-Built Solutions

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Nginx for CORS

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Nginx for Auth

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Benefits of this approach

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Demo & Questions

Twitter: @awinderandrew.winder@messagesystems.com