Abstracting Features Into Custom Reverse Proxies
summary
Custom reverse proxies built with EventMachine/Ruby and libraries like AMProxy and proxy_machine front diverse back-end APIs, enforce API key authentication and rate limiting and analytics using Redis and MongoDB, and give a single entry point without touching existing services. Benchmarks report EventMachine proxies add ~0.5ms per small request and ~150ms for large streamed transfers versus ~3ms and ~800ms for a Rack-based proxy, so design favors streaming (no buffering) and notes gzip/body-manipulation requires buffering.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to proxies
- 2:24The NREL use case
- 7:24Benefits of the architecture
- 12:06Implementing with EventMachine
- 17:20Performance and design
- 21:59Advanced proxy capabilities
- 27:26Federal digital strategy
- 31:49Resources and conclusion
- 37:42Q&A session
