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rate-limit-policy.yamloauth-flow.yamlgateway.conf

Kong Gateway 3.4

plugins:

- name: rate-limiting

config:

second: 10▋

minute: 300

hour: 10000

policy: local

fault_tolerant: true

# Test assertion

assert_rate_limit:

status: 429

retry_after: 1

TERMINAL

$deck sync --config gateway.yaml

→ Syncing to Kong Admin API...

✓ rate-limiting plugin applied (10 req/s)

✓ All 3 assertions passed · 12ms

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Lab 07 · Traffic Mgmt

Rate Limiting Policy

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Total Curriculum

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35 modules · 48 labs

API Design

Foundation8 modules14h estimated

Tool Stack

OpenAPISwaggerPostmanREST

Sample Lab Prompt

$design-api --spec openapi3 --resource /payments

Generating OpenAPI 3.0 spec...

✓ /payments GET — pagination, filtering

✓ /payments POST — idempotency key

✓ Versioning strategy: URI path v1/

✓ Rate limit headers documented

Design a payments API with proper versioning, idempotency, and pagination — deployed to a live mock server.

48 Production Labs

Real infrastructure.
Not sandbox toys.

Every lab deploys to a real environment. You get a Kong instance, an auth server, and a k6 load tester — yours for the duration of the lab.

Lab 01 · Traffic Management

Deploy a Rate-Limited API Gateway

Hands-On45 min

$kong start --conf kong.yaml

✓ Kong started on :8000

$deck sync --workspace lab-01

✓ 3 services, 8 routes synced

$k6 run stress-test.js

✓ Rate limit enforced at 10 req/s

Lab 02 · Security & Auth

OAuth2 PKCE Flow with Token Rotation

Advanced60 min

$keycloak-config --realm gateway-lab

✓ Realm configured

$curl -X POST /token --pkce

✓ Access token issued (exp: 5m)

$validate-token --rotation

✓ Refresh rotation: enabled

Lab 03 · Traffic Management

Canary Release with Auto-Rollback

Real Infra50 min

$gateway deploy --canary 10%

✓ v2 receiving 10% traffic

$monitor --threshold 5xx=1%

⚡ Threshold triggered at 1.2%

$gateway rollback --auto

✓ Rolled back to v1 in 2.3s

Production Tools You'll Configure

Kong

Apigee

AWS API GW

Envoy

Nginx

Keycloak

Prometheus

Grafana

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