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Zuul is a gateway service that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, security, and more.
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Zuul is an L7 application gateway that provides capabilities for dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, security, and more. Please view the wiki for usage, information, HOWTO, etc https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/wiki
Here are some links to help you learn more about the Zuul Project. Feel free to PR to add any other info, presentations, etc.
Articles from Netflix:
Zuul 1: http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/06/announcing-zuul-edge-service-in-cloud.html
Zuul 2:
https://netflixtechblog.com/open-sourcing-zuul-2-82ea476cb2b3
https://netflixtechblog.com/the-show-must-go-on-securing-netflix-studios-at-scale-19b801c86479
Netflix presentations about Zuul:
Strange Loop 2017 - Zuul 2: https://youtu.be/2oXqbLhMS_A
AWS re:Invent 2018 - Scaling push messaging for millions of Netflix devices: https://youtu.be/IdR6N9B-S1E
Slides from Netflix presentations about Zuul:
http://www.slideshare.net/MikeyCohen1/zuul-netflix-springone-platform
http://www.slideshare.net/MikeyCohen1/rethinking-cloud-proxies-54923218
https://www.slideshare.net/SusheelAroskar/scaling-push-messaging-for-millions-of-netflix-devices
Projects Using Zuul:
Info and examples from various projects:
https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-netflix/multi/multi__router_and_filter_zuul
http://www.baeldung.com/spring-rest-with-zuul-proxy
https://blog.heroku.com/using_netflix_zuul_to_proxy_your_microservices
http://blog.ippon.tech/jhipster-3-0-introducing-microservices/
Other blog posts about Zuul:
https://engineering.riotgames.com/news/riot-games-api-fulfilling-zuuls-destiny
https://engineering.riotgames.com/news/riot-games-api-deep-dive
http://instea.sk/2015/04/netflix-zuul-vs-nginx-performance/
How to release Zuul
This project uses a GitHub Action workflow for publishing a new release. The workflow is triggered by following these steps: