Apigee Hybrid: Managing and Securing API Platforms

Organizations need the flexibility of hybrid API management to keep their data secure while scaling operations. Understanding how to manage and secure the runtime plane is essential for modern API administrators and platform engineers. This text-based course guides you through the core concepts of Apigee Hybrid, taking you from foundational architecture to practical security configurations. You will gain the skills needed to confidently manage environments, deploy proxies, and ensure high availability. What you'll learn: Understand the core architecture of Apigee Hybrid, including the management plane and the runtime plane; Configure and manage environments, environment groups, and routing configurations; Secure runtime plane components using mutual TLS (mTLS) and modern zero-trust security practices; Deploy and debug API proxies using written configuration examples and troubleshooting workflows; Apply capacity planning strategies and scaling policies to handle fluctuating API traffic; Implement rate limiting, OAuth2, and threat protection policies to safeguard your backend services. The course begins with foundational definitions of hybrid API architectures before moving into step-by-step written guides on environment setup, proxy deployment, security hardening, and scaling practices. This course is designed for beginner platform engineers, API developers, and system administrators looking to understand hybrid API management, with no prior experience with Apigee Hybrid required. Start reading today to build a secure, resilient, and highly scalable API gateway infrastructure.