Traefik Labs Launches API Sandbox as a Service and Strengthens Kubernetes Gateway API Leadership
Salt Lake City, UT, November 12, 2024 — Traefik Labs, creator of the world's leading cloud-native application proxy, today announces two significant advancements that further propel its prominence in modern application connectivity and API management. The company introduces an innovative API Sandbox as a Service to streamline and accelerate mock API development, while strengthening its leadership in Kubernetes networking with Traefik Proxy v3.2, one of only five solutions supporting the latest GatewayAPI 1.2 specifications.
"These announcements reflect our unwavering commitment towards API management innovation and supporting open standards like GatewayAPI," added Sudeep Goswami, CEO of Traefik Labs. "By simplifying API management and offering best-of-breed solutions like our new API Sandbox as a Service in partnership with Microcks, we are taking on the heavy lift of pre-integration, testing, and validation. This empowers developers and organizations to focus on innovation and delivering value, rather than getting bogged down by infrastructure complexities."
API Sandbox as a Service: Run Your Mock APIs as a First-Class Citizen
Mock APIs transform the API design and development process. By allowing teams to simulate endpoints and gather feedback early, they enable designers and developers to iterate on API structures before actual builds. This independence helps teams work concurrently, accelerating release timelines and fostering smoother collaboration.
However, setting up scalable, fully automated mock environments is complex and costly, putting extra strain on developers and platform teams. It also leads to frustrating onboarding processes for API consumers, who usually lack a self-service experience to discover and play with sandbox environments.
Responding to these challenges, Traefik Labs, in partnership with Microcks, the popular open-source cloud-native platform for mocking and contract testing APIs, launches an API Sandbox as a Service. This solution acts as an API playground for developers to create, publish, and consume mock APIs with a production-like user experience and robust service-level agreements. Whether deployed as SaaS or on-premises, the API Sandbox offers a turnkey environment that accelerates development and enhances collaboration without the usual operational complexities. By automating mock generation from OpenAPI Specifications, seamlessly publishing mock APIs to gateways and developer portals, and providing instant access for developers, Traefik’s solution ensures a streamlined and efficient API development process.
"This streamlined process provides a production-like environment that accelerates development and enhances team collaboration," said Laurent Broudoux, Co-Founder of Microcks.
Ludovic Pourrat, API | Platform Architect at Lombard Odier Group, explains:
"As the architect behind our enterprise's API Management Strategy, I've seen firsthand how this solution fills a critical gap in our APIOps lifecycle. It streamlines the delivery of mock APIs, enabling teams to work in parallel and onboard more swiftly, all while ensuring the stability and scalability our business demands. This approach has accelerated our entire development process, fostering greater efficiency and driving continuous innovation.“
To learn more about Traefik’s API Sandbox, visit Traefik Labs’ API Mocking solution page.
Reinforcing Leadership in Kubernetes Gateway API Evolution with Traefik v3.2
Traefik Labs continues its leadership in the Kubernetes ecosystem by supporting the latest features of the Gateway API standards in Traefik Proxy v3.2. Traefik Proxy v3.2 is one of only five solutions to integrate support for Gateway API 1.2, including GRPCRoute, TLSRoute, and enhancements to HTTPRoute such as h2c (HTTP/2 without TLS), WebSocket support for backends, port matching in rules, and response header modification.
"Since pioneering one of the first Ingress Controllers in 2016, Traefik Labs has been at the forefront of Kubernetes networking," said Emile Vauge, Founder and CTO of Traefik Labs. "Our active involvement in the Kubernetes SIG-Network community has allowed us to influence the Gateway API's development, ensuring it addresses real-world needs for user experience, security, and flexibility."
To learn more about Traefik Proxy’s support for Kubernetes Gateway API, read the Traefik Proxy v3.2 announcement blog.
Explore these announcements firsthand with a live demo at Traefik Labs’ booth R10 at KubeCon.
About Traefik Labs
Traefik Labs helps organizations adopt and scale cloud-native architectures by providing a modern, intuitive, and open platform that reimagines application connectivity and API management. Traefik Proxy, the company's flagship open-source project, is trusted by the world's largest enterprises and is one of Docker Hub's top 15 projects, with over 3.3 billion downloads and over 50,000 stars on GitHub. Founded in 2016, Traefik Labs is backed by investors including Balderton Capital, Elaia, 360 Capital Partners, and Kima Ventures.
For more information, visit traefik.io and follow @traefik on X.