Securing APIs and Creating Usage Plans on AWS API Gateway

CLOUD LABS

Securing APIs and Creating Usage Plans on AWS API Gateway

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll learn to secure APIs on Amazon API Gateway with API keys, usage plans, and custom authorizers.

12 Tasks

intermediate

2hr 30m

Certificate of Completion

Desktop OnlyDevice is not compatible.

No Setup Required

Amazon Web Services

Learning Objectives

Thorough understanding of securing APIs using API Gateway

An understanding of API keys, usage plans, and their application to secure APIs

The ability to automate the API key generation process using Lambda and DynamoDB services

The ability to set up your own custom authorizers

Technologies

Lambda

DynamoDB

API Gateway

Desktop Only

No Setup Required

Amazon Web Services

Labs Rules Apply

Stay within resource usage requirements.

Do not engage in cryptocurrency mining.

Do not engage in or encourage activity that is illegal.

Cloud Lab Overview

API Gateway is an AWS service where you can create, manage, and deploy different APIs. One of the key aspects of setting up an API includes securing it. API Gateway offers several implementations to secure APIs, including API keys, usage plans, and custom authorizers where a custom authorization process can be implemented.

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll learn to create and customize API keys and usage plans on API Gateway. You’ll learn to automate the API key generation process for your API users. and can implement your own authorization logic using a Lambda function to set up a custom authorizer.

By the end of this Cloud Lab, you’ll have hands-on experience developing APIs on API Gateway and gained a working knowledge of the various tools you can use to secure them.

The following is the high-level architecture diagram of the infrastructure you’ll create in this Cloud Lab:

Cloud Lab Tasks

1.Introduction

Getting Started

2.Set Up a REST API

Create a DynamoDB Table

Create a Lambda Function to Provide API Data

Set Up a REST API

3.Secure the API with API Keys

Create an API Key

Create a Usage Plan

4.Set Up an API Endpoint to Generate API Keys

Create a Lambda Function to Generate API Keys

Set Up an API POST Method to Generate API Keys

5.Custom Authorization on API Gateway

Create a Lambda Function for Authorization

Attach the Lambda Authorizer to API Gateway

6.Conclusion

Clean Up

Wrap Up

Labs Rules Apply

Stay within resource usage requirements.

Do not engage in cryptocurrency mining.

Do not engage in or encourage activity that is illegal.

Before you start...

Try these optional labs before starting this lab.

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