navendu-pottekkat commented on code in PR #7568:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/7568#discussion_r942343336


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docs/en/latest/architecture-design/apisix.md:
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@@ -21,25 +25,160 @@ title: APISIX
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-## Apache APISIX : Software Architecture
+APISIX is built on top of Nginx and 
[ngx_lua](https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module) leveraging the power 
offered by LuaJIT. See [Why Apache APISIX chose Nginx and Lua to build API 
Gateway?](https://apisix.apache.org/blog/2021/08/25/why-apache-apisix-chose-nginx-and-lua/).
+
+![flow-software-architecture](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/apisix/master/docs/assets/images/flow-software-architecture.png)
+
+APISIX has two main parts:
+
+1. APISIX core, Lua plugin, multi-language Plugin runtime, and the WASM plugin 
runtime.
+2. Built-in Plugins that adds features for observability, security, traffic 
control, etc.
+
+The APISIX core handles the important functions like matching Routes, load 
balancing, service discovery, configuration management, and provides a 
management API. It also includes APISIX Plugin runtime supporting Lua and 
multilingual Plugins (Go, Java , Python, JavaScript, etc) including the 
experimental WASM Plugin runtime.
+
+APISIX also has a set of [built-in 
Plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/batch-requests) that 
adds features like authentication, security, observability, etc. They are 
written in Lua.
+
+## Deployment modes

Review Comment:
   It could be an extension of the APISIX architecture or how it differs for 
different production use cases. Since this feature will be official only in v3, 
we will have to change the installation and getting started pages to reflect 
it. Maybe this can be moved to some place else.



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