navendu-pottekkat commented on code in PR #7568: URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/7568#discussion_r943579108
########## docs/en/latest/architecture-design/apisix.md: ########## @@ -21,25 +25,160 @@ title: APISIX # --> -## 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/). + + + +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: Should we then move the entire deployment modes section to the root of the docs? Or should we move it to the installation docs. Since this feature is not enabled by default, we should consider that as well. Maybe refactor installation docs in v3 release mentioning deployment modes by default? We can add it in the next steps section after configuring APISIX. What do you guys think? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
