Announcing Our New Serverless Gateway: Cost-Efficient, Scalable, and Easy to Manage

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Serverless Gateway feature! This innovation represents a significant step forward in providing a cost-effective, scalable, and efficient solution for managing your dynamic secrets and keys. Let’s dive into what makes our Serverless Gateway unique, the benefits it offers, and how you can get started with it.

What is the Serverless Gateway Feature?

The Serverless Gateway is a cloud-native development model that allows you to run the Gateway without managing servers. It is currently available only on AWS and leverages AWS Lambda functions to handle the provisioning, maintenance, and scaling of the Gateway infrastructure. The Serverless Gateway operates on an event-driven execution model, automatically scaling up and down as needed. This approach offers several advantages over traditional always-on server models, including reduced operational costs and simplified infrastructure management.

Benefits of the serverless version include:

• On-Demand Activation: Unlike traditional gateways that run continuously, the Serverless Gateway activates only when needed, reducing operational costs by avoiding payment for idle resources.
• Event-Driven Execution: It responds to specific events, such as issuing dynamic secrets or access credentials, ensuring resources are used only when necessary.
• Automatic Scaling: AWS Lambda automatically scales the gateway based on demand, providing necessary resources during peak times and minimizing waste during low usage periods.
• Simplified Management: AWS handles provisioning, maintenance, and scaling of the infrastructure, reducing the burden on your IT team and allowing them to focus on other critical tasks.

Use Cases for the Serverless Gateway

The Serverless Gateway is particularly beneficial for:

• Dynamic Environments: Ideal for organizations that frequently need to rotate secrets or manage keys dynamically, such as tech companies or financial services dealing with sensitive data. The Serverless Gateway activates on-demand, handling these tasks efficiently and reducing the need for constant manual intervention, ensuring a more streamlined and cost-effective solution.
• Cost-Sensitive Operations: Perfect for startups, small businesses, or cost-conscious departments within larger organizations looking to optimize their IT spending. By adopting a pay-as-you-go model, the Serverless Gateway helps avoid high costs associated with maintaining idle servers, allowing businesses to scale operations without incurring unnecessary expenses.
• Scalable Deployments: Suitable for retail chains, seasonal businesses, or any organization with fluctuating workload demands. Retail chains with numerous outlets or seasonal operations that see spikes in activity can greatly benefit from the Serverless Gateway’s ability to scale up or down based on demand, maintaining performance and availability while controlling costs.

Key Benefits

• Cost Efficiency: The pay-as-you-go model ensures you only pay for the compute resources you use, leading to significant cost savings.
• Reduced Maintenance: The Serverless model eliminates the need for continuous server management, reducing the burden on your development team.
• Scalability and Flexibility: The gateway scales dynamically based on demand, providing resources as needed without maintaining a constantly running server.

Technical Specifications

• Currently Available: AWS (utilizing Lambda functions)
• Coming Soon: Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions (expected by end of the year)

Note: Due to the nature of the Serverless model, we do not support certain features like Kubernetes authentication, LDAP authentication, caching, and TLS configuration.

Getting Started

To get started with your Serverless Gateway, follow these steps:

1. Set Up Your Environment:
   • Ensure you have Terraform version 1.0.0 or higher and an AWS account.
2. Configure the Gateway with Custom Settings:
   • Clone the Serverless Gateway repository and edit the configuration files to set your authentication methods and other necessary settings.
3. Deploy the Gateway:
   • Use Terraform to initialize and apply the configuration, deploying your Serverless Gateway.
4. Access and Manage your Gateway:
   • Once deployed, access your Gateway via the provided URL and manage it through the console.

For detailed instructions, please refer to our documentation.

Take Advantage of Serverless Today

Our new serverless gateway feature is a testament to our commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction. By leveraging the power of serverless computing, we are providing a solution that is not only cost-effective but also scalable and easy to manage.

We invite you to try out the serverless gateway feature and experience the benefits firsthand. For more information, visit our documentation or get a custom demo.