How to Build Your Own Perforce Akana API Management Platform
Replace Perforce Akana API Management Platform with a custom build. Enterprise-Scale API Management
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 41 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
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Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 41 features
Security(8 features)
Automatically add comprehensive security policies to API products based on metadata configured by stakeholders
Protecting customer and corporate data with automated security measures
Comprehensive implementation of FAPI-required security aspects including OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect, and JWS-based message validation
JSON Web Signature based message validation for enhanced security
Built-in support for OAuth2.0 authentication and authorization
+3 more in this category
API Protocols(3 features)
Support for GraphQL endpoints for complex microservices operations
Support for creating and managing secured RESTful API endpoints
Support for SOAP protocol endpoints with security and management capabilities
Infrastructure(3 features)
Support for scaling, routing, and auditing across various cloud platforms
Security enforcement and auditing on a variety of containerization platforms
Deploy APIs across multiple cloud platforms
Compliance(2 features)
Automated compliance features for meeting regulatory requirements
Documentation details for applicable open banking standards such as UK Open Banking and PSD2
Developer Tools(2 features)
Built-in API marketplace for discovering and consuming API products
Out-of-the-box developer portal for API consumption and exploration
Development(2 features)
Highly declarative, low-code integration using out-of-the-box configurable policies
No-code integration capabilities for virtual and physical endpoints
Integration(2 features)
Integration and orchestration of back-end target services supporting HTTP, JMS, and AMQP network protocols
Secure and easy integration with third-party APIs through easy configurable API process flows with graphical process editor
Mainframe Integration(2 features)
Akana Sola enables API creation from mainframe systems and data
Enable migration of mission-critical mainframe data to the cloud in minutes
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