Airlock Microgateway 4.1
An increasing number of web applications and APIs are being deployed in Kubernetes. Airlock Microgateway brings proven Airlock security to this world of cloud-native APIs and microservices. Version 4.1 is based on Envoy Proxy, a de facto standard for Kubernetes environments. It therefore fits seamlessly into the Kubernetes ecosystem, with or without a service mesh.
CNI Plugin
With Airlock Microgateway 4.0, the Network Manager was introduced, which redirects the network traffic of the target application to the Microgateway. This required higher rights for the pod to be protected, which is not ideal.
Therefore, the Network Manager is replaced in Airlock Microgateway 4.1 with the CNI plugin. The rules for redirecting network traffic are now handled by the CNI plugin, which eliminates the need for higher permissions.
API Security with OpenAPI
Services based on APIs - that's the future of web applications. While being technological state-of-the-art already, APIs are now actually demanded by regulations such as PSD2 for the European financial industry.
Airlock Microgateway 4.1 takes a giant step in the area of API security by supporting formal OpenAPI specifications for REST APIs. Access to back-end APIs is automatically controlled and nonconforming requests are rejected. Maintenance of manually created or learned filter policies becomes obsolete, because activation of updated specifications can be automated. This creates a win-win situation for security and operations: precise whitelist rules for API access, automatically updated!
Upgrade from Microgateway 3.x
The new architecture and functionality of Airlock Microgateway 4.0 means that the configuration also differs from previous versions. We are happy to support you during the upgrade or if you have any questions about the migration. Airlock Microgateway 3.3 will be supported and provided with security updates until the end of 2023.
Free Community Edition
The free Community Edition now includes all the important security functions of Airlock Microgateway. Unlike the Premium Edition, it is aimed at small installations and local development environments.
In this video you will learn whats new in Airlock Micorgateway 4.1