Locally representing a remote application programming interface (API) endpoint within an application platform

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource of an application platform operating within a public cloud, the non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions to:

• receive information regarding a forwarding proxy associated with a private network and information regarding a remote application programming interface (API) endpoint within the private network;
• create, by a controller of the application platform, a mapping between a resource model of the application platform to a tunnel established between a forwarding client of the application platform and the forwarding proxy by causing the forwarding client to instantiate a port corresponding to a forwarding route for the remote API endpoint based on the information regarding the forwarding proxy and the remote API endpoint;
• locally represent the remote API endpoint within the application platform in a form of an instance of a service abstraction provided by the application platform by:
• configuring an instance of an endpoint abstraction provided by the application platform that maps a name and port of the remote API endpoint to an address and the port of the forwarding client;
• and
• configuring endpoint attributes of the instance of the service abstraction with a protocol of the remote API endpoint and a reference to the instance of the endpoint abstraction.

A system comprising:

• a processing resource;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, coupled to the processing resource, having stored therein instructions that when executed by the processing resource cause the processing resource to:
• receive, by an application platform, information regarding a forwarding proxy associated with a private network and information regarding a remote application programming interface (API) endpoint within the private network;
• create, by a controller of the application platform, a mapping between a resource model of the application platform to a tunnel established between a forwarding client of the application platform and the forwarding proxy by causing the forwarding client to instantiate a port corresponding to a forwarding route for the remote API endpoint based on the information regarding the forwarding proxy and the remote API endpoint;
• locally represent the remote API endpoint within the application platform in a form of an instance of a service abstraction provided by the application platform by:
• configuring an instance of an endpoint abstraction provided by the application platform that maps a name and port of the remote API endpoint to an address and the port of the forwarding client;
• and
• configuring endpoint attributes of the instance of the service abstraction with a protocol of the remote API endpoint and a reference to the instance of the endpoint abstraction.