System and method for multi-cloud gateway configuration within api service control plane

A method of configuring a hybrid, multi-cloud gateway configuration system for execution of an application programming interface (API) comprising:

• receiving, via a network interface device of the API service control plane system, user-specified gateway operation policies defining a level of service to be provided by the hybrid, multi-cloud gateway configuration system during execution of a user's Application Programming Interface (API) at a first user-selected gateway type managed by the hybrid, multi-cloud gateway configuration system, including API and service metadata in a first format;
• generating, via a processor of an API service control plane system, a first gateway configuration file in a second format via a first gateway type policy translator selected from a plurality of gateway type policy translators, the first gateway configuration file, instructing a first gateway of the first user-selected gateway type to provision the API to meet the user-specified gateway operation policies;
• generating, via a processor, a second gateway configuration file, compatible with the second user-selected gateway type, instructing a second gateway of the second user-selected gateway type to provision the API to enforce the user-specified gateway operation policies;
• transmitting, via the network interface device of the API service control plane system, the first gateway configuration file to the first gateway of the first user-selected gateway type;
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• transmitting the second gateway configuration file to the second gateway of the second user-selected gateway type.

An information handling system operating a hybrid, multi-cloud gateway configuration system comprising:

• a network interface device receiving user-specified gateway operation policies defining a level of service to be provided by the hybrid, multi-cloud gateway configuration system during execution of a user's Application Programming Interface (API) at a first user-selected gateway type managed by the hybrid, multi-cloud gateway configuration system, including API and service metadata in a first format;
• a processor of an API service control plane system generating a first gateway configuration file in a second format via a first gateway type policy translator selected from a plurality of gateway type policy translators, the first gateway configuration file instructing a first gateway of the first user-selected gateway type to provision the API to enforce the user-specified gateway operation policies;
• the network interface device transmitting the first gateway configuration file to the first gateway of the first user-selected gateway type;
• the network interface device of the API service control plane system receiving an indication that an external agent has made a call to the API at the first gateway of the first user-selected gateway type;
• the processor of the API service control plane system determining the call to the API meets authentication requirements set within the user-specified gateway operation policies;
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• the processor transmitting a resource path address for processing the API call, based on the user-specified gateway operation policies, to the first gateway of the first user-selected gateway type.