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API Gateway with Backend Services — Azure Architecture Template
API Management fronting independently deployable function-based services, each owning its own data store.
Why this architecture works
- A single API Management facade gives consumers one endpoint while services version and deploy independently
- Database-per-service: users in Cosmos DB, orders in SQL, so schemas never couple teams
- Billing emits events to Service Bus instead of calling peers synchronously
- Gateway policies centralize auth, throttling and response caching away from service code
- Every service reports to shared Application Insights for cross-service trace correlation
What's inside (10 resources)
API Gateway
api-management
Users Service
function-app
Orders Service
function-app
Billing Service
function-app
Users DB
cosmos-db
Orders DB
sql-database
Billing Events
service-bus-namespace
SQL Server
sql-server
Secrets
key-vault
APM
application-insights
From template to running infrastructure
- Open this template in the CloudForge visual designer (free account, no credit card).
- Customize resources, names, and connections on the drag-and-drop canvas — or ask Vani, the AI architect, to adapt it.
- Generate production-ready Terraform, ARM, or Bicep in one click.
- Review the plan diff and security scan, then deploy with human approval.