Azure API Management: Self-Hosted Gateway

The Self-Hosted Gateway runs APIM policies on your own infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker). Use for hybrid scenarios or edge deployments.

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: apim-gateway
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: gateway
        image: mcr.microsoft.com/azure-api-management/gateway:latest
        env:
        - name: config.service.endpoint
          value: "https://myapim.azure-api.net/subscriptions/..."

Policies (rate limiting, JWT validation) execute locally with sub-millisecond latency.