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Deployment

Develop Stop 6

Deployment is how a definition becomes a running API. Whether it is a gateway, a serverless function, or a container, I want deployment to be automated, repeatable, and driven from the same contract everything else uses. Consistent deployment is what lets me ship APIs the same way every time instead of reinventing it per project.

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Deployment Is Automated

Require that every API be deployed through an automated, repeatable pipeline rather than by hand. I want the path from a merged change to a running endpoint to be codified, versioned, and reproduci...

Deployment Environments Defined

Every API must define its deployment environments explicitly, naming where it runs across development, staging, and production and how consumers reach each one. I require that base URLs, credential...

Gateways

All APIs are made available via a designated gateway for the company, domain, line of business, or team, ensuring that all APIs have access to shared authentication, rate limits, service compositio...