Total Command Over
Your API Products
The Wag-Tail API Collaboration Portal gives management full governance and real-time visibility over every API — from partner onboarding to production deployment — built on the platform your teams already run. One Portal. Every API. Full Oversight.
Managing Traffic Is Different From Managing the Portfolio
An API gateway secures and routes calls at runtime. Enterprise API management governs APIs through their full lifecycle — ownership, standards, onboarding, versioning, and executive visibility. Runtime control is necessary, but a gateway alone does not create ownership, lifecycle discipline, reuse, or oversight. Both layers are required.
API Gateway — Runtime
Secures and routes API calls as they happen:
- Authentication & security enforcement
- Request routing & load balancing
- Rate limiting
- Traffic logging
API Management — Lifecycle
Governs APIs through their full lifecycle:
- API ownership registry & lifecycle governance
- Consumer onboarding workflow
- Design-standards enforcement
- Version & deprecation policy, health analytics
Where most orgs focus today: Publish → Operate only — controls arrive after the most important decisions are already made. Where mature orgs operate: full lifecycle governance, embedded in how APIs move through the enterprise — not applied as a final checklist.
Two Portals. One Platform.
The API Collaboration Portal pairs a partner-facing Developer Portal with an internal Admin Portal — one platform, two surfaces, complete oversight from onboarding to production.
Developer Portal
Partner side — self-service, observability & comms
API Collaboration Portal
- Applications, notifications & API health
- Catalog, credentials, sandbox & production
- APIs, developers, applications & approvals
- Analytics, audit logs & system health
- Maker · checker · operator · admin roles
- Approvals, security analytics & auditability
- Announcements with required-action ack
- Targeted to all or selected partners
Admin Portal
Internal ops — the control tower for every API
Six Pillars. One Control Center.
Every pillar — governance, access, risk, visibility, delivery, and engagement — runs through one console, so management always sees the whole picture.
Centralized API Governance
Full catalogue, versioning & deprecation; maker-checker approval before deploy; sandbox to production, fully audited.
Partner & Access Control
Dedicated Keycloak realm per portal; RBAC for admin, maker, checker & operator; credential rotation, AES-256 encrypted.
Risk & Compliance
Immutable audit trail on every action; automated alerts on threshold breach; configurable RBAC permission matrix.
Live Operational Visibility
Executive KPIs for APIs, partners & uptime; gateway analytics on latency & error rate; unified health across DB, Keycloak & Redis.
Flexible, Resilient Delivery
Sync, Async & Priority execution modes; zero-downtime config push to gateways; per-partner rate limits & quotas.
Partner Engagement
Broadcast announcements with forced acknowledgement; built-in API ratings & feedback loop; breaking-change migration tracking.
API Management — Manage the Full API Lifecycle
From creation to deprecation — govern every API through one console, with approvals built in.
Full API Lifecycle
Create, version & deprecate APIs; tags, categories & header overrides; full change history per version.
Multi-Env Deployment
Independent sandbox & production configs; gateway config pushed via Redis; zero-downtime hot reload.
Maker-Checker Approval
Independent review before go-live; full approval audit trail; reject with reviewer comments.
Execution Mode Control
Sync, Async & Priority-Sync per API; match mode to traffic pattern; immutable after creation for safety.
Application & Credentials
Partner apps, API keys & mTLS certs; scheduled credential rotation; AES-256 encrypted at rest.
API Marketplace & Ratings
Self-service discovery for partners; 1–5 star ratings with feedback; admin responses to reviews.
API Operation — Run at Enterprise Scale, Safely
Gateway infrastructure, access control & automation that keep partner traffic flowing — securely and without downtime.
Gateway Engine
KONG / OpenResty runtime; config hot-reload; separate sandbox & production gateways.
Dual-Realm Access Control
Separate Keycloak realms per portal; RBAC by module for maker, checker & admin; 15-minute sessions, auto-refresh.
Rate Limiting & Quotas
Redis sliding-window enforcement; configurable per partner or API; protects downstream services.
Automated Announcements
Broadcast API changes to partners; force-ack for critical notices; scheduled publish & expiry.
Breaking-Change Tracking
Version migration monitoring; partner-level migration progress; deprecation & sunset timelines.
Job Automation
Gateway metrics aggregation; announcement scheduling; automated security threshold scans.
By the numbers: Zero-downtime config push · AES-256 credential security · sliding-window rate limits · automated threshold alerts.
API Observability — See Everything. Miss Nothing.
Real-time visibility into every request, every partner, and every system — with a full audit trail behind it.
Gateway Analytics
Request & error rates per API; p95 / p99 latency percentiles; live traffic dashboards.
Unified Health Dashboard
Backend, DB, Keycloak, Redis & gateways in one place; one-glance system status; proactive outage detection.
Full Audit Trail
Every write logged with actor, action & entity; immutable history for compliance; critical events auto-classified.
Security Analytics & Alerts
Threshold-based anomaly detection; suspicious activity flagged live; configurable per-scope thresholds.
Usage & Adoption Insights
Per-partner & per-API breakdowns; top consumers & adoption trends; usage-driven capacity planning.
Correlation-ID Tracing
Every request traced end-to-end; X-Correlation-ID across all services; faster root-cause diagnosis.
By the numbers: 30-day log retention · 1-year metrics retention · p95 / p99 latency tracking · real-time alerting.
How It All Works Together
One console takes an API from creation to production — governed, monitored, and fully auditable at every step.
1. Create
Define the API, version & execution mode
2. Approve
Maker-checker sign-off before go-live
3. Deploy
Zero-downtime push to sandbox or production
4. Monitor
Live analytics, health & security alerts
5. Govern
Audit, versioning & deprecation discipline
Real Benefits. Real Impact.
What management gains when every API runs through one governed console.
Reduce Risk
Nothing ships without checker sign-off. Governance is enforced, not hoped for.
Full Accountability
Every action is tied to an identity and an immutable audit entry.
Faster Governance
One approval queue replaces scattered email threads and manual chasing.
Lower Ops Cost
Self-service partner onboarding cuts manual work for your team.
Total Visibility
One dashboard for APIs, partners, and health — leadership sees the whole portfolio.
Enterprise Ready
RBAC, AES-256 encryption, and dual-realm authentication out of the box.
Deployment: runs as a container-native platform — on-premise, private cloud, hybrid, or Docker — on the infrastructure your teams already operate.
Ready to take total command of your APIs?