Spring Cloud Gateway

Lesson in the Spring Boot Roadmap · Stage 5: Actuators

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Spring Cloud Gateway?

Spring Cloud Gateway is a Spring Framework library for building API gateways. An API gateway is a service that acts as an intermediary between an application and a set of microservices. The API gateway is responsible for request routing, composition, and protocol translation, among other things. It can also perform tasks such as authentication, rate limiting, and caching.

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Can I learn Spring Cloud Gateway in Hindi?

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Is this Spring Cloud Gateway tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 20 of 46 in the free Spring Boot roadmap, in stage 5, Actuators. If you are new to Spring Boot, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.