Fed up of Gravitee holding you down? There are plenty of reasons to migrate from Gravitee to Tyk and free up the full potential of your API ecosystem.
Looking for better developer experiences, along with a stable and future-proof system? Then migrating from Gravitee to Tyk makes sense. How about giving all your API protocols the same priority? Tyk supports event and async APIs, GraphQL, REST, gRPC and even SOAP/XML. It means we serve every use case, so you can easily connect whatever you need. Ready to make the move to Tyk? Then here’s how…
Migrating from Gravitee to Tyk
This guide to migrating away from Gravitee will walk you through everything you need to know, using a GUI-based approach to migration. We’ve used Gravitee’s APIM Console, which is their graphical API management interface, manually copying and pasting data between that and Tyk Dashboard.
Note that we’ve used Gravitee 4.6.1 and Tyk 5.7.1 when writing this, along with version 4 of Gravitee’s API definition (the process for a version 3 definition will be similar, but with a few tweaks).
How to migrate from Gravitee to Tyk using a GUI-based approach
The first thing you need to do is copy the API name by opening the API edit page in Gravitee and going to the Configuration section. There, you can copy the API name and then paste it into the API Definition Name field in Tyk.
Next, you need to copy the API entrypoint context path from the Entrypoints section of the API edit page in Gravitee, then paste it into the Listen Path field in Tyk.
If the API has multiple context paths, you can combine them into a single regular expression. For example, if the Gravitee API has the context paths apple, banana and cherry, you can migrate them to Tyk as /{path:apple|banana|cherry}/ .
Now it’s time to copy the API endpoint. You can find this by going to the Endpoints section of the API edit page in Gravitee and opening the default proxy page. Copy the Target URL and paste it into the Target URL field in Tyk.
Multiple proxy endpoints? No problem. You can set these up in Tyk by checking the enable round-robin load balancing option, then adding each as a separate target URL.
Your migrated API definition in Tyk should now contain all copied details. Once saved, the API will be accessible through Tyk Gateway. You can now check it’s working as it should be. For example, if you use the httpbin API, you can use the /get endpoint to check it returns JSON data via the Tyk Gateway.
That’s it! Migrating from Gravitee to Tyk is that simple.
Reap the rewards of API management with Tyk
Now it’s time to let your API ecosystem flourish. With Tyk, there’s no steep learning curve and we don’t lock you into using particular tools or vendors. We give you the freedom to customize and flex however you need, all with powerful security, governance and observability baked in, no matter which API protocols you use.
You can trial Tyk’s full features for free (no credit card required) or speak to our expert team to find out more about finally benefitting from the standard of universal API management your enterprise deserves.
