Use Apache APISIX to Proxy Dubbo Services (Triple Protocol)

For a description of how to proxy triple protocol services with a gateway, please refer to the section on HTTP Gateway Access.

This article demonstrates how to use the combination of Apache APISIX + triple protocol + Nacos registry to proxy Dubbo services.

Sample Application Description

The complete source code and deployment resource files for this example can be found at dubbo-samples-gateway-triple-apisix, with the architecture diagram as follows:

In this example, a triple service org.apache.dubbo.samples.gateway.apisix.DemoService has been defined and published, with the interface defined as:

public interface DemoService {
	String sayHello(String name);
}

The interface implementation is as follows:

@DubboService
public class DemoServiceImpl implements DemoService {
    @Override
    public String sayHello(String name) {
        return "Hello " + name;
    }
}

Dubbo service-related configuration:

dubbo:
    application:
        name: gateway-apisix-triple
    registry:
        address: nacos://${nacos.address:127.0.0.1}:8848
        username: nacos
        password: nacos
    protocol:
        name: tri
        port: 50052

Deploy Application

1. Download and start Nacos locally.

2. Run the following command to start the Dubbo application.

Download the source code:

$ git clone -b main --depth 1 https://github.com/apache/dubbo-samples
$ cd dubbo-samples/2-advanced/dubbo-samples-gateway/dubbo-samples-gateway-apisix/dubbo-samples-gateway-apisix-triple

In the dubbo-samples-gateway-apisix-triple directory, run the following command to start the application:

$ mvn compile exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="org.apache.dubbo.samples.gateway.apisix.ProviderApplication"

Run the following command to test if the service has started normally:

curl \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '["dubbo"]' \
    http://localhost:50052/org.apache.dubbo.samples.gateway.apisix.DemoService/sayHello/

Access APISIX Gateway

This document uses Docker to install APISIX. Ensure that Docker and Docker Compose are installed locally.

First, download the apisix-docker repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/apache/apisix-docker.git
$ cd apisix-docker/example

Since this example needs to connect to the Nacos registry, the docker-compose.yaml in the apisix-docker/example directory needs to be modified to add the following Docker Compose configuration:

  nacos:
    image: nacos/nacos-server:v2.1.1
    container_name: nacos-standalone
    environment:
    - PREFER_HOST_MODE=hostname
    - MODE=standalone
    ports:
    - "8848:8848"
    - "9848:9848"
    networks:
      apisix:

Before starting APISIX, add the following configuration to the conf/config.yaml file to connect APISIX to the Nacos registry:

discovery:
  nacos:
    host:
      - "http://192.168.33.1:8848"

Finally, enable APISIX using docker-compose: docker-compose -p docker-apisix up -d.

Configure Service Source and Route

Configure Nacos upstream and routes in APISIX to achieve automatic discovery of backend instance addresses (assuming the APISIX port is 9080):

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1 -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -i -d '
{
    "uri": "/org.apache.dubbo.samples.gateway.apisix.DemoService/sayHello/",
    "upstream": {
        "service_name": "gateway-apisix-triple",
        "type": "roundrobin",
        "discovery_type": "nacos"
    }
}'

In the above command, the request header X-API-KEY is the access token for the Admin API, which can be found in the apisix.admin_key.key in the conf/config.yaml file.

Verify Service Call

Use the following command to send a request to the route that needs to be configured:

curl -i http://127.0.0.1:9080/org.apache.dubbo.samples.gateway.apisix.DemoService/sayHello/

REST Mode

If you find the HTTP port /org.apache.dubbo.samples.gateway.apisix.DemoService/sayHello/ not friendly enough for gateway access, refer to Publishing REST Style HTTP Interfaces for Triple Protocol.