# Scalable Infrastructure - Build APIs on a Solid Foundation

Canonical page: https://apiopscycles.com/stations/scalable-infrastructure

Language: en

Entity ID: scalable-infrastructure

## Description

Ensure your API infrastructure can scale to meet growing demand and support high availability.

## Why it matters

APIs must be built on a robust infrastructure that can handle increasing traffic and ensure high availability. This station provides guidelines for designing and implementing scalable infrastructure that supports API growth and performance.

## Apply in work

Provide infrastructure design guidelines, cloud-native patterns, and monitoring tools. Ensure teams implement scalable infrastructure that can adapt to changing demands and support API performance.

## Outcomes

- Scalable and resilient API infrastructure
- High availability and performance under load
- Infrastructure designed for future growth
- Reduced downtime and improved user experience

## Steps

1. Design API infrastructure to be scalable and resilient, using cloud-native patterns and technologies.
2. Implement load balancing, caching, and other techniques to ensure high availability and performance. Collect infrastructure requirements from API teams using Capacity Canvas — [Capacity Canvas](https://apiopscycles.com/resources/capacity-canvas.md)
3. Monitor infrastructure performance and capacity to ensure it can handle growing demand.

## Questions

- Design API infrastructure to be scalable and resilient, using cloud-native patterns and technologies.
- Implement load balancing, caching, and other techniques to ensure high availability and performance. Collect infrastructure requirements from API teams using Capacity Canvas
- Monitor infrastructure performance and capacity to ensure it can handle growing demand.
- Provide infrastructure design guidelines, cloud-native patterns, and monitoring tools. Ensure teams implement scalable infrastructure that can adapt to changing demands and support API performance.
- APIs must be built on a robust infrastructure that can handle increasing traffic and ensure high availability. This station provides guidelines for designing and implementing scalable infrastructure that supports API growth and performance.

## Resources

- [Capacity Canvas](https://apiopscycles.com/resources/capacity-canvas.md)