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Where it started
During our Spring Microservices course at ISTAD, we wanted to build something real — not just a homework project. Something we could actually show people and say: we made this.
ISTAD · Spring Microservices · 2026
1st GENERATION OF IT PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMThe team behindAuthGate.
A developer security platform where identity, dynamic API gateway routing, and route-level protection are managed as one flow — built as our final capstone.
Program
IT Professional
Course
Spring Microservices
Generation
1st
Sponsor
ISTAD
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Our Story
Why we built AuthGate.
AuthGate started as a capstone project for IT learners who wanted to go beyond tutorials and build something real — a platform that shows how login, user access, and API management actually work together.
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The problem we saw
New developers often struggle to understand how login, user roles, and API access really work in a real application. Most courses teach theory. We wanted to build the hands-on answer.
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What we built
AuthGate brings identity management, API routing, and access control into one platform that any developer can learn from, experiment with, and build on top of.
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What's next
We want AuthGate to keep growing — better documentation, easier onboarding, and more features that help the next generation of developers in Cambodia get started with confidence.
Mission
Make security concepts easy to understand by building them.
We believe the best way to learn how authentication and APIs work is to actually use them — not read about them. AuthGate gives new developers a real platform to explore, experiment, and grow.
Learn by doingOpen to everyoneBuilt in Cambodia
Vision
Every new developer gets a real project to learn from before they graduate.
We want AuthGate to be the project that students in Cambodia look back at and say — this is where things clicked. Where they stopped following tutorials and started building real things.
Student-firstReal-world readyITP Gen-01 · ISTAD
Stack
Built with the right tools.
Java
Reactive Spring
Axon Framework
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Redis
Docker
Next.js
Git
Java
Reactive Spring
Axon Framework
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Redis
Docker
Next.js
Git
System Architecture
How AuthGate fitsthe full stack.
Eight layers — from the first request to service discovery and health monitoring — all working together.
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Client
Developers manage their setup via the dashboard. End users access APIs through a gateway URL.
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API Gateway
The traffic entry point — checks every incoming request and forwards it to the right upstream API.
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IAM — Identity
Handles login and issues secure tokens. Every tenant gets their own isolated auth space.
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Microservices
Five services: gateway config, credential validation, Secure Tunnels, user profiles, and notifications.
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Databases
PostgreSQL for core services, MongoDB for profiles and notifications. Each service owns its own data.
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Event Streaming
Kafka keeps services in sync — when something changes in IAM or Gateway, other services update automatically.
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Notifications
Notification service is live — delivery channels and triggers are being connected.
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Service Discovery
All services find each other automatically — no hardcoded addresses or manual configuration.
Guided by
Our mentors.
Chan Chhaya
Senior IT Instructor
AI is a force multiplier, but remember that anything multiplied by zero is still zero. If you don't understand the logic you are prompting, you aren't engineering; you're just spectating. True engineering mindset is the refusal to let a tool outpace your understanding—it is the discipline to ensure that while AI may write the syntax, you remain the sole architect of the truth.
Eung Lyzhia
IT Instructor
When we believe in ourselves and refuse to give up, challenges become possible. We do not need talent. We only need to keep learning, practicing, and staying consistent. Giving up does not remove the struggle. It only makes us face it later. Keep trying, improving, and moving forward. One day, what felt impossible will become proof of how far we have grown.
The People
Meet the team.
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Chao Vanthoung
Software Engineer
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Phoem Oudom
Software Engineer
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