Architecture Components of the Mulesoft ESB Anypoint Platform Provides different flows to be developed Allows Mule ESB runtime for deployment Mule understands RAML Anypoint provides RAML designer API Portals (expose RAML) API Manager (Cloud) tell endpoints return proxy URLs to be shared with API Gateway Cloud Hub Security/Policies API Gateway Runtime (host security) shares Proxy URLs with Customers MMC (Mule Mgmt Console) Managing Mule Services/Clusters DevKit create custom connectors **Note: I know they are just the bullet points but let me know in comments if you have any doubts regarding the same. I will try my best to answer your queries.