This topic describes the prerequisites and preliminary steps. It explains how to start the API Gateway Manager administrator tool and the Policy Studio developer tool.
Before you start the API Gateway tools, do the following:
Install the API Gateway and Policy Studio
If you have not already done so, see the API Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide.
Configure a managed domain
If you have not already created a domain, you can use the managedomain
script to configure a domain. You should also ensure that the Admin Node Manager and an
API Gateway instance are running.
To access the web-based API Gateway Manager administration tools, perform the following steps:
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You must ensure that the Admin Node Manager is running before you can access the web-based API Gateway Manager tools. |
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Enter the following URL:
https://HOST:8090/
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Enter your user name and password. The default values are as follows:
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Click the appropriate button in the API Gateway Manager screen in the browser. The Dashboard view is displayed by default.
The API Gateway Manager includes the following main views:
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Dashboard: System health, traffic summary, and topology (domain, hosts, API Gateways, and groups).
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Traffic: Message log and performance statistics on the traffic processed by the API Gateway. For example, all HTTP, HTTPS, JMS, File Transfer, and Directory messages processed by the API Gateway.
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Monitoring: Real-time monitoring of all the traffic processed by the API Gateway. Includes statistics at the system level and for services invoked and remote hosts connected to.
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Logs: API Gateway trace log, transaction log, and access log files.
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Events: API Gateway transaction log points, alerts, and SLA alerts.
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Settings: Enables you to configure dynamic API Gateway logging, user roles, and credentials.
To start the Policy Studio tool used to create and manage policies, perform the following steps:
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In your Policy Studio installation directory, enter the
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In the Policy Studio, click a link to connect to the Admin Node Manager session.
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In the Open Connection dialog, click OK to accept the defaults.
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The API Gateway instance is displayed in the Topology view.
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In the Topology view, double-click the API Gateway instance to load the configuration for the active API Gateway.
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If a passphrase has been set, enter it in the Enter Passphrase dialog, and click OK. Alternatively, if no passphrase has been set, click OK. For more details, see Configure an API Gateway encryption passphrase.
Policy Studio enables you to perform the full range of API Gateway configuration and management tasks. This includes tasks such as develop and assign policies, import services, optimize API Gateway configuration settings, and manage API Gateway deployments. For more details on using the Policy Studio to manage API Gateway processes and configurations, see Manage API Gateway deployments.
