API Gateway Explorer is a graphical tool that enables you to test API functionality, performance, and security. For more details on API Gateway components and concepts, see the API Gateway Concepts Guide.
Ensure that all of the prerequisites detailed in the section called “Prerequisites” are met.
To install API Gateway Explorer in GUI mode, perform an installation following the steps described in the section called “GUI installation”, using the following selections:
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Select to install the API Gateway Explorer component only.
To install API Gateway Explorer in unattended mode, follow the steps described in the section called “Unattended installation”.
The following example shows how to install the API Gateway Explorer component in unattended mode:
Windows
OAG-11.1.2.3.0-windows-installer.exe --mode unattended --setup_type advanced --enable-components apitester --disable-components analytics,nodemanager,apigateway, policystudio,configurationstudio
Linux
./OAG-11.1.2.3.0-linux-installer.run --mode unattended --setup_type advanced --enable-components apitester --disable-components analytics,nodemanager,apigateway, policystudio,configurationstudio
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This topic describes how to install the API Gateway Explorer component only. For details on installing other components, see the following topics:
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Before starting API Gateway Explorer, ensure that the Admin Node Manager and the API Gateway instance are running. For more details, see the section called “Start API Gateway”. |
To start API Gateway Explorer after installation, perform the following steps:
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Open a command prompt.
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Change to your API Gateway Explorer installation directory (for example,
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Run
apigatewayexplorer.
For more details on API Gateway Explorer, see the API Gateway Explorer User Guide.
