Chris Phillips’ Blog - API, Integration and Governance

I take a bit of pride in my one-line shell commands. However, I always end up starting from first principles each time. This article will be a living document that will contain the useful commands that I use. These will start simple and get more complex towards the end.

API Consumers, the only API Success Criteria

API Consumers are what dictate the value to an API Estate. This document goes through the key values of an API and how focusing on the consumer allows an API to be successful.

API Connect has two Rest Interfaces, one for consumer users the other for provider users. This article will go through how to retrieve applications with the provider (platform) api.

In API Connect you can have multiple gateway services. I have written about how to add one before but not how to decommission on that is no longer needed.

In API Connect 10.0.5.3+ and 10.0.6.0+ we can register sub systems without the need for an external load balancer. This is only possible for Kubernetes, OpenShift and CloudPak for Integration.

Quick video to show the initial API Governacne function.

Deep health check of the API Manager

It is important for a load balancer to know if the application is running. Deep health checks are used to validate that not only webpages are running but also the underlying application is working.

In APIConnect 10.0.6.0 the governance function does not come automatically enabled. It must be enabled by modifying the CR.

API Governance is something I have talked about for a long time. Governance is a large topic but today we will cover standards and API Consistency. I have written a few times about API Consistency and its importance.

Recently I was asked to provide a sample custom policy for APIC that contained an XSLT.