Digital Transformation and Modernization with IBM API Connect: A practical guide to developing, deploying, and managing high-performance and secure hybrid-cloud APIs

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Foreword
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Digital Transformation and API Connect
Chapter 1: Digital Transformation and Modernization with API Connect
	API-led digital transformation
		A journey back in time
		Fast forward to the 21st century
		Business transformation to a digital transformation framework
		Digital framework considerations
		Hybrid reference architecture
	API-led architectural approach
		API flavors
		Your responsibilities for APIs
	Digital modernization and APIs
		Approaches to modernization
	API Connect enabling digital transformation
		API Connect aligns with the goals of digital transformation
	Summary
Chapter 2: Introducing API Connect
	Technical requirements
	API Connect
		The components of API Connect
	Deployment models
		The on-premises implementation
		Cloud implementations
		Hybrid cloud
		HA
	Introduction to the CLI commands
		Having fun playing with FHIR
	Summary
Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Organized
	Technical requirements
	The big picture
	Provider Organizations
		Configuring your Provider Organization
	API Catalogs
		Configuring your API Catalog
	Utilizing Spaces
		Configuring your spaces
	Developer Portal
		Configuring the Developer Portal
	Summary
Section 2: Agility in Development
Chapter 4: API Creation
	Technical requirements
	Development tools
		Installing Designer
		Installing the LTE
		Connecting Designer to the LTE
	Creating APIs
		What is an OpenAPI design?
		Creating an API Proxy
		Testing APIs
		Using variables
		Adding policies
	Summary
Chapter 5: Modernizing SOAP Services
	Technical requirements
	SOAP capabilities in APIC
	Creating a SOAP proxy that invokes a SOAP service
		Creating a SOAP proxy
		Review SOAP Proxy configuration
		Testing the SOAP Proxy
	Create a REST proxy that invokes a SOAP service
		Creating a REST proxy
		Review the REST proxy configuration
		Testing the REST Proxy
	Summary
Chapter 6: Supporting FHIR REST Services
	Technical requirements
	Introducing FHIR
		FHIR resources
		FHIR server
		Government-mandated FHIR interfaces
	Creating a RESTful FHIR API
		Playing with FHIR
	Applying logic policies to your FHIR API
		The If and Switch logic policy
		The operation switch logic policy
	Summary
Chapter 7: Securing APIs
	Technical requirements
	Out-of-the-box security capabilities of APIC
		Preparing for the APIC security implementation
	Protecting APIs with Basic authentication and Client ID (API key)
		Implementing Basic authentication and ClientID in API security
	Applying OAuth 2.0
		Enabling API with an OAuth security definition
		Creating a client
		Testing OAuth flow
	Implementing OpenId Connect (OIDC)
		OAuth provider changes
		OAuth flow changes
	Using JWT policies
		JWT generation
		JWT verification
	Adding additional security measures
	Summary
Chapter 8: Message Transformations
	Technical requirements
	Introduction to API Connect pre-built transformation policies
	Using a Map policy
	Redacting fields
	Applying JSON to XML or XML to JSON policies
	Implementing advanced transformations with XSLT and GatewayScript
		XSLT
		GatewayScript
	Summary
Chapter 9: Building a GraphQL API
	Technical requirements
	Why GraphQL?
		GraphQL anatomy
		Installing a GraphQL Express server
	Creating a GraphQL API
		Adding the GraphQL proxy
		Addressing warnings in GraphQL
		Addressing the warnings
	Setting weights, costs, and rate limits
		Considerations on performance
	Removing fields from GraphQL
	Summary
Chapter 10: Publishing Options
	Technical requirements
	Working with Products and Plans
		Configuring Products and Plans
	Creating Rate Limits
		Defining Rate Limits in a Plan (consumer Rate Limits)
		Defining Rate Limits in an assembly
	Publishing and configuring Catalogs
		Publishing to your Catalogs
	Consumer interaction
	Summary
Chapter 11: API Management and Governance
	Technical requirements
	Understanding the API and product lifecycle
		The \"what\" of the lifecycle
		The \"how\" of the lifecycle
	Roles
		The \"who\" of the lifecycle
		Cloud Manager roles
		API Manager roles
		Developer portal roles
	Managing versions
		Version numbering scheme
	Segregating environments
		Logical segregation
		Physical segregation
	Applying standards to your API environment
		Discoverability
		Naming standards
	Summary
Chapter 12: User-Defined Policies
	Technical requirements
	Understanding user-defined policy types
	Creating catalog scoped user-defined policies
		Building your UDP .yaml file
		Completed .yaml
		Installing your UDP
		Implementing your UDP
	Global scoped user-defined policy
		Planning your global UDP
		Creating a UDP configuration file
		Packaging and publishing your global UDP
	Summary
Section 3: DevOps Pipelines and What\'s Next
Chapter 13: Using Test and Monitor for Unit Tests
	Technical requirements
	Configuring unit tests
	Working with environments
		Monitoring the test cases
	Summary
Chapter 14: Building Pipelines for API Connect
	Technical requirements
	Introducing pipelines
	Choosing between CLIs or Platform API Interface use
		Using the CLIs
		Using the Platform APIs
		Calling the publish Platform API
		Understanding Ansible automation
	Testing and monitoring hooks
	Using Git as your SCM
	Constructing the Jenkins pipeline
		Jenkins in a nutshell
		Exploring the scripted and declarative methods
	Working on an API Connect sample pipeline
		Jenkins housekeeping
		Building a Pipeline item
	Summary
Chapter 15: API Analytics and the Developer Portal
	Customizing the Developer Portal
		Reviewing Drupal 9 capabilities
		Customizing the Portal as the administrator
	Introducing Analytics
		Understanding the analytics initial setup
		Viewing analytics
		Understanding dashboards
	Creating visualizations and dashboards
		Creating a new dashboard
		Creating a new visualization
		Deploying analytics to new environments
	Summary
Chapter 16: What\'s Next in Digital Transformation Post-COVID?
	Technical requirements
	Understanding API Connect late-breaking changes
	Understanding API Connect and Hybrid Cloud
		OpenShift
		Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
	Understanding Artificial Intelligence for IT Operation (AIOps)
		The role of AIOps
	Exploring 5G Edge computing
		Advantage of 5G Edge computing
	Summary
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