CentraSite 10.3 | CentraSite User’s Guide | Runtime Governance | Virtual Service Asset Management | Managing Virtual Service Assets through CentraSite Business UI | Virtual REST Service Management | Adding Virtual REST Service to Your Asset Catalog | Adding Virtual REST Service using an Existing Native REST Service | Virtualize and Publish Virtual REST Service to Gateways
 
Virtualize and Publish Virtual REST Service to Gateways
You use panel 3 of the Virtualize Your API page to configure the gateways for publishing the Virtual REST Service. The publishing operation allows the API Providers to expose the Virtual REST Service in the selected gateways. Clients can then access and examine the usage of the exposed Virtual REST Service.
1. Navigate to (Step 3 of 3) of the Virtualize <Service_Name> wizard.
2. In the Gateway list, select the gateways to publish the Virtual REST Service.
The available gateways are:
*API Portal
*Mediator
*Insight Server
3. In the Sandbox list, select the category by which the gateways are classified.
4. Select the check box of a single gateway, or select the check boxes of multiple gateways to publish the Virtual REST Service.
5. (Applicable for an API Portal gateway only). Configure the sandbox categories for publishing the Virtual REST Service to the API Portal gateways. Follow these steps:
a. In the field labeled Sandbox, click the Configure icon.
b. In the API Portal Settings dialog box, select the sandbox category to which you want to publish the Virtual REST Service.
6. (Applicable for a Mediator or Insight Server gateway only). Select the Expose to Consumers option button to allow clients to simply access and examine the usage of the exposed Virtual REST Service.
7. Do one of the following:
*Click Virtualize to create virtual (proxy) copy of REST Service (without publishing the newly created Virtual REST Service to the selected gateways).
*Click Publish to create virtual (proxy) copy of REST Service, and simultaneously publish the newly created Virtual REST Service to the selected gateways.
A Virtual REST Service asset instance is created in the specified organization and registered with the CentraSite registry/repository. The details page for the Virtual REST Service that you just created is displayed.
8. Configure the extended attributes of the Virtual REST Service as described later in this topic.