Publishing Multiple Services Through Search Results Page
When you execute the Publish action through the Search Results page, you will be allowed to directly publish Native and Virtual Services to Mediator, API Portal, and Insight gateways in a single step.
To publish a set of Services through Search Results page
1. In CentraSite Business UI, access the Advanced Search panel in one of the following ways:
Click the
Browse link in the upper-left corner of the menu bar.
Click the
Search icon next to the
Scope list. The default search scope is
Assets.
This displays a list of assets in the Search Results page.
2. In the Additional Search Criteria list, select Asset Types.
3. To search for the assets of type, Service or Virtual Service, click Choose.
4. In the Choose Asset Types dialog box, select the Assets option button, and follow these steps:
a. Click the chevron next to Assets option button.
b. In the list of asset types, select any of the following types: Service, REST Service, OData Service, Virtual Service, Virtual REST Service, Virtual OData Service.
c. Click OK.
5. Select one or multiple Services and Virtual Services you want to publish to the gateways.
6. On the actions bar of the Search Results page, click Publish.
This opens the Publish to Gateway dialog box.
7. In the Gateway list, select one or multiple gateways to which you want to publish the Service assets. (The Gateway list only displays the gateways for which you have the Modify permission.)
The Gateway list includes:
If you choose... | CentraSite displays... |
API Portal | All instances of API Portal gateway. |
Mediator | All instances of Mediator gateway. |
All Gateways | All instances of both API Portal and Mediator gateways. |
The default is set to All Gateways.
The Gateway list provides the following information about each gateway:
Column | Description |
Name | Name of the gateway. |
Type | The gateway type, API Portal, Mediator. |
Sandbox | The category to classify deployment endpoint of the gateway. |
Settings | The Configure icon displays the API Portal Settings dialog box that allows you to configure a set of sandbox categories for the specified API Portal individually. The dialog box also lists the set of API communities available for the specified API Portal. You can assign a Virtual Service to one or more API communities. |
8. Applicable for API Portal gateways. Optional. In the Sandbox list, do the following:
a. Click the Configure icon next to the field labeled Sandbox.
This opens the API Portal Settings dialog box.
b. Select one or multiple sandbox categories that classify the endpoint of the Services for publishing to API Portal gateways.
The Sandbox list includes:
If you choose... | CentraSite displays... |
Development | Instances of a specific gateway whose endpoints are classified by the Development category. |
Production | Instances of a specific gateway whose endpoints are classified by the Production category. |
Test | Instances of a specific gateway whose endpoints are classified by the Test category. |
All Sandboxes | Instances of a specific gateway whose endpoints are classified by any of the above mentioned categories. |
The default is set to All Sandboxes.
c. Select one or multiple communities available for a particular API Portal gateway.
The default is set to Public Community. Any new community assigned to the Service overwrites the existing community assignments.
d. Click OK.
9. Applicable for Mediator gateways. Optional. Select the Expose to Consumers check box to allow guest users to simply access and examine the usage of Service through CentraSite Business UI.
10. Click Publish.
A Publish Inprogress popup displays the progress state of publishing the Service to selected gateways.
If the publish process logs failures, identify and correct the failure and then try publishing the Service again.
