CentraSite provides a complete API Management solution that ensures success with exposing APIs both within and outside your organization. It provides role focused user interfaces, complies with standards, and delivers on business value.
Provider users use the CentraSite API Management feature to view and manage their organization’s APIs, edit APIs, virtualize APIs, and publish APIs.
Consumer users use the CentraSite API Management feature to browse or search for APIs, and consume APIs.
CentraSite supports usage of API keys to identify a consumer requesting for the API consumption. The API keys are managed through the CentraSite Business user interface. You'll need to configure an API with the key settings and publish the API for consumption by a consumer.
The following steps outline how to get started with CentraSite for API Management, as soon as a specific API is identified that needs to be exposed in your applications.
Create an API asset in the CentraSite catalog. For procedures, see Creating an API in the Catalog.
Browse or Search for the API to publish/consume. For procedures, see Browsing and Searching for APIs.
View information stored for the API to publish/consume. For procedures, see Viewing the Details of an API.
Specify the endpoints for an API. For procedures, see Editing the Properties of an API.
Virtualize an API or reconfigure an existing virtual API. For procedures, see Virtualizing an API.
Configure API key settings. For procedures, see Configuring Your API Key Settings.
Publish an API for consumption. For procedures, see Publishing an API for Consumption.
Request an API key for consumption of the API. For procedures, see Requesting an API Key for Consumption.
Review and approve the user registration requests (as consumers) for the API. For procedures, see Approving Onboarding Registration Requests.
Review and approve the API key requests for consumption of the API. For procedures, see Approving API Key Requests.
View the generated API key request. For procedures, see Viewing an API Key.
Use the generated API Key for consumption of the API. For procedures, see Consuming an API Using the API Key.
Currently, CentraSite supports the API Management concept for the three basic types of services (Service, REST Service, and XML Service) that can be virtualized and published in general. Instructions throughout the remainder of this guide use the term "API" when referring to all three types in general.