FlexDeploy - Oracle API Platform Plugin Guide

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Last updated: Oct 03, 2022 by Karl Henselin
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A plugin for managing APIs and other components in Oracle API Platform.

  • Java 7 or 8 must be used on the endpoint

Key Features

  • Automated provisioning of gateways and gateway nodes

  • Update your API state as you deploy across gateways

  • Apply API grants as you import new and existing APIs

  • Easily roll back changes or build from previous API iterations

  • Ensure you have the same iteration of your API deploying across gateways

FlexDeploy Project Recommendations

API Component

Build Workflow

Deploy Workflow

Project Setup

General Notes

API Component

Build Workflow

Deploy Workflow

Project Setup

General Notes

API

ExportAPI

ImportAPI (using smart import)

DeployAPI(use the output iteration from the import step)

One project per API.

  • Group in a release along with whatever back-end code is needed.

  • Recommend saving the API iterations as workflow outputs for visibility. 

  • Use a groovy expression to update the API status on Deployment based on the FD_ENVIRONMENT_CODE

Gateway/Nodes

Export gateway and node json files

ImportGateway

InstallNode

Nothing real specific here.  One project that manages 

all the gateways/nodes should suffice. 

  • Json configuration files for the nodes and gateways should utilize FD variables for environment specifics

  • Default behavior for installNode joins it to an existing logical server (this can be overridden).

Plugin Operations

Permissions and Security

It is suggested that the user account configured on the API Platform cloud account have the 'Manage' grant on all API platform objects. This is not necessarily required depending upon the functionality that will be utilized. 

Manage Group

Generally speaking, there is probably a user group that already has the Manage grants, ManageAPIGrant, ManagePlanGrant etc on the API platform objects. Configuring the account for a user already in this group should be sufficient.

Cloud Account and where to find the properties

Cloud Account

All plugin operations require the FDOAP_CLOUD_ACCOUNT_CODE Target property to be set.  See Configuring Cloud Accounts for more info.  The following properties are required for the Oracle API Platform Cloud Account

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Oracle API Platform Url

FDOAP_API_URL

Y

Base Url for the API Platform

Oracle Identity Url

FDOAP_IDENTITY_URL

Y

Base Url for Oracle Identity

Oracle API Username

FDOAP_USERNAME

Y

Username for authentication

Oracle API Password

FDOAP_PASSWORD

Y

Password for authentication

Oracle API Audience

FDOAP_AUDIENCE

Y

Primary Audience for the API Platform

Oracle API Scope

FDOAP_SCOPE

Y

Scope for making API calls

Oracle API Client Id

FDOAP_CLIENT_ID

Y

Client Id for the API Platform Application

Oracle API Client Secret

FDOAP_CLIENT_SECRET

Y

Client Secret for the API Platform Application

From the MyServices dashboard.. click 'Users' and then 'Identity Console'

 

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