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`	Yes	Base Url for the API Platform
Oracle Identity Url	`FDOAP_IDENTITY_URL`	Yes	Base Url for Oracle Identity
Oracle API Username	`FDOAP_USERNAME`	Yes	Username for authentication
Oracle API Password	`FDOAP_PASSWORD`	Yes	Password for authentication
Oracle API Audience	`FDOAP_AUDIENCE`	Yes	Primary Audience for the API Platform
Oracle API Scope	`FDOAP_SCOPE`	Yes	Scope for making API calls
Oracle API Client Id	`FDOAP_CLIENT_ID`	Yes	Client Id for the API Platform Application
Oracle API Client Secret	`FDOAP_CLIENT_SECRET`	Yes	Client Secret for the API Platform Application

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

FlexDeploy 8.0

FlexDeploy - Oracle API Platform Plugin Guide