IBM DataPower Gateway Appliances are network devices that help secure, integrate, and optimize access to web, web services, mobile, and API workloads. Through instructor-led lectures and hands-on lab exercises, you learn how to run various administrative procedures, from initial installation and setup through ongoing maintenance of the appliances in production.
You learn about the available management interfaces, such as the command-line interface (CLI), Web Management graphical interface, and XML Management Interface.
You also learn how to use these interfaces to run various administrative tasks, such as upgrading firmware, running backup and restore operations, and configuring user accounts and domains.
The course includes some information on upgrading firmware and working with DataPower hardware appliances.
This course exercises uses the following appliances:
DataPower Gateway Virtual Edition
Information in the course units also applies to other DataPower appliances.
The lab environment for this course uses the Ubuntu Linux Operating System on an ESX image that runs on the IBM Remote Lab Platform.
This course is designed for administrators who install, manage, and monitor IBM DataPower Gateway Appliances. The course is also relevant for developers who administer appliances.
You should successfully complete the Digital Technical Enablement material for IBM DataPower at https://ibm-dte.mybluemix.net/datapower-gateway .
You should also be familiar with:
Security-based concepts and protocols
Ubuntu Linux
Networking protocols
Exercise: Upgrading image firmware
Exercise: Using the CLI and the XML Management Interface to manage DataPower appliances
Exercise: Using the troubleshooting tools to debug errors
Exercise: Logging to an external system
Course summary