Working with Azure API Management
Azure API Management is the outcome of the acquisition by Microsoft of Apiphany, and as such it has its own management interfaces. Therefore, it has a slightly different look and feel to the standard Azure Portal content.
The Developer portal and Publisher portal are described in detail in this section, but first a new instance of API Management is required.
Once created (and the provisioning in the Azure infrastructure can take some time), most interactions take place through the Developer portal and Publisher portal.
Creating your first Azure API Management instance
Azure API Management is accessed via the Classic Portal:
The creation of an instance is straightforward and follows three steps via a wizard:
- Enter the URL, which has to be globally unique and choose the SUBSCRIPTION and the REGION.
- Enter an ORGANIZATIONÂ NAME, which appears on the portals, and an ADMINISTRATORÂ E-MAILÂ address to which alerts and requests for access...