Technical requirements
With this chapter, you will be referencing a number of DevOps tools as well as some open source projects. Minimally, you will need to have access to the APIC CLI toolkit as well as access to GitHub, a Jenkins server implementation, and RedHat Ansible. You learned about the APIC CLI in Chapter 2, Introducing API Connect. Your API Connect API Manager must have installed the test and monitor feature, either during initial installation or added on afterward.
You will find an API and product file as well as a Jenkinsfile in GitHub using the following URL: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Digital-Transformation-and-Modernization-with-IBM-API-Connect/tree/main/Chapter14
As you have progressed from Chapter 13, Using Test and Monitor for Unit Tests, you have some unit tests to incorporate into the pipelines defined in this chapter. These tests will make your learning of pipelines more realistic and valuable to your company.
Let's begin with an introduction...