What this book covers

The main objective of this book is to explain key concepts along with presenting practical guidelines on how to implement Application Services Governance using the Oracle API Management solution. The initial chapters of the book are focused on implementing the design-time governance, while subsequent chapters deal with runtime governance and focus on more advanced features of the toolset.

Chapter 1, Application Services Governance, describes in detail the key concepts around SOA Governance, API Management, and the Oracle API Management solution.

Chapter 2, Implementation Case Study, introduces a realistic use case of an organization that needs to implement API Management. The chapter highlights the steps followed by the organization as well as key critical success factors for the implementation.

Chapter 3, Oracle API Catalog Implementation, covers fundamental concepts and an implementation of OAC based on a realistic use case, including topics such as bootstrapping and harvesting, tool usage to classify and search APIs, and also how to extend OAC for richer functionality.

Chapter 4, Oracle API Manager Implementation Overview, provides an overview of the product and its capabilities and then describes how to implement the tool to solve a realistic use case.

Chapter 5, Oracle API Gateway Implementation Overview, provides an overview of the product and its capabilities and then describes how to implement the tool to solve a realistic use case.

Chapter 6, Installation Tips and Techniques, covers the Oracle API Management solution deployment topology and installation tips and steps for Oracle API Catalog (OAC), Oracle API Manager (OAPIM), and Oracle API Gateway (OAG).