Course Details
The Administration of IBM DataPower Gateway V7.6 course is a 3-day course that is designed to teach students how to use IBM DataPower Gateway Appliances to help secure, integrate, and optimize access to web, web services, mobile, and API workloads. Via instructor-led lectures and hands-on lab exercises, students will learn how to run various administrative procedures, from initial installation and setup through ongoing maintenance of the appliances in production. Students will learn about the available management interfaces, such as the command-line interface (CLI), Web Management graphical interface, and XML Management Interface. Additionally, students will 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 class includes some information on upgrading firmware and working with DataPower hardware appliances.
Topics covered in the course include:
- Configuring an appliance for its initial deployment
- Downloading and upgrading the firmware on the DataPower appliances
- Creating and managing user accounts, groups, and domains
- Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to and from DataPower Appliances
- Troubleshooting and debugging services by using the problem determination tools, logs, and probes that are provided with the DataPower appliance
- Configuring logging of messages to external locations
Target Student:
Administrators who install, manage and monitor IBM DataPower Gateway Appliances. The course is also relevant for developers who administer appliances.
Prerequisites:
You should also be familiar with:
- Security-based concepts and protocols
- Ubuntu Linux
- Networking protocols
Course Outline
Course introduction
DataPower deployment environments
Initial setup
Managing firmware
Exercise: Upgrading image firmware
DataPower administration overview
Using CLI and the XML Management Interface to configure appliance access
Exercise: Using the CLI and the XML Management Interface to manage DataPower appliances
DataPower services overview
Using the Web Management Blueprint Console to configure appliance access
Troubleshooting
Exercise: Using the troubleshooting tools to debug errors
DataPower cryptographic tools and SSL setup
Exercise: Securing connections with SSL
Logging and log targets
Exercise: Logging to an external system
Course summary
The lab environment for this course uses the Ubuntu Linux Operating System on an ESX image that runs on the IBM Remote Lab Platform.
You should also be familiar with:
- Security-based concepts and protocols
- Ubuntu Linux
- Networking protocols
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