Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Set up intermediary services


Use the DataPower appliance manager

The DataPower appliance manager automatically starts if you issue a request to the DataPower appliance manager and it is not already started. We can initiate a request using wsadmin, or by selecting any of the admin console pages that enable you to view or change settings for DataPower appliances, firmware, or managed sets, or the administrative console page used to monitor DataPower appliance manager tasks. The appliance manager also automatically starts when the dmgr starts if there are any DataPower appliances configured in the appliance manager.

The first time that you use the DataPower appliance manager, add at least one appliance to the appliance manager. Before adding an appliance to the appliance manager, verify that:

Remember that the XML management interface port, which defaults to port number 5550, is different from the Web Management Service port, which defaults to port number 9090. The DataPower appliance manager uses the XML management interface port to manage the DataPower appliances. You use the Web Management Service port to access the WebGUI on the DataPower appliance. We can use the same user ID and password to access both the XML management interface and the WebGUI.

When the DataPower appliance manager starts, it automatically starts the channel chain which causes a bind to the port that is defined for the DataPower appliance manager.

To access the DataPower appliance manager, in the admin console...

Servers > DataPower, and then perform one or more of the following actions. As previously stated, if this is the first time that you are using the DataPower appliance manager, add at least one appliance to the appliance manager before completing any of the other actions.

If shut down the DataPower appliance manager, in the admin console, click...

    Servers > DataPower > Appliance manager, and then click Shutdown Manager.


Procedure


What to do next

We can configure SSL for the DataPower appliance manager.


Related


WebSphere DataPower appliance manager overview
Add DataPower appliances to the DataPower appliance manager
Add new firmware versions to the DataPower appliance manager
Add a new managed set
Modify DataPower appliance manager settings
Monitor tasks that DataPower appliance manager is handling
Administer managed domain versions
Manage versions of sharable appliance settings
Administer DataPower appliance domains
SSL communication with DataPower
Add the DataPower signer certificate to the WAS default truststore to enable an SSL connection
Set up the DataPower appliance manager using scripting


Related


dpManagerCommands command group
Appliance manager settings

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