IntroductionCourse Outline

Objectives

  • Describe how WebSphere DataPower Appliances are configured
  • Create a web service proxy to virtualize web service applications
  • Implement web services security
  • Create and configure cryptographic objects
  • Configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to and from WebSphere DataPower Appliances
  • Configure a multi-protocol gateway (MPGW) to handle multiple protocols from a single service
  • Configure a service level monitoring (SLM) policy to control message traffic
  • Configure support for IBM WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Java Message Service (JMS)
  • Use logs and probes to troubleshoot services
  • Configure the DataPower resources that are needed to support OAuth 2.0
  • Use patterns to define and deploy new services
  • Use DataPower resources and options to support REST and JSON-based services
  • Handle errors in service policies
  • Audience
  • This basic course is designed for integration developers who configure service policies on WebSphere DataPower Gateway Appliances.

Prerequisites

You should have:

  • Completed course Technical Introduction to IBM WebSphere DataPower Gateway Appliances V7 (VW700).

You should also be familiar with:

  • Security-based concepts and protocols
  • XML-related technologies such as XML schema, XPath, and XSLT
  • Web service fundamentals and the web services security specifications
  • REST-based services

Duration

5 Days

Outline for Accelerate, Secure and Integrate with WebSphere DataPower V7.0 Web Gateway Training

  • Course introduction
  • Quick introduction to developing on DataPower
  • Exercise: First exposure to the DataPower developer environment
  • Services overview
  • Structure of a service
  • Exercise: Creating a simple service
  • Multi-protocol gateway service
  • Problem determination tools
  • Exercise: Creating an advanced multi-protocol gateway
  • Handling errors in a service policy
  • Exercise: Adding error handling to a service policy
  • DataPower cryptographic tools and SSL setup
  • Exercise: Creating cryptographic objects and configuring SSL
  • Web service proxy service
  • Exercise: Configuring a web service proxy
  • Service level monitoring
  • Exercise: Implementing a service level monitor in a web service proxy
  • XML and web services security overview
  • Exercise: Web service encryption and digital signatures
  • Authentication, authorization, and auditing (AAA)
  • Exercise Web services authentication and authorization
  • Integrating with WebSphere MQ
  • DataPower and WebSphere Java Message Service
  • Exercise: Configuring a multi-protocol gateway service with WebSphere MQ
  • Patterns for service configuration
  • Exercise: Using a DataPower pattern with the Blueprint console
  • REST and JSON support for Web 2.0 and mobile applications
  • Exercise: Using DataPower to implement REST services
  • OAuth overview and DataPower implementation
  • Exercise:  Defining a three-legged OAuth scenario that uses DataPower services
  • Course summary