Introducing WSO2 API Manager

Hiranya Jayathilaka, Sumedha Rubasinghe WSO2

June, 2012

WSO2

● Founded in 2005 by acknowledged leaders in XML, Web Services Technologies & Standards and Open Source. Primary contributors to Apache Web Services projects started in 2001

● Producing entire middleware platform 100% open source under Apache license

● Business model is to sell comprehensive support & maintenance for our products

● Technology OEM’d by IBM, Progress, Software AG, Alcatel, EMC, and CA

● Venture funded by Intel Capital and Quest Software. ● Global corporation with offices in Palo Alto, USA

Portsmouth, UK & Colombo, Sri Lanka● 150+ employees and growing.

APIs

● An API is a business capability delivered over the Internet to internal or external consumers○ Network accessible function ○ Available using standard web protocols○ With well-defined interfaces○ Designed for access by third-parties○ Scope

■ Internal■ Between Partners■ Between Customers■ Open

Managed APIs

● Actively advertised ● Subscribe-able● Available with SLAs● Secured, authenticated, authorized and

protected● Monitored ● Monetized with analytics

Challenges In Managing APIs

● API Provisioning○ Publishing○ Key Management○ Versioning

● Monitoring● Usage Tracking● Monetization

APIs - Protocols / Styles / Formats

● SOAP / REST● XML / JSON

source: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/06/09/new-job-requirement-experience-building-restful-apis/

source: https://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2011/04/27/the-stealthy-ascendancy-of-json.aspx

WSO2 Platform & APIs

WSO2 Platform & APIs

● Proven platform for : ○ creating / hosting APIs○ Achieving scalability○ Managing life cycle○ Configuration Governance○ Security○ Monitoring○ Application Development

WSO2 Case Studies http://wso2.com/casestudies

WSO2 API Manager

● API Publishing, API Store, Gateway & Statistics● Only Open source API Management platform● Apache 2 License● Part of award winning WSO2 Carbon platform● Built using proven WSO2 components

○ Enterprise Service Bus○ Identity Server○ Governance Registry○ Business Activity Monitor○ Jaggery

● Latest version - 1.0.0-ALPHA

WSO2 API Manager

● API Manager leverages WSO2 proven components:○ WSO2 ESB

■ used as API Gateway by eBay, AAA, and others. eBay handles > 1 billion API calls/day

○ WSO2 Governance Registry■ used by British Airways, Intermountain

Healthcare, and many others○ WSO2 Identity Server

■ used by Citigroup, Federal Home Loan Bank of SF, US Navy and others

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Demo time ...

Deployment Choices

● All-in-one○ API Store, Provider, Gateway - single JVM○ Business Activity Monitor - separate JVM

Deployment For Scalability

● Distributed○ API Store, Provider & Gateway can be deployed

independently○ Deciding factors:

■ Load■ Enterprise security policies■ Usage patterns

● eg: only internal department publishes APIs

Future Directions

Release Plan

● Beta : 1st week of July● GA : last week of July

Join Us

● WSO2 Architecture List○ http://wso2.markmail.org/search/list:org.wso2.

architecture○ subscribe : http://wso2.org/mail/

● API Manager JIRA○ https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APISTORE

● Source○ http://svn.wso2.

org/repos/wso2/carbon/platform/trunk/components/apimgt

WSO2

WSO2 engagement model● QuickStart - ● Development● Support● Development ● Services● Production ● Support● Turnkey Solutions

○ WSO2 Mobile Services Solution○ WSO2 FIX Gateway Solution○ WSO2 SAP Gateway Solution

Questions ?

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