Administering

Administration tasks can be completed by system administrators or messaging administrators by using the IBM® Watson IoT Platform - Message Gateway Web UI, or by using REST Administration APIs.

Administering by using the web UI

You can connect to the IBM Watson IoT Platform - Message Gateway Web UI by using a web browser. For more information about how you can connect to the IBM Watson IoT Platform - Message Gateway Web UI, see Logging in to the IBM Watson IoT Platform - Message Gateway Web UI

Administering by using REST Administration APIs

IBM Watson IoT Platform - Message Gateway has a REST (REpresentational State Transfer) interface and provides REST Administration APIs which you can use to administer and monitor your system.

To run a REST Administration API, call a method on a REST resource and pass parameters or a request in JSON format. The methods that the REST Administration APIs use are POST, GET, and DELETE:
  • The POST method creates or updates a configuration object.
  • The GET method retrieves data about a configuration object.
  • The DELETE method deletes a configuration object.
You can write scripts or use the Linux program cURL to run the REST Administration APIs. Combine a REST URI with the REST method to be used and the data to be passed to create the REST request.