When all subsystems are deployed, use the admin account to access the Cloud Manager
administrative console and begin configuration. Optionally, take VMware snapshots of the
VMs.
About this task
When you have deployed all required API Connect components, and
all subsystems are running, complete the following:
Procedure
-
If you have not previously accessed the Cloud Manager, verify you can access the API Connect Cloud Manager.
Enter the URL in your browser.
The syntax is
https://<hostname.domain>/admin. For
example:
https://cloud-admin-ui.testsrv0231.subnet1.example.com/admin
The first time that you access the Cloud Manager user interface, you enter admin for the user name and 7iron-hide for the
password. You will be prompted to change the Cloud Administrator password and email address. See
Accessing the Cloud Manager user
interface.
- Define your API Connect configuration by
using the API Connect
Cloud Manager. See Cloud Manager configuration checklist.
- Optional: Take a Virtual Machine (VM) snapshot of all your VMs; see Using VM snapshots for infrastructure backup and disaster recovery for details. This action does require a brief outage
while all of the VMs in the subsystem cluster are shut down - do not take snapshots of running VMs,
as they might not restore successfully. VM snapshots can offer a faster recovery when compared to
redeploying OVAs and restoring from normal backups.
Important: VM snapshots are not an alternative to the standard API Connect backups. You
should have completed an API Connect backup of each subsystem when verifying initial deployment, as
advised in: