Downloading the API Connect Config Sync utility

Download and extract the API Connect Config Sync utility.

About this task

The apic-configsync.tar.gz file contains the following artifacts:

  • A binaries directory with sub-directories containing the apic-configsync utility for each of the supported client platforms (Mac, Windows, and Linux x86).
  • A helper_files directory containing YAML files for configuring cronjobs if you want to run the utility on a schedule.
  • An ibm-apic-configsync-image.tar.gz file containing the Docker image for running the utility on a schedule in a Kubernetes cluster with a cronjob.

Procedure

  1. Download configsync from IBM Fix Central, and download the credentials from the API Manager UI.
    1. Search for a file called configsync under the IBM API Connect product.
      Note: Fix Central returns the product files that you can upgrade to based on what you set in API Connect Installed Version. To find files for your current version, select a previous release.
    2. From the API ManagerUI Welcome page, click the Download Toolkit tile. Select Toolkit credentials - Download to download the credentials file.
  2. Extract the apic-configsync.tar.gz package by running the following command:
    tar xf apic-configsync.tar.gz