Downloading and extracting the API Connect Config Sync utility

Download and extract the API Connect Config Sync utility.

About this task

You can download Config Sync from one of the following locations:

The Config Sync download is a compressed file called configsync.tgz, that contains the following artifacts:

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

Procedure

  1. Download the Config Sync compressed file and credentials.
    • V10.0.8.1: Download from the Cloud Manager or API Manager UI.
      1. On the Welcome page, click the Download Clients tile.
      2. Select the Config Sync tab.
      3. Click the Download link under Step 1: Download Config Sync.
      4. Click the Download link under Step 2: Download credentials.
    • V10.0.8.0: 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. For example, if you want the configsync file from V10.0.8.1, set Installed Version to V10.0.8.0.
      2. From the API Manager UI 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 xzf configsync.tgz