Creating an availability zone

An Availability Zone is a logical group of one or more API Connect services. The Default Availability Zone is created during installation.

About this task

Availability zones allow you to logically group API Connect services to suit your environment. For example, you can group gateway services according to the region or data center they are located in.

The Default Availability Zone is created during the installation process.

When you create an availability zone, you should provide a descriptive title; a name is generated automatically for internal identification. For example:
Table 1. Example availability zones
Title Name
US Availability Zone us-availability-zone
Hampshire Availability Zone hampshire-availability-zone
Newport Availability Zone newport-availability-zone
London South Availability Zone london-south-availability-zone

One of the following roles is required to add and manage Availability Zones:

  • Administrator
  • Topology Administrator
  • Owner
  • A custom role with the Topology:Manage permission

Procedure

Follow these steps to add one or more additional Availability Zones to your on-premises cloud:

  1. In the Cloud Manager, click TopologyTopology.
  2. You will see the current Availability Zones configured in your cloud. The Default Availability Zone is created at installation. To add another Availability Zone, choose Create Availability Zone.
  3. Enter the following values:

Field Description
Title (required) Enter a descriptive title for the availability zone. This title will display on the screen.
Name (required) This field is auto-populated by the system and used as the internal field name.
Summary (optional) Enter a brief description.

  1. Click Create to complete the operation.

Results

The availability zone will be added on the Topology page. You can now add gateway, analytics, and portal services to the availability zone.