DataPower Gateway for KVM

DataPower® Gateway for KVM enables the deployment of a DataPower Gateway as a Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) on Linux®. The deployment process uses an archive to create a DataPower Gateway on the virtual machine.

IBM provides one archive file for each virtual edition offering.
  • xxx.prod.img.gz is the KVM production file.
  • xxx.nonprod.img.gz is the KVM nonproduction file.
  • xxx.dev.img.gz is the KVM developers file.
Tip: A KVM accesses resources that they are provisioned with. For successful deployment, you must understand the nature of your network environment.

To install the DataPower Gateway, the host must be running a supported 64-bit version of Linux.

The absolute minimum resource allocation depends on expected workload and edition. After deployment, you can increase resource settings to meet workload requirements.
Without API workload
The minimum resource allocation is 4 vCPU (virtual processors) and 4 GB RAM.
With API workload
The minimum resource allocation is 4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM independent of edition.
You can deploy DataPower Gateway for KVM with either the Cockpit web console or the virt-install command.