DataPower Interact Gateway architecture
The DataPower Interact Gateway (IDIG) platform consists of the following operators and components that work together to provide a complete AI management solution.
Operators
- APIC Operator: Manages the API Connect components that are deployed as part of the IDIG platform, including Analytics, Developer Portal, and Nano Gateway.
- NanoGateway Operator: Manages NanoGateway instances that process API traffic.
- Valkey Operator: Manages the Valkey datastore, which provides Redis-compatible storage for NanoGateway caching and session management.
- IDIG NanoGateway Operator: Manages IDIG-specific gateway resources and extends the Nano Gateway deployment with IDIG AI capabilities.
- IDIG Operator: Manages the lifecycle of the IDIG platform (IDIG cluster) and orchestrates the deployment of all IDIG platform components.
IDIG cluster
The IDIG cluster is the top-level custom resource (CR) for a DataPower Interact Gateway deployment. It defines the configuration for the DataPower Interact Gateway platform and controls the deployment of the platform components that are managed by the operators.
DataPower Interact
Gateway provides two deployment profiles (dev, prod) that defines resource requirements
and scaling characteristics for the IDIG platform and its components.
By default, an IDIG cluster deploys DataPower Nano Gateway component and Analytics component in the base configuration. You can then optionally enable the enhanced profile of Analytics and the Developer Portal component. When you create an IDIG cluster, you configure deployment settings such as the deployment profile, platform settings, storage settings, licensing information, and optional platform components. For more details about the IDIG deployment profiles and component resource profiles, see Deployment profiles.
Deployment order
Install the operators and platform components in the following sequence to ensure proper dependency resolution.
- API Connect Operator
- NanoGateway Operator
- Valkey Operator
- IDIG Nano Gateway Operator
- IDIG Operator
- IDIG Cluster
Installing the operators and platform components in this sequence ensures that all required dependencies are available before the DataPower Interact Gateway cluster is deployed.