Publishing a Package

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Before you begin

You must have the API Gateway's publish to API Portal functional privilege assigned to perform this task.

About this task

You can publish a package to the configured destination, for example API Portal. Once the package is published, the APIs associated with the package are available to consumers. The package level token is applicable to all APIs associated with the package. The consumers do not have to request an access token for individual APIs to consume them.

Ensure the following before publishing a package:
  • A destination is configured.
  • The package is active.
  • The package has at least one plan and API associated with it.
  • The APIs associated with the package is published to the destination.

To publish a package

Procedure

  1. Click Packages in the title navigation bar.
    A list of all packages appears.
  2. Click the Publish icon for the package that has to be published.
  3. Select the communities to which the package needs to be published.
    By default, a package is published to the Public Community of API Portal.
    Note: The list of communities displayed are those that are common to which the APIs associated with this package are already published to.
  4. Click Publish.
    A success messages is displayed when the package is successfully published. The package is now published to the destination, for example API Portal, that is configured and is available on API Portal to consumers.

What to do next

You can unpublish a package once it is published by clicking the Unpublish icon for the required package.