Pre-requisites:
You must have the Manage promotions functional privilege assigned
to perform this task.
webMethods API Gateway
can contain one or more stages. You define a stage to represent the asset's
lifecycle such as development, test, and production.
To add a stage
-
Expand the menu options icon
, in the title bar,
and select Promotion management >
Stages.
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Click
Add Stage.
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Provide the following information in the
Basic information section:
Field
|
Description
|
Name
|
Mandatory. Name of the stage.
Note: A stage name must be unique within
webMethods API Gateway.
|
Description
|
Description of the stage.
|
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Provide the following information in the
Technical information section:
Field
|
Description
|
Stage URL
|
The URL of the host machine where the
stage is deployed on an
webMethods API Gateway
installation.
The
Stage URL value is specified in
the format,
scheme://host:port .
The scheme is
http or
https . The
host
is the host name of the machine on which the target
webMethods API Gateway
instance is running. The
port
is the port number of the target
webMethods API Gateway
instance.
|
Username
|
The username of a registered
webMethods API Gateway
user who has the Manage promotions or Manage assets functional privilege in the
target
webMethods API Gateway
instance.
|
Password
|
A valid password of the
webMethods API Gateway
user identified by the attribute
Username.
|
Keystore alias
|
The alias of the keystore containing
the private key that is used for performing asset promotion from one (source)
stage to another (target) stage.
The
Keystore alias field contains a
list of the available keystore aliases in
webMethods API Gateway.
If there are no configured keystore aliases, this field lists the default
Integration Server keystore,
DEFAULT_IS_KEYSTORE .
Note: This field is required when the
Stage URL scheme is set to
https with Two-way SSL.
|
Key alias
(signing)
|
The alias of the private key that is
stored in the keystore specified by the keystore alias.
The
Key alias field contains a list
of the available aliases in the selected keystore. If there are no configured
keystores, this field is empty.
Note: This field is required when the
Stage URL scheme is set to
https with Two-way SSL.
|
-
Click
Save.
The stage gets created and is displayed in the stages list on
the Promotion Management > Stages screen. You can click
Test to test the configuration before saving
the details for creating a stage.
The
Stages tab displays a list of the available
stages in
webMethods API Gateway.
In addition to viewing the list of stages, you can also examine, modify the
basic or the technical information of a stage at any time and delete a stage in
the
Stages tab to remove it from
webMethods API Gateway
permanently.