[V5.0.5 or later]

Enabling Spaces in a Catalog

To use the syndication feature in IBM® API Connect, you must enable Spaces in any Catalog in which you require syndication capabilities.

About this task

By default, Spaces are disabled in a Catalog. You enable Spaces by modifying the Catalog settings.

Note: You can also enable Spaces by using the developer toolkit CLI; for details, see Toolkit command summary.

Procedure

To enable Spaces in a Catalog, complete the following steps:

  1. On the Dashboard of the API Manager UI, select the Catalog that you want to work with.
  2. Click Settings > Overview, and click the Spaces slider control.
  3. In the Enable Spaces window, click Enable, then click the Save icon Save icon.
    A Manage spaces link is displayed beneath the Spaces slider control, and a Spaces link is added to the navigation pane. You can manage your Spaces by clicking either of these links.

Results

Spaces are enabled for your Catalog, and a default Space, called New Space, is created. The Catalog owner is also the owner of the default Space, but you can change the owner; for details, see Creating, modifying, and deleting Spaces.
Note: If Spaces are enabled for a Catalog, Products (and their associated APIs) can be published only to a Space within that Catalog. For information about publishing, see Staging a Product for publishing by using the API Designer, and see Publishing APIs for publishing by using the developer toolkit.

What to do next

You can change the name of default Space, and you can create and configure additional Spaces in your Catalog. For more information, see Creating, modifying, and deleting Spaces and Working with Spaces.