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:
- On the Dashboard of the API Manager UI, select the Catalog that you want to work with.
- Click Spaces slider control. , and click the
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In the Enable Spaces window, click Enable, then click the 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
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.