Planning the pattern configuration and pattern prerequisites

The IBM® SOA Policy Gateway Pattern provides a means to quickly and reliably provision an environment for governing service definitions and policies, and enforcing those policies. Deployment of the pattern starts with the governance master, followed by the runtime pattern.

Preparing and deploying the IBM SOA Policy Gateway Pattern

Deploy the governance master pattern:
  1. Deploy a SOA Policy Gateway Governance Master pattern. Wait for the deployment to complete before deploying runtime patterns. For more information, see Deploying the governance master pattern.
Deploy the runtime patterns:
  1. Decide whether a basic runtime pattern with a standalone environment, or an advanced runtime pattern with a clustered environment is needed.
  2. Determine how many DataPower instances or appliances your runtime patterns require.

    Patterns that include DataPower have two DataPower instances by default. You can configure up to 10 DataPower instances. For more information, see Adding DataPower instances to a pattern.

    Patterns with external DataPower can be configured to work with up to 10 DataPower appliances. See Deploying the Basic and Advanced External DataPower Patterns.

    Note: Extra DataPower instances and appliances cannot be added after this configuration is completed.
  3. Configure the runtime pattern with the governance master pattern information. For more information, see SOA Policy Gateway Governance Master deployment information. You can omit governance master pattern information to deploy a standalone system, if required (although this will show an error on deployment, the error can be ignored).
  4. Specify whether the runtime system is staging or production.
  5. Deploy your pattern. For more information, see Deploying an advanced runtime pattern or Deploying a basic runtime pattern.
  6. Wait until fully deployed before you deploy another runtime.
When deployment of the runtime patterns is completed:
  1. WSRR and WebSphere® security can be updated from the default security configuration. For more information, see Security for the IBM SOA Policy Gateway Pattern patterns.
  2. The DataPower domain is ready for gateway configuration. If using a virtual DataPower appliance, you must first apply the latest fix pack, see Updating DataPower in the deployed instance.

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