The DataPower® appliance manager automatically
starts if you issue a request to the DataPower appliance manager and
it is not already started. You can initiate a request using the wsadmin
tool, or by selecting any of the administrative console pages that
enable you to view or change settings for DataPower appliances, firmware,
or managed sets, or the administrative console page that is used to
monitor DataPower appliance manager tasks. The appliance manager also
automatically starts when the deployment manager starts if there are
any DataPower appliances configured in the appliance manager.
Before you begin
The first time that you use the DataPower appliance manager,
you must add at least one appliance to the appliance manager. Before
adding an appliance to the appliance manager, you must verify that:
- The appliance that you are adding is at a Version 3.6.0.4 or higher
firmware level. The appliance manager cannot manage an appliances
that is not at a Version 3.6.0.4 or higher firmware level.
- The appliance manager can communicate with the port that is used
for the XML Management interface AMP endpoint on the appliance. The
appliance manager uses this port to send commands to an appliance.
- The appliance can communicate with the port that is used for the
DataPowerMgr_inbound_secure endpoint on the deployment manager. The
appliance uses this port to send events to the appliance manager.
- The Appliance Management Protocol (AMP) endpoint is enabled for
each appliance. If the XML Management interface AMP endpoint was disabled
during installation, use the DataPower WebGUI to enable
the AMP endpoint.
- There is not a firewall between the deployment manager and the
appliances that will be part of a managed set. If there is a firewall
between the deployment manager and the appliances, that firewall might
prevent the appliance manager from communicating with the appliances
in a managed set.
Avoid trouble: Remember that the XML management
interface port, which defaults to port number 5550, is different from
the Web Management Service port, which defaults to port number 9090.
The DataPower appliance manager uses the XML management interface
port to manage the DataPower appliances. You use the Web Management
Service port to access the WebGUI on the DataPower appliance. You
can use the same user ID and password to access both the XML management
interface and the WebGUI.
gotcha
About this task
When the DataPower appliance manager starts, it automatically
starts the channel chain which causes a bind to the port that is defined
for the DataPower appliance manager.
To access the DataPower
appliance manager, in the administrative console, click , and then
perform one or more of the following actions. As previously stated,
if this is the first time that you are using the DataPower appliance
manager, you must add at least one appliance to the appliance manager
before completing any of the other actions.
If you need to shut
down the DataPower appliance manager, in the administrative console,
click , and then click .
Procedure
What to do next
You can configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the DataPower appliance manager.