APIIDA API Control Plane

How to connect to Layer7

Owned by Markus Müller
Last updated: Feb 09, 2024 by Pierre Gnilka
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On this page you will learn how to connect your Layer7 Gateway to APIIDA´s API Control Plane step-by-step.

Prerequisites

The following is required to proceed:

Provide the Gateway Information

The following describes how to create the gateway configuration for a Layer7 Gateway Agent.

Gateway Configuration

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  • url: Url of the Layer7 Portal API (PAPI).

  • tenant: Name of the tenant in Layer7 developer portal that you want to use.

  • user/password: Credentials of a user of your Layer7 developer portal instance with access rights to the portal API.

  • apiKey: ApiKey required for accessing Portal API.

  • sharedSecret: Shared secret required for accessing Portal API.

  • organizationUuid: UUID of an organization in Layer7 developer portal. All applications that Control Plane creates inside Layer7 developer portal, will be assigned to this organization.

See our Q&A below if you want to learn more about how to get these values.

  • Your configuration file will download automatically.

  • Confirm by clicking on the "Download and Next" button

You’ve completed the second step!

Q&A

  • Enable API plans

  • Create a technical user that is used only by the Control Plane

  • Open the Development Portal and go to “Portal API”

  • Select the Portal API for your tenant:

  • You can find the tenantName, apiKey and the sharedSecret in the display that appears:

  • Copy the credentials and insert them into your configuration file

  • Open the Development Portal and go to “Organizations”

  • Choose your organization:

  • You can find the organizationUuid as part of the URL:

  • Copy the UUID and insert it into your configuration file