How to connect to Layer7
- Markus Müller
- Prativa Beura
- Mirco Hoffmann (Unlicensed)
On this page you will learn how to connect your Layer7 Gateway to Boomi´s API Control Plane step-by-step.
Prerequisites
The following is required to proceed:
A running instance of Boomi´s API Control Plane
Access to the instance of your Layer7 Gateway/Developer Portal
Docker to use the image of our agent (that acts as an intermediary)
Provide the Gateway Information
The following describes how to create the gateway configuration for a Layer7 Gateway Agent.
Gateway Configuration
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
Open the Development Portal and go to “Portal API”
Select the Portal API for your tenant:
You can find the
tenantName,apiKeyand thesharedSecretin the display that appears:Copy the credentials and insert them into your configuration file
