Fiorano API Management is quick to install and easy to use. The steps below illustrate how to install Fiorano API Management product as well as to launch the Fiorano API Dashboard: 

Installing Fiorano API Management

Download Fiorano Platform using the .bin or .exe installer from http://www.fiorano.com/downloads/downloads.php which has an intuitive wizard to install the Fiorano setup as per scenario requirements.

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Prerequisites

Installing Java

Setting up Java

Download and Install JDK

For the servers to run, JAVA1.8 (or higher versions) Java Development Kit needs to be installedconfigured.

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Download and install

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from any of the following download links which include Oracle Java and some open JDK builds:

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Set Java Home

Provide the JDK installation path for the JAVA_HOME property in the fiorano_vars.sh/bat file present at the Forano installation directory.

Installing and Running Cassandra Database Server

Cassandra DB Server needs to be installed as Fiorano API  Management uses Cassandra as the data store for all information that is looked up while a request is being processed such as the subscriptions, clients, and distributed quotas. Cassandra Database is an open-source database that provides linear scalability and high availability with proven fault-tolerance in storing details that need to be looked up on-the-fly.

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Installing Cassandra

1. Download Cassandra Version 3.x from the

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1. cassandra.

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2. Install Cassandra by referring to the directions provided

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1. at http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/getting_started/index.html

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2. Make the changes mentioned in the subsections below as applicable or/and move to the Running the Cassandra server section.

Cassandra in a Windows environment

Before starting Cassandra in Windows environment as a service,

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 perform the following actions to enable the database:

1. Go to <CASSANDRA_HOME>/conf.
2. Open the cassandra.yaml file.
3. Find the cdc_raw_directory

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1.  parameter.

2. Un-comment the property and rename the value as below:

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   <CASSANDRA_HOME>/data/cdc_raw

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   cdc_raw_directory: "C:/Program Files/DataStax-DDC/data/cdc_raw"

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Enabling Connection to a Remote Cassandra Server

If Cassandra Server is running on a different system, the two steps below need to be performed:

Step 1: Enabling Remote Access to Cassandra Server

Since Cassandra server will be hosted in the local system alone by default, cassandra cannot be accessed from any other systems. To enable remote access, perform the following actions:

1. Go to the location <CASSANDRA_HOME>/conf.
2. Open the cassandra.yaml file.
3. Replace the value of the following parameters with the IP address of the system where Cassandra DB would be running:
   
   1. rpc_address
   2. listen_address

Step 2: Configuring AGS and AMS Profiles

Fiorano API Management server profiles are preconfigured to run Cassandra in the local system with default values of Cassandra Data Store URL and Keyspaces

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as below:

• DatastoreURL: localhost/9042
• KeyspaceName: API

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If the Cassandra Server has to be run in a different system and thereby enable access to this remote Cassandra, replace "localhost" with the IP address of that system.

Cassandra as a Cluster

Running the Cassandra server

Open Command prompt from bin folder at CASSANDRA_HOME and run the following command:

• Linux: 

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  cassandra -R -f

• Windows: 

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  cassandra -f

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  If Cassandra is installed as a service, start the server from Windows Services. Tip In the Windows Component Services panel, Cassandra server will be displayed as "DataStax DDC Server <VersionNumber>".

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Setting up

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• Linux

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  ./server.sh -mode ams -profile server1 –nobackground-nobackground

• Windows

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  server.bat -mode ams -profile server1

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  ./server.sh -mode ags -profile server1 –nobackground-nobackground

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  server.bat -mode ags -profile server1

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  ./server.sh -mode ags -profile server2 –nobackground-nobackground

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  server.bat -mode ags -profile server2

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Fiorano API Management provides API Management Dashboard as a client GUI to assist in configuring and maintaining API servers and projects.

The dashboard is hosted at the following address after starting the AMS serverAfter starting the servers, use the URL below to login to the Dashboard:

http://<ip-address-of-installation-machine>:1981localhost:1981/apimgmt/login

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Figure 1: Fiorano API Management Login page

After logging in with the credentials, the API Management Dashboard Home page gets displayed as in the following figure.

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Figure 1: Fiorano API Management Dashboard

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Figure 2: Fiorano API Management Dashboard

The Home page displays an overall graphical picture about the entire data in the Fiorano API Management such as the number of Deployed/Undeployed Projects, projects which are Active/Deprecated/Retired, projects deployed on different environments, and an overview about users, products, projects, and operations.

The sections present in the API Management Menu bar are the ones that drive Fiorano API Management:

• API Projects
• Analytics
• Applications
• Administration

Click the above links to understand each section clearly or click Quick Start to try hands-on with the product right away. 

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