This document introduces WSO2 API Manager and discusses its key components and capabilities. It notes that WSO2 was founded in 2005 and produces an open source middleware platform. It then defines what an API is and discusses challenges in managing APIs like provisioning, monitoring, usage tracking and monetization. The document outlines that WSO2 API Manager leverages proven WSO2 platform components to enable API creation/hosting, scalability, lifecycle management, security, monitoring and application development. It provides examples of large customers using various WSO2 products and describes the API Manager's components and deployment options.

1. Introducing
WSO2 API Manager
Hiranya Jayathilaka, Sumedha Rubasinghe
WSO2
June, 2012

2. WSO2
● Founded in 2005 by acknowledged leaders in XML, Web
Services Technologies & Standards and Open Source.
Primary contributors to Apache Web Services projects started
in 2001
● Producing entire middleware platform 100% open source
under Apache license
● Business model is to sell comprehensive support &
maintenance for our products
● Technology OEM’d by IBM, Progress, Software AG, Alcatel,
EMC, and CA
● Venture funded by Intel Capital and Quest Software.
● Global corporation with offices in Palo Alto, USA
Portsmouth, UK & Colombo, Sri Lanka
● 150+ employees and growing.

3. APIs
● An API is a business capability delivered
over the Internet to internal or external
consumers
○ Network accessible function
○ Available using standard web protocols
○ With well-defined interfaces
○ Designed for access by third-parties
○ Scope
■ Internal
■ Between Partners
■ Between Customers
■ Open

4. Managed APIs
● Actively advertised
● Subscribe-able
● Available with SLAs
● Secured, authenticated, authorized and
protected
● Monitored
● Monetized with analytics

5. Challenges In Managing APIs
● API Provisioning
○ Publishing
○ Key Management
○ Versioning
● Monitoring
● Usage Tracking
● Monetization

6. APIs - Protocols / Styles / Formats
● SOAP / REST
● XML / JSON
source: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/06/09/new-job-requirement-experience-
building-restful-apis/
source: https://devcentral.f5.
com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2011/04/27/the-stealthy-
ascendancy-of-json.aspx

7. WSO2 Platform & APIs

8. WSO2 Platform & APIs
● Proven platform for :
○ creating / hosting APIs
○ Achieving scalability
○ Managing life cycle
○ Configuration Governance
○ Security
○ Monitoring
○ Application Development

9. WSO2 Case Studies http://wso2.com/casestudies

10. WSO2 API Manager
● API Publishing, API Store, Gateway & Statistics
● Only Open source API Management platform
● Apache 2 License
● Part of award winning WSO2 Carbon platform
● Built using proven WSO2 components
○ Enterprise Service Bus
○ Identity Server
○ Governance Registry
○ Business Activity Monitor
○ Jaggery
● Latest version - 1.0.0-ALPHA

11. WSO2 API Manager
● API Manager leverages WSO2 proven
components:
○ WSO2 ESB
■ used as API Gateway by eBay, AAA, and others.
eBay handles > 1 billion API calls/day
○ WSO2 Governance Registry
■ used by British Airways, Intermountain
Healthcare, and many others
○ WSO2 Identity Server
■ used by Citigroup, Federal Home Loan Bank of
SF, US Navy and others

12. WSO2 API Manager - Components
Monitoring & Monetization

13. Demo time ...

14. Deployment Choices
● All-in-one
○ API Store, Provider, Gateway - single JVM
○ Business Activity Monitor - separate JVM

15. Deployment For Scalability
● Distributed
○ API Store, Provider & Gateway can be deployed
independently
○ Deciding factors:
■ Load
■ Enterprise security policies
■ Usage patterns
● eg: only internal department publishes APIs

16. Future Directions

17. Release Plan
● Beta : 1st week of July
● GA : last week of July

18. Join Us
● WSO2 Architecture List
○ http://wso2.markmail.org/search/list:org.wso2.
architecture
○ subscribe : http://wso2.org/mail/
● API Manager JIRA
○ https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APISTORE
● Source
○ http://svn.wso2.
org/repos/wso2/carbon/platform/trunk/component
s/apimgt

19. WSO2

20. WSO2 engagement model
● QuickStart -
● Development
● Support
● Development
● Services
● Production
● Support
● Turnkey Solutions
○ WSO2 Mobile Services Solution
○ WSO2 FIX Gateway Solution
○ WSO2 SAP Gateway Solution

21. Questions ?

22. Thank You