• Describe how WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances are configured
• Create a web service proxy to virtualize web service applications
• Implement web services security
• Create and configure cryptographic objects
• Configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to and from WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
• Configure a multi-protocol gateway (MPGW) to handle multiple protocols for a single service
• Configure a service level monitoring (SLM) policy to control message traffic
• Configure support for IBM WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Java Message Service (JMS)
• Use logs and probes to troubleshoot services
• Configure the DataPower resources that are needed to support OAuth 2.0
• Use patterns to define and deploy new services
• Use DataPower resources and options to support REST and JSON-based services
• Handle errors in service policies

• Course introduction
• DataPower administration overview
  • Exercise: Exercise setup
• DataPower services overview
• Structure of a service
  • Exercise: Creating a simple XML firewall
• Multi-protocol gateway service
• Problem determination tools
  • Exercise: Creating an advanced multi-protocol gateway
• Handling errors in a service policy
  • Exercise: Adding error handling to a service policy
• DataPower cryptographic tools and SSL setup
  • Exercise: Creating cryptographic objects and configuring SSL
• Web service proxy service
  • Exercise: Configuring a web service proxy
• Service level monitoring
  • Exercise: Implementing an SLM monitor in a web service proxy
• XML and web services security overview
  • Exercise: Web service encryption and digital signatures
• Authentication, authorization, and auditing (AAA)
  • Exercise: Web service authentication and authorization
• OAuth overview and DataPower implementation
  • Exercise: Defining a three-legged OAuth scenario that uses DataPower services
• Patterns for service configuration
  • Exercise: Using a DataPower pattern
• Integration with WebSphere MQ
• DataPower and WebSphere JMS
  • Exercise: Configuring a multi-protocol gateway service with WebSphere MQ
• REST and JSON support for Web 2.0 and Mobile applications
  • Exercise: Using DataPower to implement REST services
• Course summary

This course is designed for integration developers who configure service policies on IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances.

You should successfully complete course Technical Introduction to WebSphere DataPower V6 (VW600G).

You should also be familiar with:

• Security-based concepts and protocols
• XML-related technologies such as XML schema, XPath, and XSLT
• Web service fundamentals and the web services security specifications
• REST-based services