The WSO2 API Manager 1.10.0 Released!

The WSO2 API Manager team is pleased to announce the release of version
1.10.0 of the Open Source API Manager.

WSO2 API Manager is a platform for creating, managing, consuming and
monitoring APIs. It employs proven SOA best practices to solve a wide range
of API management challenges such as API provisioning, API governance, API
security and API monitoring. It combines some of the most powerful and
mature components of the WSO2's state-of-the-art Carbon platform to deliver
a smooth and end-to-end API management experience while catering to both
API publisher and API consumer requirements.

WSO2 API Manager is comprised of several modules.

   - *API Provider:* Define new APIs and manage them
   - *API Store:* Browse published APIs and subscribe to them
   - *API Gateway:* The underlying API runtime based on WSO2 ESB
   - *API Key Manager:* Performs Key Generation and Key Validation
   functionalities

WSO2 API Manager is developed on top of the revolutionary WSO2 Carbon
platform <http://wso2.org/projects/carbon> (Middleware a' la carte), an
OSGi based framework that provides seamless modularity to your SOA via
componentization. This release also contains many new features and a range
of optional components (add-ons) that can be installed to customize the
behavior of the API Manager. Further, any existing features of the product
which are not required in your environment can be easily removed using the
underlying provisioning framework of Carbon. In brief, WSO2 API Manager can
be fully customized and tailored to meet your exact API management needs.

For more information on WSO2 API Manager please visit
http://wso2.com/products/api-manager. Also take a look at the online product
documentation
<https://docs.wso2.com/display/AM1100/WSO2+API+Manager+Documentation>.
How to Run

   1. Extract the downloaded zip
   2. Go to the bin directory in the extracted folder
   3. Run the wso2server.sh or wso2server.bat as appropriate
   4. Launch a web browser and navigate to https://localhost:9443/publisher to
   access the API provider webapp
   5. Navigate to https://localhost:9443/store to access the API store
   6. Navigate to https://localhost:9443/admin-dashboard to access Admin
   dashboard
   7. Use "admin", "admin" as the username and password to login as an admin

New Features in 1.10.0

   - [APIMANAGER-509 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-509>] -
   Provide means to search tags
   - [APIMANAGER-647 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-647>] -
   Provide a better UI than selecting from a drop down list to deal with
   lifecycle states of an API with publisher UI
   - [APIMANAGER-3705 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3705>] - Add
   HTTP method "PATCH" support to API-M
   - [APIMANAGER-3979 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3979>] -
   Support Digest auth protected enpoint as a back end URL.
   - [APIMANAGER-4027 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4027>] -
   Enabling users to invoke APIs when the throttle limit has exceeded
   - [APIMANAGER-4034 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4034>] -
   Making the backend endpoint/url optional
   - [APIMANAGER-4179 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4179>] -
   Support reverse proxy for API manager admin-dashboard application
   - [APIMANAGER-4192 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4192>] - Set
   a throttling hard limit per API
   - [APIMANAGER-4262 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4262>] -
   REST API for publisher and there we are exposing a resource "/tiers"

Improvements in 1.10.0

   - [APIMANAGER-2166 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-2166>] - DB2
   Support
   - [APIMANAGER-2514 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-2514>] -
   [APIM Migration] Improve instructions in README.txt for default embedded h2
   db
   - [APIMANAGER-2553 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-2553>] -
   Review the REST API
   - [APIMANAGER-2661 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-2661>] - uri
   templates are allowed to be saved with invalid characters
   - [APIMANAGER-2687 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-2687>] -
   Forum content and reply editting
   - [APIMANAGER-3364 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3364>] - Set
   correct registry permissions when the Publisher/Subscriber roles have been
   created by an external Identity Server
   - [APIMANAGER-3591 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3591>] -
   Throttle Policy management Enhacements
   - [APIMANAGER-3638 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3638>] -
   Make order of execution of APIManagerExtensionHandler and
   APIAuthenticationHandler configurable at each tenant
   - [APIMANAGER-3951 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3951>] -
   Store and return audit meta data for artifacts that are created or modified
   via published API calls
   - [APIMANAGER-3958 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3958>] -
   OAuth2 SCOPE value is not available in message path. It is better to set it
   as property?
   - [APIMANAGER-3978 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-3978>] -
   /userinfo end point can be deployed as default API in the Gateway.
   - [APIMANAGER-4112 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4112>] -
   [Store REST API] New API to return APIs by tag
   - [APIMANAGER-4114 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4114>] -
   Renaming locations to which the store/publisher apps are being copied at
   build time
   - [APIMANAGER-4124 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4124>] -
   High number of DB calls going from Gateway to the database if default api
   is selected.
   - [APIMANAGER-4144 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4144>] - Fix
   the issue in API Migration client when we have blocked APIs
   - [APIMANAGER-4146 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4146>] -
   Integrate registry lifecycle with APIM 1.10.0
   - [APIMANAGER-4189 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4189>] -
   Introduce IDs for fields to enable EnjoyHint capabilities for the cloud
   tutorial
   - [APIMANAGER-4217 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4217>] -
   Sufficient Audit logs should be included for main activities in publisher,
   store
   - [APIMANAGER-4383 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4383>] -
   Change the error message into a meaningful one that get after exceeding the
   hard throttling limit in APIM logs.
   - [APIMANAGER-4392 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4392>] - Its
   better to make the wildcard charater mandatory for the publisher REST API
   query
   - [APIMANAGER-4393 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4393>] -
   APIM is not sending "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials" header in response.
   - [APIMANAGER-4413 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4413>] -
   Include different error codes when throttling out in different throttling
   levels
   - [APIMANAGER-4414 <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER-4414>] - Add
   log messages to indicate when DAS reconnected with APIM and when DAS
   disconnected with APIM

Resolved Issues

   - WSO2 API Manager V1.10.0 resolved issues
   <https://wso2.org/jira/issues/?filter=12597>

Key Features of WSO2 API Manager

Following is a categorization of the core features supported by WSO2 API
Manager based on the target user group.

   - Create a Store of all Available APIs:
      - Graphical experience similar to Android Marketplace or Apple App
      Store.
      - Browse APIs by provider, tags or name.
      - Self-registration to developer community to subscribe to APIs.
      - Subscribe to APIs and manage subscriptions on per-application basis.
      - Subscriptions can be at different service tiers based on expected
      usage levels.
      - Role based access to API Store; manage public and private APIs.
      - Manage subscriptions at a per-developer level.
      - Browse API documentation, download helpers for easy consumption.
      - Comment on and rate APIs.
      - Forum for discussing API usage issues (Available soon in future
      version).
      - Try APIs directly on the store front.
      - Internationalization (i18n) support.
   - Publishing and Governing API Use:
      - Publish APIs to external consumers and partners, as well as
      internal users.
      - Supports publishing multiple protocols including SOAP, REST, JSON
      and XML style services as APIs.
      - Manage API versions and deployment status by version.
      - Govern the API lifecycle (publish, deprecate, retire).
      - Attach documentation (files, external URLs) to APIs.
      - Apply Security policies to APIs (authentication, authorization).
      - Associate API available to system defined service tiers.
      - Provision and Manage API keys.
      - Track consumers per API.
      - One-click deployment to API Gateway for immediate publishing.
   - Route API Traffic:
      - Supports API authentication with OAuth2.
      - Extremely high performance pass-through message routing with
      sub-millisecond latency.
      - Enforce rate limiting and throttling policies for APIs by consumer.
      - Horizontally scalable with easy deployment into cluster using
      proven routing infrastructure.
      - Scales to millions of developers/users.
      - Capture all statistics and push to pluggable analytics system.
      - Configure API routing policies with capabilities of WSO2 Enterprise
      Service Bus.
      - Powered by WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus.
   - Manage Developer Community:
      - Self-sign up for API consumption.
      - Manage user account including password reset.
      - Developer interaction with APIs via comments and ratings.
      - Support for developer communication via forums (Available soon in
      future version).
      - Powered by WSO2 Identity Server.
   - Govern Complete API Lifecycle:
      - Manage API lifecycle from cradle to grave: create, publish, block,
      deprecate and retire.
      - Publish both production and sandbox keys for APIs to enable easy
      developer testing.
      - Publish APIs to partner networks such as ProgrammableWeb (Available
      soon in future version).
      - Powered by WSO2 Governance Registry.
   - Monitor API Usage and Performance:
      - All API usage published to pluggable analytics framework.
      - Out of the box support for WSO2 Business Activity Monitor and
      Google Analytics.
      - View metrics by user, API and more.
      - Customized reporting via plugging reporting engines.
      - Monitor SLA compliance.
      - Powered by WSO2 Business Activity Monitor.
   - Pluggable, Extensible and Themeable:
      - All components are highly customizable thru styling, theming and
      open source code.
      - Storefront implemented with Jaggery (jaggeryjs.org) for easy
      customization.
      - Pluggable to third party analytics systems and billing systems
      (Available soon in future version).
      - Pluggable to existing user stores including via JDBC and LDAP.
      - Components usable separately - storefront can be used to front APIs
      gatewayed via third party gateways such as Intel Expressway
Service Gateway.
      - Support for Single Sign On (SSO) using SAML 2.0 for easy
      integration with existing web apps
   - Easily Deployable in Enterprise Setting:
      - Role based access control for managing users and their
      authorization levels.
      - Store front can be deployed in DMZ for external access with
      Publisher inside the firewall for private control.
      - Different user stores for developer focused store-front and
      internal operations in publisher.
      - Integrates with enterprise identity systems including LDAP and
      Microsoft Active Directory.
      - Gateway can be deployed in DMZ with controlled access to WSO2
      Identity Server (for authentication/authorization) and
governance database
      behind firewall.
   - Support for creating multi-tenanted APIs
      - Run a single instance and provide API Management to multiple
      customers
      - Share APIs between different departments in a large enterprise
   - Publishing and Governing API Use
      - Document an API using Swagger
      - Restrict API Access tokens to domains/IPs
      - Ability to block a subscription and restricting a complete
      application
      - Ability to revoke access tokens
      - Separate validity period configuration for Application Access Token
      - OAuth2 Authorization Code Grant Type Support
      - Configuring execution point of mediation extensions
   - Monitor API Usage and Performance
      - Improved dashboard for monitoring usage statistics (Filtering data
      for a date range, More visually appealing widgets)

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Manager are reported at the
following location:

   - Known Issues
   <https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10810>

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Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, documentation faults and feature
requests regarding WSO2 API Manager through the public API Manager JIRA
<https://wso2.org/jira/browse/APIMANAGER>. You can use the Carbon JIRA
<http://www.wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON> to report any issues related to
the Carbon base framework or associated Carbon components.
Support

We are committed to ensuring that your enterprise middleware deployment is
completely supported from evaluation to production. Our unique approach
ensures that all support leverages our open development methodology and is
provided by the very same engineers who build the technology.

For more details and to take advantage of this unique opportunity please
visit http://wso2.com/support.

To learn more about WSO2 API Manager and WSO2 support offerings please visit
 http://wso2.com/products/api-manager.

*-- The WSO2 API Manager Team --*


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Regards,
Chamila Adhikarinayake
Software Engineer
WSO2, Inc.
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