IBM DataPower Gateway

Module 1: DataPower Overview

• DataPower as an enterprise gateway appliance
• Deployment options: physical, virtual, container
• DataPower Gateway vs API Connect gateway
• DataPower object model: service, front-side handler, processing policy
• DataPower management: GUI, CLI, REST API
• IBM DataPower vs software API gateways

Module 2: Multi-Protocol Gateway (MPGW)

• Front-side handler: HTTP, HTTPS, MQ, FTP
• Processing policy: rules and actions
• Match rule: URL, content type, host-based routing
• Back-side handler: backend connection
• Transform action: XSLT and GatewayScript
• Error rule for fault handling

Module 3: Security Enforcement

• SSL Proxy Profile: TLS termination and initiation
• Mutual TLS: client certificate validation
• WS-Security: UsernameToken and Signature validation
• OAuth 2.0 token enforcement
• JWT validation: verify claims and expiry
• XML Threat Protection and JSON Threat filters

Module 4: XML & JSON Transformation

• XSLT stylesheets in DataPower
• GatewayScript for JavaScript-based transformation
• JSONx: XML to JSON and back
• JSON to XML schema conversion
• Content-based routing with XPath
• Namespace mapping and stripping

Module 5: API Management Mode

• DataPower Gateway as IBM API Connect gateway
• API policy enforcement: rate limit, quota
• Analytics offload to API Connect
• API assembly policies in DataPower
• API key and client ID enforcement
• DataPower logging to API analytics

Module 6: B2B Gateway

• AS2 messaging for B2B trading partners
• EDI document routing and validation
• Trading partner agreement management
• Encryption and digital signatures for EDI
• B2B error notification and reprocessing
• B2B transaction monitoring

Module 7: High Availability & Performance

• DataPower appliance clustering
• Load balancing across DataPower cluster
• Connection management tuning
• Thread pool and memory configuration
• Caching: document cache and stylesheet cache
• Latency benchmarking and optimisation

Module 8: Operations & Automation

• DataPower REST API: configuration management
• DataPower CLI for scripted admin
• Ansible playbooks for DataPower configuration
• Monitoring: SNMP and syslog integration
• Log targets: remote logging configuration
• Disaster recovery and configuration backup

Our integration middleware instructors are enterprise integration architects with hands-on experience deploying IBM MQ, TIBCO BusinessWorks, and IBM App Connect in large-scale financial services, telecoms, and government environments. They bring messaging infrastructure knowledge and enterprise service bus design experience that goes far beyond simple tutorials.