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Overview
| Course code | ZE400 | Skill level | Intermediate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 5.0 days | Delivery type | Instructor Led - Online Training
(Hands-on labs) |
| Course type | Public only | ||
| Public price | USD $3,100.00 plus tax |
NOTE: THIS IS A SELF-PACED COURSE WITH A FIXED START AND END DATE.
You will be given access to the course material, and to a DataPower appliance in order to perform the labs, for a period of 26 days from the designated start date. At the end of the class period, your access will be removed. No extensions to the access period are possible.
This self paced course does not involve a live instructor.
Please note that your enrollment will be confirmed shortly after you enroll, but you will not be sent the details on how to access the course and the lab environment until approximately 3 days before the designated class start date.
Self-paced virtual courses provide the same deep technical content as our classroom courses, but allow you to learn on your own schedule. There is no live instructor for this course, so it may not be appropriate for students who require the guidance of a live instructor. In such cases, students should consider the alternative versions of this course:
- Classroom delivery: Accelerate, Secure and Integrate with IBM DataPower V4.0.1 (WE400)
- Instructor-led online delivery: Accelerate, Secure and Integrate with IBM DataPower V4.0.1 (Remote Classroom) (VE400)
In this 5-day course, students learn the fundamental skills required to implement IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances with firmware version 4.0.1.
The IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances allow an enterprise to simplify, accelerate, and enhance the security capabilities of its Extensible Markup Language (XML) and web services deployments, and extend the capabilities of its service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure.
Through a combination of instructor-led lectures and hands-on lab exercises, students learn how to implement the key use cases for the DataPower appliances. These include XML acceleration and threat protection, web service virtualization, web services security, integrating with IBM WebSphere MQ and Java Message Service (JMS), and authentication, authorization, and auditing (AAA). Students also learn how to use various problem determination tools such as logs, monitors, and probes, as well as techniques for testing DataPower services and handling errors.
Hands-on exercises give students experience working directly with an IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance. The exercises focus on skills such as creating XML firewalls, working with encryption and cryptographic objects, configuring service level monitoring, troubleshooting services, and handling errors.
The remote lab environment for this course uses the Linux platform.
Online enrollment
THIS IS A SELF-PACED VIRTUAL CLASS. ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU HAVE 26 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.
Before you enroll, review the system requirements on this page to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course.
Within 48 hours of enrolling in the course, you receive a confirmation email that contains your online link, your ID and password, and additional instructions for starting the course. You are billed for the course when you submit the enrollment form.
ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT.
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Audience
This intermediate course is for integration developers who configure service policies on IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances.
Prerequisites
Students should 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 specification
Skills taught
- Describe the key use cases and architectural scenarios for the IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
- Describe how WebSphere DataPower Appliances are configured, including the role of XSL Transformations (XSLT)
- Configure an XML firewall to protect against a new class of XML-based threats
- 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 (MPG) to handle multiple protocols for a single service
- Configure a service level monitoring (SLM) policy to handle service processing violations
- Enforce service level policies to manage traffic to and from WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
- Configure support for IBM WebSphere MQ and Java Message Service (JMS)
- Troubleshoot services using logs and probes
- Handle errors in service policies
Course outline
- Course introduction
- Introduction to DataPower SOA Appliances
- DataPower administration overview
- Exercise: Exercises setup
- Introduction to XSL transformations
- Exercise: Creating XSL transformations
- DataPower services overview
- Exercise: Creating a simple XML firewall
- XML firewall service
- Problem determination tools
- Exercise: Creating an advanced XML firewall
- Handling errors in a service policy
- Exercise: Adding error handling to a service policy
- DataPower cryptographic tools
- Exercise: Creating cryptographic objects
- Securing connections using SSL
- Exercise: Securing connections using SSL
- XML threat protection
- Exercise: Protecting against XML threats
- Web Service Proxy service
- Exercise: Configuring 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
- Configuring LDAP using AAA
- Exercise: Creating a AAA policy using LDAP
- Multi-protocol gateway service
- Exercise: Configuring a multi-protocol gateway service
- Monitoring objects
- Service level monitoring
- Integration with WebSphere MQ
- Exercise: Configuring a multi-protocol gateway service with WebSphere MQ
- DataPower and Java Message Service (JMS)
- DataPower architectural scenarios
- Course summary
- Appendix: Web application firewall service
- Appendix Exercise: Creating a firewall and HTTP proxy for a web application
- Appendix Exercise: Configuring WebSphere JMS
Machine requirements
After you enroll in this course, you will be directed to a link to help you prepare your system to access the course.
The computer that you use to access the labs should meet the following requirements:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3, Microsoft Vista SP1, or Microsoft Windows 7
- Internet Explorer V6.0 SP2 (or higher) or Mozilla Firefox V2.0 (or higher)
- 256 kbps or faster Internet connection