Architected For Mission Critical APIs

Vordel API Server offers best-in-class performance, scalability, flexibility, and ease-of-use. It all starts with best-in-class architecture, designed for mission critical APIs and enterprise wide deployment. Vordel API Server’s architecture is built around the core VXA Engine run-time, supported by five functional modules built around the API lifecycle.

• Studio is for the development of APIs and policies
• Tester is for the testing of APIs, policies, and configurations
• Manager is for the administration of the APIs, servers, polices, and transactions
• Analytics is for the monitoring and reporting of APIs, servers, and transactions
• Portal is for the publication of APIs and enabling developer discovery and self-service

VXA Engine - Fast API Server Performance In Any Form Factor

At the core of the Vordel API Server is the patented high performance VXA Engine run-time. The VXA engine processes API delivery tasks such as transformation, schema validation, and throttling at wire-speed. The VXA Engine is driven by configurable policies and can be extended with JavaScript, Groovy and Ant for ultimate extensibility and flexibility. VXA is a software program written in native code. It delivers wire-speed performance without any proprietary hardware or add-on accelerator cards. No other API Server is faster.

Connectors - Out-of-The-Box Integration To Any System

The VXA Engine is flanked by inbound listeners and outbound adapters. The listeners are configured to intercept specific communications by message type, protocol, and port. The outbound adapters output system or standard-specific message formats for easy integration to external systems. Inbound listeners and outbound adapters are packaged into Connectors by technology type or named product. Vordel ships with a full library of pre-built Connectors supporting a broad range of applications including middleware, security and network products. Using Vordel Policy Studio and SDK developers can create additional Connectors to proprietary systems.

Policy Studio - Visualize Your APIs And Policies

Vordel Policy Studio is a powerful and intuitive visual development environment for creating APIs and policies. Policy Studio lets developers work in the familiar Eclipse integrated development environment. In Policy Studio developers can create APIs and policies by simply dragging and linking Filters to form Circuits. Filters are building blocks that perform specific integration, transformation, logical or security tasks. Circuits link the Filters to orchestrate discrete tasks into flows. Vordel ships over 120 pre-built Filters and Policies covering the most common usages scenarios, third-party technologies and standards.

API Tester - Test APIs, Policies, Configurations, Clients, And Providers

Vordel API Tester (formerly known as SOAPbox) is a tool for the testing of APIs, policies, and configurations. Developers can use API Tester to test APIs deployed on the Vordel API Server or any other system. This includes testing of API clients and service providers. API Tester helps you profile API capabilities, perform load and performance testing, and simulate attacks to identify API vulnerabilities. Download the FREE Vordel API Tester today!

Manager - Unified Administration of Your API Environment

Vordel Manager is a unified web-based administration tool from which you can administer your entire API universe. Manager’s easy-to-use interface features rich user interactions and visualization tools to help administrator’s mange even the largest and most dynamic API environments, including distributed environments with mixed form factors and elastic capacity. Vordel Manager lets you mange:

• APIs
• Policies
• API Servers, including groups and configurations
• Virtual and physical hosts
• Transactions
• End points
• Logs
• Environmental migration

Analytics - Comprehensive Logging, Monitoring, Reporting, And Analysis

Vordel Analytics offers comprehensive reporting and monitoring capabilities to help you gain visibility and understanding into the performance and quality of your API operations. Vordel's reporting architecture provides almost infinite flexibility to capture the data you need. Your data is securely stored and made accessible via the Vordel Analytics user interface, automatically emailed, delivered to log management and system management tools, through REST APIs, or directly queried from the database. Vordel reports on usage statistics to provide insights into:

• what APIs are being used,
• how much are the APIs used,
• when are the APIs used and
• who are using the APIs.

Portal - Publish APIs And Provide Developer Self-Service

Vordel API Developer Portal simplifies the task of exposing your APIs to the different API developer communities you want to support and target, including: internal, partner, and community developers. Using the API Portal, the API business owner can easily:

• Publish APIs and build catalogs of APIs for different developer groups
• Manage API consumer entities: Organizations, Users, Applications
• Assign and manage policies
• Monitor and analyze API usage

• Self-service, including self-on-boarding and obtaining API keys
• Browse API catalogs and discover APIs
• Learn how to use APIs with interactive Swagger documentation
• Monitor usage and performance of APIs

Solution Factory - Create Domain And Functional Specific Solution Packages

Vordel Solution Factory is a packaging tool that enables developers to create Solution Packs. Each Solution Pack can include API definition, policy packages, special filters, custom user interface, custom data schema, and environmental configurations. Solution Packs can be created for specific use cases, stakeholders, or business units. Solution Packs can accelerate solution deployment, improve ease-of-administration, and promote knowledge sharing among the Vordel user and partner. Examples of Solution Packs offered by Vordel include SharePoint Gateway, Siebel Gateway, and Cisco AXG Migration.