ibm-cloudsecure-gatewayibm-api-managementapiconnect

configure the secure gateway ip tables to allow connections from api connect


I want to expose some APIs in Bluemix from my datacenter using API Connect and the Secure Gateway, but I need that just API Connect can call this APIs because I am going to secure them with this service. I have been trying to do this with the IP tables configuration of the Secure Gateway Destinantion, but I do not know the IP address that makes the calls to the other APIs, is there any way to do this?


Solution

  • You are looking for the IPs of the API Gateway that actually handles each API call. However, this is not a good mechanism for access control, as those IPs may change at any time.

    Instead, why not enable Mutual TLS on your destination, then just upload the cert and key to a TLS profile within API Connect? Applying that profile to your policy assembly will effectively limit access to the Secure Gateway.