Getting Started with Anypoint Platform (Mule 4)
Summary
This introductory course is for anyone involved in an Anypoint Platform™ project who wants to get
hands-on experience learning about the platform and how to use it to discover, consume, design, build,
deploy, manage, and govern APIs. Students will not write any code in this course.
Note: This course is not for developers and architects who are going to take the Anypoint Platform
Development: Fundamentals course, which includes this content and more.
Duration
2 days (in-person or online)
Objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
Describe the benefits of application networks and API-led connectivity.
Use Anypoint Exchange as a central repository for the discovery and reuse of assets.
Use Flow Designer to build integration apps that consume APIs from Exchange and transform data.
Use API Designer to define APIs with RAML and make them discoverable by adding them to
Exchange.
Use Anypoint Studio to build APIs that connect to databases and transform data with DataWeave.
Deploy API implementations to CloudHub.
Use API Manager to create and deploy API proxies that govern access to APIs.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of data formats such as XML and JSON
A basic understanding of typical integration technologies such as HTTP, REST, and SOAP
Setup requirements
A computer with
o At least 8-16 GB (16 highly recommended) available RAM, 2GHz CPU, and 10GB
available storage
o A minimum screen resolution of 1024x768
Internet access to ports 80 and 3306 (with > 5Mbps download and > 2Mbps upload)
The latest version of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge
An Anypoint Platform account
Anypoint Studio 7.11.0 or later with embedded Mule 4.4 runtime
Advanced REST Client 16.0.1 or later (or any other REST client application)
Get a detailed setup document here.
Outline
Module 1: Introducing application networks and API-led connectivity
Explain what an application network is and its benefits
Describe how to build an application network using API-led connectivity
Explain what web services and APIs are
Explore API directories and portals
Make calls to secure and unsecured APIs
Module 2: Introducing Anypoint Platform
Identify all the components of Anypoint Platform
Describe the role of each component in building application networks
Navigate Anypoint Platform
Locate APIs and other assets needed to build integrations and APIs in Anypoint Exchange
Build basic integrations to connect systems using Flow Designer
Module 3: Designing APIs
Define APIs with RAML, the Restful API Modeling Language
Mock APIs to test their design before they are built
Make APIs discoverable by adding them to Anypoint Exchange
Create API portals for developers to learn how to use APIs
Module 4: Building APIs
Use Anypoint Studio to create flows graphically
Build, run, and test Mule applications
Use a connector to connect to databases
Use the graphical DataWeave editor to transform data
Create RESTful interfaces for applications from a RAML file
Connect API interfaces to API implementations
Synchronize changes to API specifications between Anypoint Studio and Anypoint Platform
Module 5: Deploying and managing APIs
Describe the options for deploying Mule applications
Deploy Mule applications to CloudHub
Use API Manager to create and deploy API proxies to CloudHub
Restrict access to API proxies
