Operate¶
The Build tab tells how to make APIs, code and websites. This tab tells how to run them : set a server up, keep it fast, watch it, ship changes and work as a team.
⚙Configuration and settingsThe configuration of a server, then the settings of each database, table, API, system API and sandbox.
↗PerformanceAnswers from Redis with automatic caching, and the missing indexes found and made by Index Maker.
≡Logs and dashboardsLog profiles, the log explorer, the servers of the cluster and the Redis dashboard.
⑂Git and deploymentYour project in Git, deployment hooks for CI, and a new version of API Maker on every server.
⚇Team workOne account per developer, database names masked per developer, the code finder and the compare editor.
⛁Connection stringsMongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQL Server, with TLS and cloud examples.
Read in this order¶
- API Maker configuration : what a server starts with.
- Connection strings : how API Maker reaches your databases.
- Database settings, then the settings of tables, APIs and sandboxes.
- Automatic caching and Index Maker : keep it fast.
- Logs and dashboards : watch it run.
- Git integration and Deploy API Maker : ship changes and upgrades.
- Before you go live : the checklist of the Security tab.
Two more pages : Internationalization answers errors in the language of the caller, and Operate API Maker using its API creates admin accounts from a script.