Quickstart: Create a new Azure API Management instance by using PowerShell
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In this quickstart, you create a new API Management instance by using Azure PowerShell cmdlets. After creating an instance, you can use Azure PowerShell cmdlets for common management actions such as importing APIs in your API Management instance.
Azure API Management helps organizations publish APIs to external, partner, and internal developers to unlock the potential of their data and services. API Management provides the core competencies to ensure a successful API program through developer engagement, business insights, analytics, security, and protection. With API Management, create and manage modern API gateways for existing backend services hosted anywhere.
If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.
Prerequisites
- If you choose to use Azure PowerShell locally:
- Install the latest version of the Az PowerShell module.
- Connect to your Azure account using the Connect-AzAccount cmdlet.
- If you choose to use Azure Cloud Shell:
- See Overview of Azure Cloud Shell for more information.
Create resource group
Create an Azure resource group with New-AzResourceGroup. A resource group is a logical container into which Azure resources are deployed and managed.
The following command creates a resource group named myResourceGroup in the West US location:
New-AzResourceGroup -Name myResourceGroup -Location WestUS
Create an API Management instance
Now that you have a resource group, you can create an API Management service instance. Create one by using New-AzApiManagement and provide a service name and publisher details. The service name must be unique within Azure.
In the following example, myapim is used for the service name. Update the name to a unique value. Also, update the organization name of the API publisher and the admin email address to receive notifications.
By default, the command creates the instance in the Developer tier, an economical option to evaluate Azure API Management. This tier isn't for production use. For more information about the API Management tiers, see Feature-based comparison of the Azure API Management tiers.
Tip
This is a long-running action. It can take between 30 and 40 minutes to create and activate an API Management service in this tier.
New-AzApiManagement -Name "myapim" -ResourceGroupName "myResourceGroup" `
-Location "West US" -Organization "Contoso" -AdminEmail "admin@contoso.com"
When the command returns, run Get-AzApiManagement to view the properties of the Azure API Management service. After activation, the ProvisioningState is Succeeded and the instance has several associated URLs. For example:
Get-AzApiManagement -Name "myapim" -ResourceGroupName "myResourceGroup"
Example output:
PublicIPAddresses : {203.0.113.1}
PrivateIPAddresses :
Id : /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ApiManagement/service/myapim
Name : myapim
Location : West US
Sku : Developer
Capacity : 1
CreatedTimeUtc : 9/9/2022 9:07:43 PM
ProvisioningState : Succeeded
RuntimeUrl : https://myapim.azure-api.net
RuntimeRegionalUrl : https://myapi-westus-01.regional.azure-api.net
PortalUrl : https://myapim.portal.azure-api.net
DeveloperPortalUrl : https://myapim.developer.azure-api.net
ManagementApiUrl : https://myapim.management.azure-api.net
ScmUrl : https://myapim.scm.azure-api.net
PublisherEmail : admin@contoso.com
OrganizationName : Contoso
NotificationSenderEmail : apimgmt-noreply@mail.windowsazure.com
VirtualNetwork :
VpnType : None
PortalCustomHostnameConfiguration :
ProxyCustomHostnameConfiguration : {myapim.azure-api.net}
ManagementCustomHostnameConfiguration :
ScmCustomHostnameConfiguration :
DeveloperPortalHostnameConfiguration :
SystemCertificates :
Tags : {}
AdditionalRegions : {}
SslSetting : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ApiManagement.Models.PsApiManagementSslSetting
Identity :
EnableClientCertificate :
EnableClientCertificate :
Zone :
DisableGateway : False
MinimalControlPlaneApiVersion :
PublicIpAddressId :
PlatformVersion : stv2
PublicNetworkAccess : Enabled
PrivateEndpointConnections :
ResourceGroupName : myResourceGroup
After your API Management service instance is deployed, you're ready to use it. Start with the tutorial to import and publish your first API.
Clean up resources
When no longer needed, you can use the Remove-AzResourceGroup command to remove the resource group and all related resources.
Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name myResourceGroup