Saturday, 21 January 2023

Frequently asked questions about WSO2 API Manager

 Question: Why I am getting error saying “This combination of host and port requires TLS.” while trying to open wso2 API Manager portals on my browser

Answer: Make sure you are using https protocol to open the URL instead of http.


Login to WSO2 API Manager using a tenant credentials

  • To login to different portals of WS02 API Manager using the newly created tenant
    • Username will be the {tenantName}@{tenantDomain} set during creation of tenant.
    • Password will be the {tenantPassword} set during creation of tenant.
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Set up a tenant on WSO2 API Manager


  • Go to the carbon portal via URL https://localhost:9443/admin
    • Use default credentials admin/admin to log in.
  • From the left panel, select option “Configure”
  • Under option “Multitenancy” select “Add New Tenant”.
  • Fill all the required details on the page
  • Click Save
  • Tenant is created


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Different portals available for WSO2 API Manager after local installation


Once WSO2 API Manager is installed on a local machine, user can access below four different portals

  • Carbon Portal

Accessible on the URL https://localhost:9443/carbon

  • Admin Portal

Accessible on the URL https://localhost:9443/admin

  • Publisher Portal

Accessible on the URL https://localhost:9443/publisher

  • Devportal

Accessible on the URL https://localhost:9443/devportal

 Note: Default credentials to login to any of the above portals is

Username: admin

Password: admin


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Running WSO2 API Manager via docker-compose on your local machine

Prerequisites software needed on your system 

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose

Steps to run WSO2 API Manager:

  • Create a docker-compose.yaml file with this content
    • docker-compose.yaml


  • From terminal or command prompt, go to the location of above docker-compose.yaml file
  • Start the WSO2 API Manager using command
    • docker-compose up -d --force-recreate wso2-api-manager


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Frequently asked questions about WSO2 API Manager

  Question : Why I am getting error saying “This combination of host and port requires TLS.” while trying to open wso2 API Manager portals o...