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The Light ( Developer ) Edition Edition's  (previously known as Light Edition) aim is to assist the Developer , Administrator and Technical presale to evaluate the product on a workstation environment .

It is geared towards the DataPower developer that wants to run DPOD on their Development Workstation, in the context of limited functionality Proof Of Concept. 

The Developer  Edition's should NOT used for POCs. For POCs it is recommended to use at least the Standard Edition with minimum configuration load type.

The Developer Edition is not supporting  upgrades. Each new version requires reinstall the product.

What are the major differences?

The Developer Edition is identical to the GA Edition and has all of its components. It differs in the following aspects:

  • Less Hardware & Software requirements
  • Limited configuration
  • One extra post installation step

How to Identify a

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Developer Edition installation?

The following can be used to identify a Developer edition:

  • The ISO filename should be IBM_DataPower_OpDashboard_LightDPOD-Developer-CentOS-<version>.iso and can be download from fix central.
  • The CentOS installation screen will show Developer Edition
  • A single configuration setup for development that exists only in the Development ISO file.

Less Hardware and Software Requirements

Please view the product Hardware and Software requirements that include the Light Developer version requirements.

Limitation

The Light Edition Developer Edition allows only limited configuration. This means :

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