The Publisher is the application where you add, create, and manage your APIs. The Store is where the developers access all available APIs and subscribe to the APIs they want to use. When you configure the API Gateway, Secure API Manager automatically creates and configures appmarks for the Publisher and the Store that are specific to your environment. An appmark is similar to a bookmark, but it is for applications and resources that Access Manager protects. The appmarks allow the API developers to access the Publisher and the Store through the Access Manager user portal.
By default, no one has access to the Publisher or the Store, not even the Access Manager administrators. When Secure API Manager creates these appmarks, it creates roles specific to the Publisher and the Store to be able to control access to these applications. You must perform a set of steps to grant access to the Publisher and the Store.