Typically you install an adapter on the same computer where the integration
broker is installed and runs. This type of environment is easiest to
maintain and manage, particularly when you are developing and testing
interfaces, because all the components in the business integration system are
installed on a single computer. Environment 1 in Figure 1 illustrates this type of environment.
Do the following to prepare a local adapter environment:
- Obtain computers that satisfy the hardware requirements for each of the
required environments.
For more information about hardware requirements, see Hardware requirements.
- If your integration broker is WebSphere Business Integration Message
Broker or WebSphere Application Server, install the WebSphere MQ client as
described in the WebSphere MQ documentation. The supported version of
the WebSphere MQ client is listed in Table 5.
- Do one of the following depending on which integration broker you are
implementing:
- If your integration broker is WebSphere InterChange Server, then install
WebSphere InterChange Server and all its prerequisite software as described in
the System Installation Guide for Windows or System
Installation Guide for UNIX.
- If your integration broker is one of the supported message brokers or
WebSphere Application Server, install the Adapter Framework as described in Installing the Adapter Framework.
- Note:
- If your integration broker is WebSphere InterChange Server and you are
installing WebSphere Business Integration Adapters on the same computer on
which InterChange Server is installed, then do not install the Adapter
Framework. The Adapter Framework is installed with WebSphere
InterChange Server.
- Read the chapter named "Installing and configuring the connector"
in the guide for each adapter you plan to install in the environment and
determine any data handler requirements for the environment.
- Install each data handler required for the environment as described in Installing data handlers.
- Install each adapter required for the environment as described in Installing adapters.
- Perform any adapter-specific installation steps, such as installing the
application client on the adapter host computer, as described in the guide for
each adapter required in the environment.
