Deploying the adapter

This topic describes how to deploy the five JCA adapters running on WebSphere Process Server.

Before you begin

You must install these products before you can install and deploy the adapter: For installation instructions, refer to <installation doc on the Diamond web site?>
Note: The WID and the adapter must be installed on the same machine.

Why and when to perform this task

The adapters can only be installed on machines with Windows or Linux operating systems. From there they must be deployed to Unix systems. Each adapter is installed as a RAR (Resource Adapter Archive) file.

In principle, deploying the adapter is the same as deploying any other component on the WebSphere Process Server (WPS). For more information on deploying components on the WPS, see the documentation for the WebSphere Integration Developer V6.0 (provide URL).

Steps for this task

  1. Launch the WebSphere Integration Developer. For details, refer to the documentation at <URL>.
  2. Create a project in WID and import the adapter RAR file into the WID using File>Import. For details, refer to the instructions in the WID documentation.
  3. Use the WID to add any external dependencies your adapter has to the imported project. These are dependencies that the adapter may have on the SAP/JDBC/Siebel/Flat Files/PeopleSoft applications (adapter–specific).
    1. Copy the external dependencies into the connectorModule in your WID project and add them to the project as internal libraries. (This is necessary to get the dependencies into the EAR file, which will later be exported.) For details, refer to the WID documentation.
    2. [Each adapter developer will provide adapter-specific details during adapter UT]
  4. Run the Enterprise Metadata Discovery (EMD) tool from the WID. As you complete the process, you will enter all the information necessary to configure the adapter for the first time. The output from the EMD tool is saved to a business integration module, which contains the business object (BO), the import file, the export file and the WSDL.
  5. Use the WID to generate reference bindings for the SCA component that EMD creates. [Suraksha to check and make sure that the WID documentation describes this, otherwise we must show screens to illustrate reference binding for the adapters.] For standalone testing, you must create a standalone reference. This would allow any external component to trigger operations to the SCA component.
  6. At this stage you have two choices.
    1. You can export the project to the WebSphere Process Server as an Enterprise Application Archive (EAR) file, using the WebSphere Process Server administration console. Launch the WebSphere Process Server administration console and simply step through the screens.
    2. You can select the project in the WID and deploy it on a server that has been configured in the WID. Launch the WID and simply step through the screens.

What to do next

The adapter is now ready for use. After you have deployed the adapter, you can use the WPS Admin console to make any changes required to adapter properties. You can also edit the import and export files in WID and then redeploy the adapter.

Parent topic: Post-install tasks for WebSphere Adapters, V 6.0


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