You set up WebSphere Adapters, V. 6, using WebSphere
Integration Developer and then deploy adapter
EAR files to WebSphere Process Server for MultiPlatforms.
Here is a high-level overview—for concrete, adapter- and application-specific
procedures, see your WebSphere Adapter user guide.
Before you begin
You must install these products before you can
set up and deploy the WebSphere Adapter:
- A
resource adapter archive (RAR) file for the WebSphere Adapter.
You can install a WebSphere Adapter, V. 6.0, on machines with Windows
or Linux operating systems. (From there you can transfer the WebSphere
Adapter RAR file to a workstation where is
installed.)
- WebSphere Integration Developer V. 6
- WebSphere Process Server
For
WebSphere Integration Developer and WebSphere Process Server installation
instructions, refer to the following:
Why and when to perform this task
After successfully installing the RAR file for the
WebSphere Adapter, you are ready to import it into a WebSphere Integration
Developer project for set up prior to deploying it. The procedure
presented here is intended to describe set up and deployment steps
for all WebSphere Adapters at
a high level. Your WebSphere Adapter may require additional steps.
For adapter-specific set up deployment instructions, see the user
guide for your WebSphere Adapter.
Steps for this task
- Launch the WebSphere Integration Developer. For
details, refer to the documentation at http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/wid/infocenter .
- Create a connector project in WebSphere Integration Developer
(J2E Perspective) and import the WebSphere Adapter RAR file using .
For details, refer to the instructions in the WebSphere
Integration Developer documentation.
- Use WebSphere Integration Developer to add any external
dependencies your adapter has to the imported project.
These are dependencies that the WebSphere Adapter may have
on the (adapter-specific) application that you are connecting to.
Your WebSphere Adapter user guide describes these dependencies,
if any, and how to add them.
- Copy the external dependencies into the
connectorModule in your WebSphere Integration Developer project
and add them to the project as internal libraries.
This is necessary to bundle the dependencies into the enterprise
application archive (EAR)
file, which will be exported. For details, refer to WebSphere Integration
Developer documentation.
- Refer to the user guide for your WebSphere Adapter
for additional and specific steps.
- Run the enterprise metadata discovery tool
from WebSphere Integration Developer in the Business Integration Perspective.
This will generate business integration components that
will be exported into the EAR file. As you complete the process,
you enter all the information necessary to set up the adapter for
the first time. The output from the enterprise metadata discovery
component is saved to a business integration module, which contains
the business object, the import file, the export file and more.
- Use WebSphere Integration Developer to generate reference
bindings for the component that the enterprise service discovery wizard
creates.
For standalone testing, you must create a standalone reference.
This would allow any external component to trigger operations to
the component.
- Deploy the WebSphere Adapter EAR file:
- Export the
project to WebSphere Process Server as an EAR file using the WebSphere
Process Server administration console.
Launch WebSphere Integration Developer, start a server
from WebSphere Integration Developer, and step through the screens.
- Select the project in WebSphere Integration Developer
and deploy it to a server that has been configured in WebSphere
Integration Developer.
Launch WebSphere Integration Developer and step through
the screens.
What to do next
After you have set up and deployed the adapter, you
use WebSphere Process Server administrative console to make any changes required
to adapter properties. You can also edit the import and export files
in WebSphere Integration Developer and then redeploy the adapter.