This section describes how to start iWay Explorer.
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Procedure: How to Create an iWay Explorer Connection to an iSM Server
This
procedure assumes that you have opened iWay Integration Tools (iIT)
and are in the Workbench.
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Click the iWay Explorer tab
to make it active.
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Click the Launch iWay Resource Creator Wizard button
on the tool bar.
In the following image, the iWay Explorer tab is active, and
the cursor is pointing to the Launch iWay Resource Creator Wizard
button.
When you click the
button, the Resource Selection Dialog opens and displays the New
iWay Connection pane, as shown in the following image.
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Under the Type heading, click iWay Configuration,
which is the type of resource that you are going to create.
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Click Next.
The Add iWay Configuration dialog box opens and displays
the Select Connection Types pane, as shown in the following image.
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In the Configuration Alias field, type a name for the
new configuration (for example, SampleConfig).
Tip: The name that you supply is used only for display
purposes in the tree. It is not a server connection property.
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For Connection Type, click the radio button for the method
that you are using to connect to iSM. Your choices are:
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HTTP Connection. The connection to iWay Service Manager
is made using HTTP.
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JCA Connection. The iWay Connector for JCA runs in a
J2EE Connector Architecture compliant application server. It uses
the Common Client Interface (CCI) to provide integration services
using iWay adapters.
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Optionally, select the Connect to Host upon
Wizard Completion check box if you want iWay Explorer
to automatically connect to this instance of iSM after you have
created it. If you select this option, all the explorer environments
under the new iSM connection are automatically connected to iSM
when this procedure is finished.
If you do not select this option, the explorer environments
are not automatically connected to iSM. You can connect to an individual
explorer environment when you want to access it.
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Click Next to continue the procedure.
The dialog box that you see depends on whether you selected an HTTP
Connection or a JCA Connection in step 6.
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If you selected an HTTP Connection, the Enter Connection
Information pane opens, as shown in the following image.
- Verify the values
in the three fields, or type the valid value or values.
- The Connection String field contains the URL that connects to
the iSM.
- The SOAP Port/Endpoint field contains the SOAP port number.
- The Console Port/Endpoint field contains the port number that
the iSM Administration Console is listening on.
- Optionally, under Presets, click Local Connection to insert
values for a local default iSM connection in the fields, or click Servlet to
insert values for a sample servlet connection.
- Click Finish.
If you selected a JCA Connection, the Enter JCA Path pane
opens, as shown in the following image.
- In the File
Path field, browse to the full path for your iWay installation directory
and insert the path in the field. This path is used to locate the
iWay adapters and store the XML schemas. For example:
C:\Program Files\iWay61
- In the Configuration Name field, verify the name of your iWay
server configuration. The base configuration is specified by default.
Alternatively, you can type the name of the server configuration.
- Click Finish.
The
new iSM connection is added to the tree on the iWay Explorer tab.
In
the following image, an iSM connection named SampleConfig was added
to iWay Explorer. The tree is expanded to show the five explorer
environments that are available.