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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.