Deploying WebLogic Integration Solutions

Introduction

What's New in This Release?

Deployment Goals

Key Deployment Tasks

Roles in Integration Solution Deployment

Deployment Specialists

WebLogic Server Administrators

Database Administrators

Key Deployment Resources

WebLogic Server Resources

Clustering

Java Message Service

EJB Pooling and Caching

JDBC Connection Pools

Execution Thread Pool

J2EE Connector Architecture

Process Application Resources

Process Control Resources

Message Broker Resources

Event Generator Resources

The JMS Generator

The File, Email, and Timer Event Generators

The MQSeries and HTTP Event Generators

The RDBMS Event Generator

Suspending Event Generators

Trading Partner Integration Resources

Trading Partner Management Repository

Data Caching

Managing the Data Cache

Trading Partner Integration Initialization and Run-Time Operations

Outgoing Messages

Incoming Messages

Application Integration Capabilities and Clients

Synchronous Service Invocations

Asynchronous Service Invocations

Events

Relational Database Management System Resources

Hardware, Operating System, and Network Resources

Configuring a Single-Server Deployment

Step 1. Configure a Database

Step 2. Prepare a WebLogic Integration Domain

Creating a WebLogic Integration Domain Using the Configuration Wizard

Creating the Database Tables

Step 3. Configure WebLogic Integration Security

Step 4. Start and Monitor the Server

Starting the Server

Monitoring and Shutting Down Your Server

Step 5. Deploy a WebLogic Integration Application

Step 6. Update Your Domain as Your Production Environment Changes

Changing an EIS Instance

Installing a New Version of Your Application

Understanding WebLogic Integration Clusters

Understanding WebLogic Integration Clusters

Designing a Clustered Deployment

Introducing WebLogic Integration Domains

Creating Domains

Clustered Servers

Note About Cluster and Management Domains

Deploying WebLogic Integration Resources

Two-Phase Deployment of WebLogic Integration

Trading Partner Integration Resource Configuration

Cluster Configuration Changes and Deployment Requests

Load Balancing in a WebLogic Integration Cluster

Load Balancing HTTP Functions in a Cluster

Load Balancing JMS Functions in a Cluster

Load Balancing for Synchronous Clients and Asynchronous Business Processes

Load Balancing for RDBMS Event Generators

Load Balancing Application Integration Functions in a Cluster

Synchronous Services

Asynchronous Services

Application Integration Events

High Availability in a WebLogic Integration Cluster

Highly Available JMS for Application Views

High Availability for Asynchronous Service Requests to Application Views

High Availability for Event Delivery from Application Views

Deploying Applications

Deploying Adapters

Deploying Event Generators

Email, File, and Timer Event Generators

JMS Event Generator

JMS Event Generator Targeting

JMS Event Generator Error Handling

MQSeries Event Generator

HTTP Event Generator

RDBMS Event Generator

Configuring a Clustered Deployment

Step 1. Comply with Configuration Prerequisites

Step 2. Prepare a WebLogic Integration Domain

Creating a WebLogic Integration Domain Using the Configuration Wizard

Editing Domain Configuration Files

Adding Proxy Server or Firewall Information to your Domain Configuration

Creating the Database Tables

Step 3. Configure WebLogic Integration Security

Starting the Managed Servers

Monitoring and Shutting Down Your Servers

Step 5. Deploy a WebLogic Integration Application

Step 6. Update Your Domain as Your Production Environment Changes

Adding a New Managed Server

Changing an EIS Instance in a Cluster

Installing a New Version of Your Application in a Cluster

Understanding WebLogic Integration High Availability

About WebLogic Integration High Availability

Recommended Hardware and Software

Regarding JMS File Stores

What Happens When a Server Fails

Software Faults

Hardware Faults

Server Migration

WebLogic Integration Failure and Recovery

Trading Partner Integration

RosettaNet

ebXML

Application Integration

Retargeting Services

Retargeting Events

EIS Instance Failover

Suspending Application Views and Adapter Instances

Resuming Operation

Retargeting to an Operational EIS Instance

Using WebLogic Integration Security

Overview of WebLogic Integration Security

Security and WebLogic Integration Domains

WebLogic Integration PasswordStore for Encrypted Passwords

Keystore for Private Keys and Certificates

Types of Keystores

Default Keystores for the Test Environment

Keystores in a Production Environment

WebLogic Server Security Principals and Resources Used in WebLogic Integration

Considerations for Configuring Security

About Digital Certificates

Digital Certificate Formats

Using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Protocol

Using an Outbound Proxy Server or Proxy Plug-In

Using an Outbound Proxy Server

Using a Web Server with the WebLogic Proxy Plug-In

Using a Firewall

Setting Up a Secure Deployment

Step 1: Create the Domain

Step 2: Configure WebLogic Server Security

Step 3: Configure Application Integration Security

Step 4: Configure Web Application and Web Service Security-Related Deployment Descriptors

Step 5: Configure Security Policies and Manage Users

Configuring Security Policies for Business Processes

Configuring Security Policies for Message Broker Channels

Configuring Security Policies for Application Views

Configuring Security Policies for Adapter Instances

Managing Production Users

Step 6: Configure Worklist Security

Step 7: Configure Trading Partner Integration Security

Deploying Resource Adapters

Using the weblogic.Deployer Command-Line Utility

Deploying the Sample DBMS Adapter

Using the WebLogic Server Administration Console

Administering Environment-Specific Application Integration Information

aiConfigurator Utility and Examples

aiConfigurator Usage

Switching Database Type/Instance for DBMS Sample Adapter

wli-config.properties Configuration File

WebLogic Integration Deployment Resources