This exercise allows you to gain hands-on experience
implementing an intelligent, dynamic endpoint selection using
IBM WebSphere® Integration Developer, WebSphere
Enterprise Service Bus, and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
You will play the role of an Integration Architect, and your
assigned task is to build a service integration that conforms
to a newly approved carbon emission reduction goal for all business units. You will begin this exercise with WebSphere Integration Developer opened in a pre-configured workspace. WebSphere Service Registry and Repository will contain sample metadata for your IT environment, and your first task is to complete the definition of your new dynamic connection in WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. You need to add logic to a mediation module so that when it is activated by a service request, it will look up information in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository and identify the service provider with acceptable response times that has the best power rating.
Once you complete updating your module, you will need to test it by sending a service request to evaluate the returned response. Then, you will manually cause your "green" service provider to intentionally respond too slowly in order to view the response. By exploring how to improve the flexibility of an existing IT infrastructure, you will realize the value SOA affords businesses by making them better able to adapt to changing market demands and / or government regulations faster and more effectively.
Note: When you start your online trial, you will
have four hours to explore the products and exercises
within the Sandbox. If you exit one trial and begin
another, you have whatever time remains of your original
four hours to complete the successive trial. To continue
working beyond the end of a four-hour session, you must
register for a new session to begin the trial anew.
The online trial experience allows you to try software products without having to install them on your
own system. This is product-level code, with all features and options enabled.
Client software
The online trial program uses the Citrix XenApp Presentation Server (formerly known as the MetaFrame Presentation Server) to provide you a connection from your workstation to the remote server running the IBM product you are evaluating. You will need to download the latest XenApp Web plugin appropriate for your operating system.
If you are installing Citrix for the first time, you will see a popup window that asks for the address of the server hosting your published application. Leave the Server Address field blank and click Next.
If you do not have the Citrix Web plugin installed when you attempt to access the online trial, you will be prompted to install it.
Supported browsers
Microsoft Internet Explorer V6 or later and Mozilla Firefox V1.5 or later are
supported.
Connection speed
We recommend that you use a high-speed connection while evaluating software online. Because the session you will be using is running remotely over the Internet with unpredictable delays and latencies, you should not use your experience with the session as a guide to the performance of the tools when installed in a local environment.
Connectivity FAQs
Having problems getting connected? Check our connectivity FAQs for solutions to common problems. Or, visit our connectivity forum to submit technical questions about using online trials.
The SOA Sandbox trial environment for the connectivity entry point includes exercises and tutorials to introduce you to SOA solutions for connecting your IT applications and assets.
When you start the online trial session, WebSphere Integration Developer will be open, and your environment will already have what you need for a brief sandbox exercise. On the right side of your workspace you will find an Eclipse™ Cheatsheet™ to guide you through connecting incompatible service consumers and providers using an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). After you complete this exercise, you can find additional additional exercises to try by selecting Help > Welcome from the product menu bar.
