License requirements

You can install IBM® Integration Bus to support a full range of transformation and routing operations. If appropriate, you can install an edition that supports a restricted set of functions, if that subset fulfills your business requirements. You must ensure that your use and configuration of the product conforms to the license agreement that you have purchased:

• IBM Integration Bus for Developers. You can download this edition at no charge and you are free to use it for as long as you require, within the terms of the license. You can use all available function, and you are not limited in the number of resources that you can create and maintain.

  IBM Integration Bus for Developers, which is also known as the Developer Edition, is restricted to processing one message per second. For more information, see Operation modes.

• IBM Integration Bus Standard Edition. Purchase this edition to satisfy either of the following sets of requirements:
  • You expect to use all or most of the features that are available, but you configure a limited environment because of low capacity requirements. You can use all available function, but are limited in the number of resources that you create and maintain.
  • You expect to use only a basic set of features, but have high capacity requirements. You can use a limited set of nodes, but there is no limit to the number of resources that you can create and maintain.
• IBM Integration Bus Express Edition. If you expect to use only a basic set of features and have only low capacity requirements, purchase this edition. You can use a limited set of nodes, and you are limited in the number of resources that you create and maintain.
• WebSphere® Enterprise Service Bus (WESB) customers can obtain a transfer license, which enables you to migrate from WESB to IBM Integration Bus, and to create and run brokers in Scale mode. As a current WESB customer, you can obtain the following transfer licenses:
  • IBM Integration Bus WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus Transfer License
  • IBM Integration Bus WebSphere Ent Svc Bus Transfer License Idle Standby
  These licenses entitle you to obtain and use IBM Integration Bus in Scale mode in exchange for your WESB product licenses.
• IBM Integration Bus Remote Adapter Deployment. If you expect your typical use of IBM Integration Bus to be integration with Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), purchase this edition. This edition supports the subset of development resources that provide EIS interaction.
• IBM Integration Bus. If you want to set up a full broker environment that uses most or all of the features available, you require a full (unrestricted) license.

IBM Integration Bus for z/OS® is unavailable in Remote Adapter Deployment, Express Edition, and Developer Edition.

If you choose to change your license agreement from a full license to one of the specialized licenses, you might find that your current configuration is no longer supported. For further details about what features are available for each license, and how to configure your environment, see IBM Integration Bus technical overview.

You can upgrade to the full license from another edition, if appropriate, by purchasing another license.

You can view the full license for IBM Integration Bus by visiting the Software license agreements search website. Search for "IBM Integration Bus" and choose the license that applies to the version you are using.

You can view licenses after installation in your chosen language in directory install_dir/license/. Terms and conditions are also supplied for third-party products that are used by IBM Integration Bus. The file containing these details is stored in the same license subdirectory when you install one or more runtime components.

Contact your IBM representative if you want further details about license agreements, or if you want to purchase additional licenses or change the type of license that you have purchased.