Running Toolkit integration solutions in App Connect on IBM Cloud

Use IBM® App Connect Enterprise on IBM Cloud® to deploy to IBM Cloud the integration solutions that you have developed in the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit, without the need to acquire and maintain an IT infrastructure.

In App Connect Enterprise on IBM Cloud, you can import a BAR file that contains all the artifacts that make up your integration solution, then run the contents in an integration server on IBM Cloud. Each integration server runs in its own container to ensure separation of workload. You can configure the size of a container, and the number of replicas, to make the best use of the total capacity that you have purchased, and to allow for better availability of the integration solutions.

You can see your integration servers on the App Connect Dashboard, alongside your event-driven flows and API flows; all in one place. You can use the dashboard to view the contents of your integration servers, and to configure and manage those servers.

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To develop your integration solutions, you use the App Connect Toolkit that is part of IBM App Connect Enterprise software installed on Linux®, MacOS, or Windows. You can download the IBM App Connect Enterprise Developer Edition (that includes the toolkit), which is enabling software included with App Connect Enterprise on IBM Cloud service. (Users of Integration Bus version 10.0.0.8 or later can use the Integration toolkit to develop integration solutions to deploy in App Connect Enterprise on IBM Cloud.) Developing for deployment on IBM Cloud is the same as for deployment on other App Connect Enterprise environments, but with some considerations (see features, resources, and message flow nodes that are supported).

Learn more:

• Developing integration solutions for App Connect Enterprise on IBM Cloud

  Learn more about the high-level steps to develop an integration solution, and about the features, resources, and message flow nodes that are supported.

• Configuring HTTPS basic authentication in App Connect on IBM Cloud

  Learn more about HTTPS basic authentication which enables secure access to HTTPInput and SOAPInput message flow nodes that are running on your App Connect on IBM Cloud integration servers.

• Configuring integration servers by using policies

  Learn more about configuring integration servers for some capabilities, such as to access databases or systems, use FTP or SFTP, or to use Kafka nodes in your integration solutions. Learn how to define properties in policies and then attach those policies to one or more integration servers.

• Secure connectivity between integration servers on App Connect on IBM Cloud and on-premises systems

  Learn about configuring the credentials that are required by your on-premises systems, and enabling network connectivity so that your integration solutions in App Connect on IBM Cloud can communicate securely with those on-premises systems.

• Sharing flow processing between App Connect on IBM Cloud and App Connect Enterprise or Integration Bus

  Learn how to share processing between flows, with one message flow calling another flow directly, as a callable flow, regardless of where the flows are running.

• Tutorials

  Learn more about using IBM App Connect Enterprise on IBM Cloud by completing hands-on tutorials to import and manage enterprise integrations in App Connect on IBM Cloud.

• Deploying and testing an enterprise integration solution in App Connect on IBM Cloud

  Learn more about deploying an integration solution to App Connect on IBM Cloud, based on using the example Transformation_Map application. Also learn more about configuring the VPC (Virtual Processor Core) capacity of an integration server to optimize the size of its container and the number of replicas for better availability of integration solutions..

• Developing integrations with Designer

  Learn how to use the Designer authoring experience in App Connect on IBM Cloud to develop event-driven flows and API flows.

• Managing flows

  Learn how to start, stop, reconfigure, import/export, and otherwise manage flows, APIs, and accounts used to connect applications and APIs.

• Monitoring and troubleshooting

  Learn how to monitor and troubleshoot your flows and integration servers in App Connect on IBM Cloud.

See also:

• IBM App Connect Enterprise on Cloud, Service description

  The Service description describes offering-related details of the IBM App Connect Enterprise on Cloud service, including optional services, service level agreements and technical support, and enabling software.