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Creating an IBM Workflow Server on IBM Workflow Center

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An IBM® Workflow Server on IBM Workflow Center (also known as an online server) is required for the integration test client to be able to test integration modules in a process application or toolkit that has been deployed to a connected Workflow Server. The server is also required to display the status of the process application or toolkit on the Workflow Server, such as whether the process application or toolkit is deployed and started. The server can be a development server, test server, staging server, or production server.

Before you begin

Before you can create an IBM Workflow Server on Workflow Center, you need to obtain the relevant connection information from your system administrator, such as the administrative user name and password.

About this task

If you have a Workflow Center server in the Servers view of IBM Integration Designer, you will find that it is easier and faster to create a Workflow Server on Workflow Center by connecting to a workflow server, as described in the topic "Connecting to an IBM Workflow Server on Workflow Center". However, if you do not have a Workflow Center server in the Servers view, you can manually create a Workflow Server on Workflow Center by completing the instructions in the following procedure.

Procedure

  1. In IBM Integration Designer, click the Servers tab to open the Servers view.
  2. Ensure that the IBM Workflow Server is running.
  3. In the Servers view, right-click anywhere in the view and select New > Server. The New Server wizard opens to the Define a New Server page.
  4. Define the new Workflow Server on Workflow Center by completing the following steps:
    1. In the Select the server type list box, select IBM Workflow Server on Workflow Center.
    2. In the Server's host name field, ensure that the correct host name is selected for the new Workflow Server on Workflow Center that you want to create.
    3. In the Server name field, accept the default name or type in another name for the server.
    4. Click Next.
  5. Specify the connection settings for the Workflow Center by completing the following steps:
    1. If you want to set the host name, HTTP port, user ID, and password with the URI settings for the default Workflow Center, click Use Default Workflow Center. (To view or change the Workflow Center URI settings, select Window > Preferences to open the Preferences window, then expand Business Integration in the tree view and select Workflow Center.)
    2. If you want to set the host name, HTTP port, user ID, and password with the URI settings for a different (non-default) Workflow Center, specify the URI, as well as the user ID and password used to log into the Workflow Center, in the Workflow Center URI, User ID, and Password fields.
    3. If you want to attempt to establish a connection to the Workflow Center to verify that your connection settings are correct, click Test Connection.
    4. Click Next to select the kind of Workflow Server on Workflow Center that you want to create.
  6. In the Servers list, select the process server that you want to create in the workspace for the Workflow Center. The list can display the names of one or more development, test, staging, or production process servers, but it only displays the names of the process servers that are currently connected to the Workflow Center that you specified on the previous page of the wizard.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Although the correct host name and ports are automatically determined and set, you must specify the remaining connection settings for the IBM Workflow Server by completing the following steps:
    1. Select the Security is enabled on this server check box if you want to specify that the server has security enabled. (The check box is selected by default.)
    2. In the User ID and Password fields, specify the administrative user name and password that are used for your IBM Workflow Server. (By default, the fields are pre-populated with the user ID and password that are used to log into the IBM Workflow Server.)
    3. Click Finish.

Results

The new Workflow Server on Workflow Center is displayed in the Servers view. Any process application snapshots that reside in the workspace and that are installed on the server are shown nested under the server.

Unlike a Workflow Center server, publishing is not available to a Workflow Server on Workflow Center because the snapshot must be installed on a Workflow Server using the Workflow Center. Also, you cannot make changes to a snapshot, which means that there is never a need to publish.