Creating transports for WebSphere MQ

To record interactions with IBM® WebSphere® MQ, you must set up transports to provide information about the infrastructure of these systems. IBM DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) uses a decoupled, plug-in architecture to provide maximum flexibility for the messaging transport software in use by a system under test.

Before you begin: Set up IBM WebSphere MQ and install the HRVMMQF Agent as described in Setting up IBM WebSphere MQ and installing the HRVMMQF agent.

A messaging transport provides the information that Test Integrations and APIs needs to communicate with applications. The program code for each transport is contained in one or more JAR files (libraries), which are stored in Test Integrations and APIs plug-ins directory. Any libraries upon which these plug-ins depend must be accessible to Test Integrations and APIs. The JAR files are in the installation directories of the installed products. You must configure JAR files to support transports for IBM WebSphere MQ. To configure these third-party libraries, use Library Manager (see Working with Library Manager).

You can test system Z applications for WebSphere MQ on z/OS because Test Integrations and APIs uses the same JAR files as WebSphere MQ on distributed systems. If you do not have MQ installed, see API Tester Reference for WebSphere MQ for configuration instructions.

For information about setting up these components, see Creating a service component. For information about setting up WebSphere MQ transports in Test Integrations and APIs, see Configuring WebSphere MQ transports.