Getting started for administrators

Administrators of IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration can get started quickly by creating environments, adding capabilities to environments, and managing user access.

Before you begin

You must have a subscription to webMethods Hybrid Integration and a welcome email for this subscription. Depending on your role, your welcome email contains a link to the IBM SaaS Console where you can manage your account and subscription. If you have access to an environment, the email contains a link to the webMethods Hybrid Integration environment. The role that you are assigned in the subscription determines what permissions you have within webMethods Hybrid Integration. For more information, see Roles.

About this task

The type of administrator actions that you can take depends on which admin role you have. The following table summarizes which key actions can be taken by which admin role.
Table 1. Administrator actions by role
Action Subscription admins

(Subscription owner/admin, and iPaaS admin)

 Environment admins

(Service owner/admin)

 Capability admins

(E2E monitoring, Fed API, App Connect, Events, Integration, B2B, API management, and MFT admin)
Create the initial environment Yes No No
Manage environments (add, remove, update) Yes No No
Add and remove capabilities Yes Yes No
Manage user access Yes Yes No
Set up connections to remote integration runtimes Yes Yes If you have admin access to the capability for which you want to manage integration runtimes, yes.
Set up connections to remote API runtimes Yes Yes If you have admin access to the capability for which you want to manage API runtimes, yes.
Subscribe to IBM Sterling® B2B Integration Value-Added Network Yes Yes If you have admin access to webMethods B2B Integration, yes.

Procedure

  1. Create the initial environment.

    The first environment must be created in the IBM SaaS Console. After the first environment is created, all environments can be managed in the webMethods Hybrid Integration UI on the Environment management page.

    Note: The IBM SaaS Console refers to environments as service instances.
  2. Add and manage your environments.

    For each webMethods Hybrid Integration subscription, you can provision as many environments as you need in your organization. When you create an environment, you select a stage for that instance of Development, Test, or Production.

    Add and manage your environments on the Environment management page in the webMethods Hybrid Integration UI.

    Note: Trial users can have only one environment.
  3. Add capabilities to your environments.

    Within each environment, add the capabilities that are required for your users.

    Add capabilities on the webMethods Hybrid Integration home page, and manage them from the Capabilities tab on the environment details page. For more information about the capabilities, see IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration overview.

    Attention: When you no longer need a capability, you can remove it from the environment, but all data that is associated with that capability is permanently deleted.
  4. Add users to your environments and capabilities.
    Add users, and assign roles to define their user access to the different environments and capabilities by using the IBM SaaS Console. You can select multiple users to assign roles as a group, and create user groups to add users to.

    Access the IBM SaaS Console from your welcome email, or from the Key tasks section on the webMethods Hybrid Integration home page.

  5. Set up connections to remote integration runtimes.

    Register connections to any remote integration runtimes that you have in your organization so that these runtimes can be monitored from within the webMethods Hybrid Integration integration runtime management capability.

    For more information, see the following topics:

  6. Set up connections to remote API runtimes.

    Register connections to any remote API runtimes that you have in your organization so that these runtimes can be monitored from within the webMethods Hybrid Integration federated API management capability.

  7. Allow outbound IP addresses

    Connect to internal servers by allowing the appropriate static IP addresses in your firewall settings.

  8. Integrate webMethods B2B Integration with IBM Sterling B2B Integration Value-Added Network

    Integrating with IBM Sterling B2B Integration Value-Added Network facilitates a secure and reliable communication layer between webMethods B2B Integration and your trading partners.

  9. Analyze product usage

    Review the transaction usage on the Usage analytics page in the webMethods Hybrid Integration UI, and convert the transactions into resource units (RU).