Use the development environment on Linux® or Windows to develop your message flows.
About this task
To start using your development environment, complete
the following steps:
Procedure
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Start the IBM Integration Toolkit in the following way:
From the installation directory, for example
$HOME/iib-10.1.0.0, type the following text:./iib
toolkit
- Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008
- From the Windows
Start menu, click .
- Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
- From the Apps panel, search for IBM Integration Toolkit 10.1.0.n.
- Windows 10
- From the Windows
Start menu, select IBM Integration Toolkit 10.1.0.n, or
search for IBM Integration Toolkit 10.1.0.n in the Search
box and then select it.
Your IBM Integration Toolkit session opens, and displays the
Welcome page. You can tailor various settings in the IBM Integration Toolkit to suit your requirements and your working environment; for
example, the colors and fonts. These options are described in Configuring the IBM Integration Toolkit.
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Close the Welcome page.
You can return to the Welcome page later by clicking . If more than one option is listed, select IBM Integration Bus.
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In the Integration Development
perspective, select the Integration Nodes view. Alternatively, click to show the Integration Nodes view.
A default integration node that is named TESTNODE_user_name is
created for you.
- If you want to create your own integration node, see Creating an integration node by using the IBM Integration Toolkit:
- You must have at least one integration server on your integration
node. One is created for you
To add additional integration
servers to your integration node, right-click the integration
node, and click . Enter a name for your integration
server, and click
OK.
The integration
server is the runtime environment in which your message flows
run. You can create many integration servers on a single integration
node, and you can deploy your message flows to one or more integration
servers on one or more integration nodes.
For more detailed
instructions about this task, see Creating an integration server by using the IBM Integration Toolkit.
Results
Your configuration is now ready to use.
What to do next
You can start to develop resources to deploy to your integration
node. You can create your own message flows, or you can use the
patterns and samples that are provided to get you started. For details
of these options, see Developing integration solutions.This
task has covered the minimum set of steps that you must complete
to create an integration node and configure your development environment.
Typically, as an application developer, you are working in a single
platform environment to create, deploy, and test your message
flows before they are ready for use in a test of production environment.
More
options are available for enhanced configurations, including configurable
services. When the requirements of your message flows extend
beyond this basic configuration, and you need additional configuration
to support those requirements, you can find details of these more
advanced options in Configuring integration nodes for test and production environments.