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Connecting to a process server

If you have an IBM Process Center server in the Servers view of IBM Integration Designer, you can connect to a process server to quickly and easily create an IBM Process Server on Process Center in the Servers view. A Process Server on Process Center is used to run process applications on a Process Server that is connected to a Process Center.

In order to successfully publish or deploy from Integration Designer to a Process Center server, the version of both tools must be exactly the same. Complete the instructions in the following procedure to connect to a process server and create a Process Server on Process Center.


Procedure

  1. In IBM Integration Designer, click the Servers tab to open the Servers view.
  2. Ensure that the IBM Process Server is running.

  3. In the Servers view, right-click your Process Center server and select Connect to a Process Server. The New Server wizard opens.

  4. In the Servers list, select the process server to create in the workspace for the Process Center. The list can display the names of one or more staging, test, or production process servers, but it only displays the names of the process servers that are currently connected to the Process Center that you specified on the previous page of the wizard.

  5. Click Next.

  6. If your selected process server is not a member of an ND (ND) environment, specify the connection settings for the IBM Process Server by completing the following steps:

    1. In the Host name field, specify the host name of the IBM Process Center.

    2. In the RMI port field, specify the ORB bootstrap connector port that you want to use to connect to the server.

    3. In the SOAP port field, specify the SOAP connector port that you want to use to connect to the server.

    4. 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.)

    5. In the User ID and Password fields, specify the administrative user ID and password that you want to use to log into the server. (By default, the fields are pre-populated with the user ID and password used to log into the Process Center.)

    6. Click Finish.

  7. If your server is a member of an ND (ND) environment, the correct host name and ports are automatically determined and set, but you must specify the remaining connection settings for the IBM Process 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 user ID and password used to log into the ND dmgr. (By default, the fields are pre-populated with the user ID and password used to log into the Process Center.)

    3. Click Finish.


Results

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

Create servers for process applications