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Plan for adapter implementation

Before using WebSphere Adapter for Enterprise Content Management, make sure that you understand the experience you need and the server environment in which it runs. Learn the considerations for deploying the adapter in your server environment, and find out how to improve the performance and availability of the adapter by using a clustered server environment.

• Before you begin
  Before you begin to set up and use the adapter, you should possess a thorough understanding of business integration concepts, the capabilities and requirements of the integration development tools and runtime environment you will use, and the CMIS server environment where you will build and use the solution.
• Security
  The adapter uses the J2C authentication data entry, or the authentication alias feature of Java™ EE security to provide secure user name and password authentication. For more information about security features, see the documentation for IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.
• Support for protecting sensitive user data in log and trace files
  

  You can configure the adapter to prevent sensitive or confidential data, in the log and trace files, from being viewed by users without authorization.

• Support for secured HTTP communication with CMIS server
  IBM WebSphere Adapter for Enterprise Content Management supports secured HTTP communication with CMIS server.
• User authentication
  The adapter supports several methods for supplying the user name and password that are needed to connect to the CMIS server. By understanding the features and limitations of each method, you can pick a method that provides the appropriate level of security and convenience for your application.
• Deployment options
  There are two ways to deploy the adapter. You can either embed it as part of the deployed application, or you can deploy it as a stand-alone RAR file. The requirements of your environment affect the type of deployment option you choose.
• WebSphere Adapters in clustered environments
  

  You can improve adapter performance and availability by deploying a module on a clustered server environment. Clusters are groups of servers that are managed together to balance workloads and to provide high availability and scalability.

• Migrating to version 7.5.0.3 of WebSphere Adapter for Enterprise Content Management
  

WebSphere Adapter for Enterprise Content Management documentation

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