Configure a V5 WebSphere topic destination
Use this task to browse or change the properties of a JMS topic destination for publish/subscribe messaging by WebSphere appserver V5 applications.. This task contains an optional step for you to create a new topic destination.
Overview
To configure a JMS topic destination for use WAS V5 applications, use the console to complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Display the V5 default messaging provider. In the navigation pane, expand Resources > JMS > JMS Providers.
- Select the V5 provider for which you want to configure a topic destination.
- Optional: Change the Scope setting to the level at which the JMS destination is visible to applications. If you define a V5 JMS resource at the Cell scope level, all users in the cell can look up and use that JMS resource.
- In the content pane, under Additional Properties, click Topics This displays any existing JMS topic destinations for the Version 5 default messaging provider in the content pane.
- To browse or change an existing JMS topic destination, click its name in the list. Otherwise, to create a new topic destination, complete the following steps:
- Click New in the content pane.
- Specify the following required properties. You can specify other properties, as described in a later step.
- Name
- The name by which this topic destination is known for administrative purposes within IBM WAS.
- JNDI Name
- The JNDI name that is used to bind the topic destination into the name space.
- Topic
- The name of the topic in the default messaging provider, to which messages are sent.
- Click Apply. This defines the topic destination to WAS, and enables you to browse or change additional properties.
- Optional: Change properties for the topic destination, according to your needs.
- Click OK.
- Save any changes to the master configuration.
- To have the changed configuration take effect, stop then restart the appserver.
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Related Reference
V5 WebSphere topic destination settings