Foreign bus connections collection
A foreign bus connection allows communication with another bus. The foreign bus can represent another Service Integration Bus, an instance of IBM MQ, or an indirect connection to another foreign bus.
Console path:
Service integration -> Buses -> bus_name -> [Topology] Foreign bus connections.
To act on one or more of the listed items, select the check boxes next to the names of the items to act on, then use the buttons provided.
The physical link (also known as the routing type) between buses can be one of the following types:
- A service integration bus link from a messaging engine in the local bus to a messaging engine in the foreign bus.
- A IBM MQ link from a messaging engine in the local bus to an IBM MQ gateway queue manager. To the local bus the linked IBM MQ network appears as a foreign bus.
- An indirect link, which is a link that is made through one or more intermediate foreign buses.
- Name
- The name of the bus with which this bus will exchange messages. This name must match exactly the name of the existing service integration bus defined as the foreign bus.
- Routing type
- Routing type defines the type of link used to make the connection to the foreign bus. Use a service integration bus link for a connection to a foreign service integration bus, a IBM MQ link for a connection to a foreign IBM MQ network, or an indirect routing if the connection to the foreign bus is via another foreign bus.
- Description
- An optional description for the foreign bus, for administrative purposes.
- Configuration Status
- Indicates that the configuration was deleted with remaining runtime data. Select this foreign bus connection (by clicking the Name column) to resolve the remaining runtime data.
Buttons
Button Description New Create a new administrative object of this type. Delete Delete the selected items. Test connection Test the foreign bus connection. This button does not work if the selected foreign bus uses a IBM MQ link running on an application server on which IBM MQ has been disabled. See Disable IBM MQ functionality in WAS.