New users: Use the links in this topic to find out how to create and configure integration nodes.
For testing purposes, you can create an integration node in the IBM® Integration Toolkit or you can use the integration node (TESTNODE_user_name) that is created by default when the IBM Integration Toolkit is started. For production purposes, you must plan your configuration carefully; see Planning your IBM Integration Bus solution
Use the links in this section to find information that you might find useful before you create and configure your integration nodes.
You can set the operation mode when you create an integration node, however, integration node are created, or migrated from previous versions, in advanced mode by default. Follow this link to get information about the various modes that are available.
You can create one or more integration nodes on one or more computers. The use of multiple integration nodes can help you to spread the load of the message processing that you want to achieve, or to allocate different functions to different integration nodes or computers. For example, you might set up an integration node to run personnel applications, and another to run financial or order systems.
You might also create several integration servers on each integration node to manage the message flows that you deploy to the integration node.
To create an integration node, complete the following tasks in order:
On Windows and Linux, you can create integration nodes in the IBM Integration Toolkit. On all platforms, you can create the integration nodes by using the command line commands. Create as many integration nodes as you require.