WebSphere WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, Version 6.0.1 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Application integration and bus environments

WebSphere ESB is a flexible connectivity infrastructure for integrating applications and services. The infrastructure can be viewed as two integrated environments that help separate the deployment and management of applications and services from management of the underlying server and bus environment.

Figure 1. The application integration environment and its underlying server and bus environment.
The application integration environment and its underlying server and bus environment.

Application integration

A solution administrator can deploy any new services required, and the mediation modules (as SCA modules) that enable new and existing services to interact correctly. Applications and services are deployed into the application integration environment, with little or no concern for their implementation and the underlying infrastructure services provided by the server and bus environment.

After deploying mediation modules into WebSphere ESB, a solution administrator can manage the runtime properties of the modules and their associated applications, configure resources that they need, and monitor their performance. In the WebSphere administrative console, a solution administrator can choose to apply the Application Integration task selection filter to restrict the range of tasks to those associated with management of application integration.

Servers and buses

A solution administrator can create an environment of ESB servers and service integration buses that support the application integration environment. This environment is referred to as the server and bus environment or, as a shorter term, the bus environment.
  • With a WebSphere ESB stand-alone profile, the bus environment comprises only one server, set up when you create the profile and needing little administration.
  • With a WebSphere ESB deployment manager, the administrator configures the bus environment as needed, creating several servers and server clusters on nodes in the administrative domain known as the deployment manager cell.
In the WebSphere administrative console, a solution administrator can choose to apply the Server and Bus task selection filter to restrict the range of tasks to those associated with management of the bus environment.

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