New users: use this topic to get information about deploying and testing
your applications during development. When you have developed your message
flows, message models and other resources, you are ready to deploy them to
a broker. You can use features provided in the Message Brokers Toolkit to
help you test your applications. Read How do I deploy and configure applications? for
information about deploying and configuring applications for use in a production
environment.
In order to deploy and test your applications you must have a broker domain.
You can Create the Default Configuration to
create a broker domain suitable for testing applications during development.
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Message Brokers Toolkit.
How do I deploy message flow applications and related resources?
Use
the links in this section to get instructions on how to deploy your message
flows, message sets and related resources to a broker. Read Message flow application deployment for
an overview of the concepts of deployment of application resources.
- How do I create a server project?
You
must have a server project to create a broker archive file. Follow this link
for instructions on how to create a server project. Alternatively, you can
use the server project that contains your broker domain configuration details.
- How do I create a broker archive?
A
broker archive file is a compressed file that contains compiled message flows,
message dictionaries and other application development resources. Use this
link to get instructions on how to create a broker archive. You can use the Broker Archive editor to add or remove message flows and message sets
to, or from, your broker archive. You can also use the Broker Archive editor
to edit the configurable properties within your broker archive.
- How do I add files to a broker archive?
You
can add message flows and message sets to a broker archive file. The message
flows, message sets and related resources are compiled when they are added
to the broker archive file. You can also choose to add the source files to
the broker archive file. You can not add resources to a broker archive file
from a project that contains an error.
- How do I deploy a broker archive?
Find
out about the different ways that you can deploy a broker archive file to
a broker. For deploying applications for development to a test environment,
the simplest method is to use the Message Brokers Toolkit.
- How do I check the results of the deployment?
Find
out about the ways that you can check the results of deployment. When you
deploy applications to a test environment, the simplest method is to use the
Message Brokers Toolkit. You can also use the mqsilist
command with the name of the broker and execution group to which you
deployed your broker archive file to.
- How do I edit configurable properties?
System
objects that are defined in message flows have configurable properties that
you can update within the broker archive before deployment. By changing configurable
properties, you can customize a broker archive for a new domain, without needing
to edit and rebuild the message flows or other application resources.
- How do i refresh the contents of a broker archive?
You
can refresh the contents of a broker archive by removing resources from it
and, having made required changes, add them back again. Alternatively you
can use the Refresh option in the Broker Archive editor.
How can I test my applications?
Use the links in
this section provide information about the different features provided in
the Message Brokers Toolkit to help you to test your applications.