Welcome to WebSphere Message Broker

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WebSphere Message Broker Version 6.0 provides an advanced enterprise service bus, delivering universal connectivity and data transformation. The following introductory information describes the high level concepts of the product and some basic tasks, including how to use this information center and how to use the Message Brokers Toolkit.

• How do I use the information center? Find out how to use this information center, including navigation and searching techniques.
• Where can I get an overview of WebSphere Message Broker? Get links to introductory information about WebSphere Message Broker.
• How do I use the Message Brokers Toolkit? Find out how to use the Message Brokers Toolkit.
• How can I check that my installation was successful? Find out how to check your installation was successful.

Use the links in this section to help you start developing your own WebSphere Message Broker applications. Links are also included to help you understand message broker concepts that might be useful when you develop your own applications. You can also use the WebSphere Message Broker Samples to help you develop your own applications. Most of the samples provide working examples of applications and demonstrate the features available in WebSphere Message Broker. In order to run samples or deploy and test your own applications, you must have created a broker domain.

You can use the Default Configuration wizard to create a basic broker domain for testing applications.

• What do I need to know to start developing applications? Find out about the WebSphere Message Broker concepts you might want to know before developing your own applications.
• How do I design and develop applications? Get started developing your own message flow applications and associated resources.
• How do I deploy and test applications? Find out how to deploy your applications to a broker and how to test them.
• How do I debug and troubleshoot my applications? Find out how to debug message flow applications and troubleshoot problems.

In order to test and run your message broker applications you must set up a broker domain. The broker domain is one or more brokers that share a common configuration, together with a Configuration Manager that controls them. Use the links in this section to find out how to plan, configure and administer your broker domain.

• How do I plan and configure a broker domain? Find out how to plan and configure a broker domain for your business.
• How do I deploy and configure applications? Find out how to configure your applications and get them running.
• How do I administer and monitor a broker domain? Find out about day to day administrative tasks and about monitoring the performance of your applications.

Use the following links to get additional information about using WebSphere Message Broker:

• Where can I find out about the accessibility functions of WebSphere Message Broker? Find out about accessibility features in WebSphere Message Broker and shortcut keys to use in the information center.
• How can I troubleshoot any problems? Find out how to debug message flow applications and troubleshoot problems.
• What information is available for users of previous versions? Find out about migration and what's new for users of previous versions of the product.