Supported Web servers, SOAP engines, and databases

You can deploy Web services to several types of Web servers, use a number of different SOAP engines, and access DB2® and Informix® databases.

Supported Web servers

You can use the following Web servers.

Supported SOAP engines

If you want client applications to send and receive SOAP-wrapped XML messages when communicating with Web services, you can use the following SOAP engines:

Table 1. Supported SOAP engines.
  SOAP engines
Web servers Apache Axis 1.4 Apache Axis 2 Deprecated: Apache SOAP 2.3** WebSphere Application Server JSR 109 (JAX-RPC) JAX-WS
Apache Tomcat (all versions) X X X    
WebSphere Application Server, Version 6 X   X X  
WebSphere Application Server, Version 7 X   X X X
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, Version 2.1 X X X   X

** Apache SOAP 2.3 is deprecated in this release, therefore it is recommended that you use another one of the supported SOAP engines.

You can download the Apache SOAP engines from the following locations:
Note: To use a SOAP engine that you download, your CLASSPATH must include the downloaded SOAP engine files.

Supported databases

You can use the following JCC-compliant databases:
  • DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, Versions 9, 9.5, and 9.7
  • DB2 for z/OS, Version 10
  • DB2 for z/OS, Versions 8 and 9
  • DB2 on iSeries®, Version 5 Release 2 and later
  • Informix Dynamic Server, Versions 11.10, 11.50, and 11.70

You can also use Informix Dynamic Server, Versions 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10, JDBC databases.

The supported version of JCC is 3.50 (JDBC 3) and the supported Java platforms are IBM® JDK 1.4, IBM JDK 5, and IBM JDK 6.


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