Component Manager Web Services
Use the Web Services tab to specify various Web Services information for each Component Manager.
If you have a farmed system, specify (or modify) the Web Services settings on each Application Engine or Workplace XT server in the farm.
TIP In a non-farmed system, these settings are automatically defined the first time an applet is executed in the associated application. You do not need to take any further action.
The Web Services Settings include these fields:
Listener URL | Specifies the URL of the Workplace or Workplace XT application associated with this Component Manager. CAUTION In an environment configured for single sign-on (SSO), do not use the SSO server name in the URL, even if Process Task Manager displays it by default. In a load-balanced system, specify the URL of the load balancer server, not the Application Engine or Workplace XT server. For example, consider a farmed Application Engine system with a load balancer server named ae_load_balancer, and two Application Engine servers named ae_server1 and ae_server2. The Listener URL might look like http://ae_load_balancer:7001/Workplace. |
Listener Local Host |
Specifies the URL of the local host server. In most cases, the Listener Local Host is the same for all Component Managers running on the same Application Engine or Workplace XT server. Enter the Listener Local Host in the following format: In a load-balanced system, the Listener Local Host specifies the local Application Engine or Workplace XT server. Using the example described in Listener URL above, enter ae_server1 or ae_server2 (depending on which Application Engine server you are configuring) for the Listener Local Host. |
Component Manager uses JSSE to invoke a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Web service. Part of the JSSE functionality is to accept server certificates as part of the SSL handshake. In most cases, the server certificate is signed with a well-known certificate authority, such as Verisign, whose root certificates are in the default Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) truststore. However, since Component Manager is running without any user intervention, you might want to have self-signed certificates automatically accepted. (This is similar to Internet Explorer prompting you with a dialog box asking if you want to trust certificates, for example, from ABC whenever you use https://xxx, with a self-signed or unknown certificate).
Complete the following steps to enable BPM Process Orchestration and Content Engine operations to function correctly in an SSL environment.
TIP If you are invoking Web Services referenced via secure WebSphere WSRR, either select Automatically add server certificates to truststore, or download the WSRR server certificate to the truststore.
The Web Services JSSE Settings include these fields:
Keystore file |
The location of the file containing the certificates to be sent for an SSL connection with a server that requires client authentication |
Keystore password | The password used to secure the Keystore file. By default the password is as installed with the JRE, with changeit as the password. |
Truststore file | The location of the file containing the trusted server certificates. |
Truststore password | The password used to secure the Truststore file. By default the password is as installed with the JRE, with changeit as the password. |
Automatically add server certificates to truststore | If this box is checked, the server certificate, if not already in the truststore, is automatically trusted and added to the store for the next usage. If this box is not checked, you must manually save the server certificate and specify the truststore information. |
The Reliable Messaging Settings include these fields:
Inactivity timeout | The amount of time, in milliseconds, that must pass before Component Manager stops waiting for a reply. |
Base retransmission interval | The amount of time, in milliseconds, that must pass before Component Manager initially retries a request. The interval increases for each subsequent retry, until the total time reaches the value indicated in Inactivity timeout. |