Before you begin
Before you can connect the Enterprise Toolkit to an integration node, the integration node and
its web user interface HTTP connection listener must be running. You can check that the listener was
started by using the mqsilist command or by checking for the
BIP3132 message in the integration node system log.
Procedure
- Create a connection to an integration node by using its administration URI (hostname and
port):
- Open the Integration Explorer view in the IBM App
Connect Enterprise Toolkit.
- Right-click the Integration Nodes folder, and click Connect to
a Integration Node.
- In the Connect to an integration node wizard, enter the following
values:
- The Host name or IP address of the computer on which your integration
node is running.
- The Port on which the web user interface HTTP connection listener is
listening (the default is 4414). This property must be a valid positive number.
- The User name for a web administration account that
you want to use to secure the connection.
- The Password that is associated with the web
administration account for the User name.
- To save the Password value, select the
Save password checkbox.
The password is encrypted in Eclipse Secure
Storage, which is a local file that is shared by all Eclipse-based products on the computer,
including the IBM App
Connect Enterprise Toolkit. If you select this option and Eclipse
Secure Storage is not already set up, you must complete some additional steps to store the password
securely:
- Set a master password for Eclipse Secure Storage.
On Windows, the master password is generated automatically.
On Linux
and UNIX, the Secure Storage window opens,
and you must set a master password for Eclipse Secure Storage. Enter a value for
Password, and use the same value for Confirm
password.
- On all distributed systems, you are prompted to set master password recovery.
If you select
Yes, the Password Recovery pane opens. In the
Password Recovery pane, enter your questions and answers for password
recovery.
- To connect to the integration node by using HTTP with the Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL), select the Use HTTPS checkbox.
- Click Finish to connect to the integration node.
- Create a connection to an integration node by using settings from a
.broker file:
- Open the Integration Explorer view in the IBM App
Connect Enterprise Toolkit.
- Right-click the Integration Nodes folder, and click Connect to
an Integration Node using *.broker file.
- Select the .broker file and then click Open to
connect to the integration node.
Results
You can now view properties and manage your integration node, and its integration
servers and resources, in the IBM App
Connect Enterprise Toolkit.
You can export the connection details to a .broker file by
right-clicking the integration node and selecting Export the Integration Node to a
.broker file.
What to do next
You can delete or change the value of a saved password
for the connection. To change or delete the saved password:
- Right-click the integration node that has a saved password.
- Select Change Saved Connection Password.
- Enter a new password, or leave the field empty to delete the saved password.