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Welcome to WebSphere Message Broker
Use this topic to help you navigate through the WebSphere® Message Broker information center:
- If you are new to WebSphere Message Broker, look at the Getting started section first.
- If you are ready to start developing message flows for WebSphere Message Broker, look at the Developing message flow applications section.
- If you are ready to design and configure your brokers, look at WebSphere Message Broker Administration.
- The Additional information section includes links that might be of interest to all users.
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Getting started
WebSphere Message Broker 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, how to install WebSphere Message Broker, and how to use the WebSphere Message Broker 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 install the product? Find out how to install WebSphere Message Broker, including the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit and WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.
- How do I use the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit? Find out how to use the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit.
- How can I check that my installation was successful? Find out how to check that your installation was successful.
Developing
message flows
Use the links in this section to help you to start developing your own message flows. Links are also included to help you to understand WebSphere Message Broker concepts that might be useful when you develop your own message flows. You can also use the Samples to help you to develop your own message flows. Most samples provide working examples of message flows, and demonstrate the features that are available in WebSphere Message Broker. To run samples, or deploy and test your own message flows, you must first create a broker.
You can use the Default Configuration wizard available in the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit or the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer to create a basic broker configuration for testing message flows, see Creating the Default Configuration.
- What do I need to know to start developing applications? Find out about the WebSphere Message Broker concepts you might want to know before you develop your own message flows.
- How do I design and develop applications? Start to develop your own message flows and associated resources.
- How do I deploy and test message flows? Find out how to deploy your message flows to a broker and how to test them.
- How do I debug and troubleshoot my applications? Find out how to debug message flows and troubleshoot problems.
WebSphere Message
Broker Administration
- How do I plan and configure brokers? Find out how to plan and configure brokers for your business.
- How do I deploy and configure message flows? Find out how to configure your message flows and get them running.
- How do I administer and monitor brokers? Find out about day to day administrative tasks and about monitoring the performance of your message flows.
Additional
information
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 flows and troubleshoot problems.
- What information is available for users of previous versions? Find out about migration and what is new for users of previous versions of the product.