WebSphere Message Broker, Version 8.0.0.7 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-Itanium, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

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Creating a development environment

Create a development environment on Linux on x86 or Windows to develop your message flows.

Before you start:

On Windows, you can use the Launchpad to install both these components. For details, see Installing by using the Windows Launchpad.

If you are new to WebSphere Message Broker, and have not created a default configuration, you might want to use that option to set up your first configuration. You can use the default environment to run some of the supplied sample programs, and explore the features that are supported by WebSphere Message Broker. Follow the instructions in Creating a default configuration.

To create your own development environment on a computer that is running Linux on x86 or Windows, complete the following steps:

  1. Start the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit in one of the following ways:
    • Linux platformFrom the main menu:
      • On Red Hat, click Programming > IBM WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit.
      • On SUSE Linux, click All Applications > WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit.
    • Windows platformClick Start > All Programs > IBM WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit > IBM WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit 8.0 > WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit 8.0, or double-click the shortcut on your desktop.
    • Use the following commands in a command prompt from their location in the root directory for the package group:
      • Linux platform
        ./eclipse -product com.ibm.etools.msgbroker.tooling.ide
      • Windows platform
        eclipse.exe -product com.ibm.etools.msgbroker.tooling.ide
    A new session of the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit opens, and prompts you for the name of a workspace in which to store the resources that you create in this session.

    You can accept the default value, workspace, type your preferred name into the text field, or click Browse to select the location of your choice. Select Use this as the default and do not ask again to inhibit the display of the workspace dialog next time you start the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit.

  2. Click OK to confirm the location of your workspace. Your WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit session opens, and displays the Welcome page. You can tailor various settings in the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit to suit your requirements and your working environment; for example, the colors and fonts. These options are described in Configuring the Toolkit.
  3. Close the Welcome page. You can return to the Welcome page later by clicking Help > Welcome. If more than one option is listed, select WebSphere Message Broker.
  4. In the Broker Application Development perspective, select the Brokers view. Alternatively, click Window > Show view > Other > Broker Runtime > Brokers to show the Brokers view.
  5. Right-click WebSphere Message Brokers, and click New > Local Broker to create a broker, and complete the wizard for this task.

    If you want more detailed instructions, see Creating a broker for a development environment.

    Your configuration might be affected by the operation mode of your broker. The default operation mode is advanced mode, in which your broker runs with no restrictions. Check with your broker administrator which operation mode applies to your organization; you might have to change the mode of your broker after you have created it. For more information about operation modes, see Operation modes.

  6. You must create at least one execution group on your broker. To add additional execution groups to your broker, right-click the broker, and click New > Execution Group. Enter a name for your execution group, and click OK.

    The execution group is the runtime environment in which your message flows run. You can create many execution groups on a single broker, and you can deploy your message flows to one or more execution groups on one or more brokers.

    For more detailed instructions about this task, see Creating an execution group using the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit or WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.

Your configuration is now ready to use.
Next: You can start to develop resources to deploy to your broker. You can create your own message flows, or you can use the patterns and samples that are provided to get you started. For details of these options, see Developing message flows.

This task has covered the minimum set of steps that you must complete to create a broker and configure your development environment. Typically, as an application developer, you are working in a single platform environment to create, deploy, and test your message flows before they are ready for use in a test of production environment.

More options are available for enhanced configurations, including configurable services. When the requirements of your message flows extend beyond this basic configuration, and you need additional configuration to support those requirements, you can find details of these more advanced options in Configuring brokers for test and production environments.

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