Before you begin
Why and when to perform this task
You use the Web services gateway to handle Web service invocations between Internet and intranet environments. You use it to make your internal Web services available externally, and to make external Web services available to your internal systems.
With the Web services gateway you administer the following resources:
To make the Web services gateway files available for you to install, you select the gateway option when you install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (either by accepting the "typical install" option, or by choosing the "custom install" option Web services > Web services gateway). Note that when you install WebSphere Application Server, or an upgrade or fix pack, the installation program does not install the gateway. The installation program copies the gateway files into directories within your application server directory structure, then you install the gateway into your application server as a separate task.
When you install
the gateway into your application server, any previously configured gateway
is replaced with an upgraded but empty gateway. If you want to preserve an
existing gateway configuration, you need to save the configuration before
you install the upgrade, then restore the configuration after the upgrade
is installed. To save your gateway configuration before you complete the installation
of an upgraded gateway, see Preserving
an existing gateway configuration.
To install the gateway into your application server, see Completing the installation.
Detailed instructions on how to enable Web services through the gateway are provided in the following tasks:
For a brief overview of the gateway and how it works, see Web services gateway - frequently asked questions.
For a list of the major changes since the AlphaWorks preview version of the gateway, see Web services gateway - What is new in this release.
For additional technical details of the Web services gateway, see the gateway Javadoc.
For more information about working with Web services, visit the Web sites referenced in Web services: Resources for Learning.