Why and when to perform this task
An endpoint listener is the point (address) at which incoming
SOAP messages for a Web service are received by a service integration bus.
Each endpoint listener supports a particular binding. Endpoint listeners are
supplied with WebSphere Application Server for the following bindings:
- SOAP over HTTP.
- SOAP over JMS.
Two instances of each type of endpoint listener are supplied so
that, for each listener type, you can set up separate endpoint listeners
for inbound and outbound requests. For more information, see Endpoint listeners and inbound ports - entry points to the
service integration bus.
You use the WebSphere Application Server
administrative console to work with installed endpoint listeners. To work
with an endpoint listener, complete the following steps:
- Install the endpoint listener application as described in SIBWS
- Completing the installation.
- Configure the endpoint listener for the server to which you installed
the endpoint listener application and (as part of the configuration
process) connect the endpoint listener to one or more available service integration
buses.
- On a service integration bus for which you have configured the endpoint
listener, create a new inbound service configuration. As part of the configuration,
connect the service to a new inbound port and associate the new port with
the newly-configured endpoint listener.
To configure an endpoint listener for a server (step
two in the previous list), choose one of the following actions: