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Creating a new WS-Notification service point

Add an additional WS-Notification service point to an existing WS-Notification service. A WS-Notification service point defines access to a WS-Notification service on a given bus member through a specified Web service binding (for example SOAP over HTTP). Applications use the bus members associated with the WS-Notification service point to connect to the WS-Notification service. The existence of a WS-Notification service point causes Web service endpoints for the notification broker, subscription manager and publisher registration manager for this WS-Notification service to be exposed on the server with which the service point is associated. WS-Notification applications use these endpoints to interact with the WS-Notification service.

Before you begin
You can create a new WS-Notification service point through the administrative console as described in this task, or you can create a new WS-Notification service point through the command line.
About this task

You can define any number of WS-Notification service points for a given WS-Notification service. Each service point defined for the same WS-Notification service represents an alternative entry point to the service. Event notifications published to a particular WS-Notification service point are received by all applications connected to any service point of the same WS-Notification service (subject to subscription on the correct topic) regardless of the particular service point to which they are connected. For more information, see Reasons to create multiple WS-Notification service points.

When you create a WS-Notification service point you select a bus member on which the WS-Notification service point is created. You allocate a service point to a given bus member by specifying an endpoint listener that is configured for that bus member. You also choose the type of Web service binding (SOAP over HTTPS or SOAP over JMS) that is used for the WS-Notification service point.

The existence of a WS-Notification service point causes Web service endpoints for the notification broker, subscription manager and publisher registration manager for this WS-Notification service to be exposed on the server with which the service point is associated. WS-Notification applications use these endpoints to interact with the WS-Notification service.

To create a new WS-Notification service point use the administrative console to complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, click Service integration > Web services > WS-Notification services > [Content Pane] service_name > WS-Notification service points or Service integration > Buses > [Content Pane] bus_name > [Services] WS-Notification services > [Content Pane] service_name > WS-Notification service points. The WS-Notification service points [Collection] form is displayed. This form shows all the WS-Notification service points configured for this WS-Notification service.
  2. In the content pane, either click New or select an existing service point then click Copy. The New WS-Notification service point wizard is displayed. If you are copying an existing service point, the wizard creates a new service point that uses the same inbound ports security and JAX-RPC handler settings as the existing service point.
  3. Use the wizard to create the new WS-Notification service point configuration by completing the following steps. For more information about the properties that you set with the wizard, see WS-Notification service points [Settings].
    1. Supply a name and (optional) description for the WS-Notification service point, and from the drop-down list select the bus member on which the service point is to be configured, then click Next. The service point name forms part of the URL used to access the service point (that is, the address of the Web service that is exposed on the chosen server). On a single server system there is only one bus member in the list.
    2. Select a listener application to use to expose the service. Either select an existing endpoint listener for this bus member, or Create a new endpoint listener. For more information, see Creating a new endpoint listener configuration.
  4. Click Finish. If the processing completes successfully, the list of WS-Notification service points for this WS-Notification service is updated to include the new service point. Otherwise, an error message is displayed.
  5. Save your changes to the master configuration.
What to do next
You can also use the administrative console to work with run-time information for service points. For more information, see Interacting at run time with WS-Notification.
Related tasks
Creating a new WS-Notification service
Creating a new WS-Notification administered subscriber
Creating a new permanent WS-Notification topic namespace
Applying a WS-Notification topic namespace document
WS-Notification - publish and subscribe messaging for Web services
Learning about WS-Notification
Securing WS-Notification
Related reference
WS-Notification troubleshooting tips

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