Creating a new IBM MQ link
A IBM MQ link provides a server to server channel connection between a service integration bus and a IBM MQ queue manager or queue-sharing group, which acts as the gateway to the IBM MQ network. Use the foreign bus connection wizard to create a foreign bus and link it to the IBM MQ network through a WebSphere® MQ link.
Before you begin
Decide which method to use to configure these resources. You can create a new IBM MQ link by using the administrative console as described in this task, or you can create a new IBM MQ link by using the wsadmin tool.
The following resources must be defined in WebSphere Application Server:- A service integration bus that you want to connect from (known as the local bus) with at least one bus member.
- A queue manager or queue-sharing group, which acts as the gateway to the IBM MQ network.
- A listener that is configured and running.
- (optionally) A sender channel to receive messages on the local bus, a receiver channel to send messages from the local bus, or both.
- (For publish-subscribe messaging) A topic and input queue for broker publish-subscribe flow.
About this task
You use the foreign bus connection wizard to connect a bus and a IBM MQ network. You can configure the connection for either point-to-point or publish-subscribe messaging.
- The bus and messaging engine on which the IBM MQ link is defined.
- The foreign bus that represents the IBM MQ network.
- The IBM MQ link.
- (Optionally) The sender and receiver channels and protocol. Using the wizard you can choose to define no channels (and add them afterward), or one channel if your IBM MQ link is to be one-way, or both channels.
- (Optionally) Security for messages flowing across the link.
- (Optionally) A publish/subscribe broker profile and associated topic mappings, to allow publication and subscription with a broker in the IBM MQ network.
The wizard does not ask you to set all possible properties of a IBM MQ link, and many of the properties are set to default values. You can fine tune these properties afterward if necessary, by modifying the IBM MQ link.
For a sample configuration showing a systems view of the setup for a IBM MQ link, see IBM MQ link sample configuration.