Configuring integration nodes for test and production environments

Create one or more integration nodes on one or more computers, and configure them on your test and production systems to process messages that contain your business data.

About this task

On Linux® and Windows, you can install the integration node and the IBM® Integration Toolkit, and create an initial configuration to learn about IBM Integration Bus, and start to develop your applications. You can also configure an environment for more advanced application development and unit test. These tasks are described in Configuring integration nodes for development environments.

To configure your test and production environments, use the information in this section to plan and configure the resources that you want:

Procedure

  1. Plan your system; see Planning an IBM Integration Bus environment.
  2. If you are configuring an integration node on z/OS®, Customize the z/OS environment; see Customizing the z/OS environment.
  3. Ensure that you have the correct authorization and permissions to create and access components.
    For more information, see Authorization for configuration tasks and Integration node security.
  4. Create the components; see Configuring integration nodes and Modifying integration nodes.
  5. If you want to ensure that you are using the correct operation mode for your license, see Checking the operation mode of your integration node and Changing the operation mode of your integration nodes.
  6. Create and configure the databases.
  7. If you want to ensure the data integrity of transactions, Configure global coordination of transactions.
  8. If you want to connect to external resources such as Enterprise Information Systems, IMS, or JMS, Configure properties to connect to external resources.
  9. If you want to configure the storage of events for aggregation, Collector, or timeout nodes, or configure monitoring event sources, Configure internal resources that are required by message flows.
  10. If you want to view objects in a different language or code page, Change the locale.
  11. If you want to operate your IBM Integration Bus instances in a highly available configuration; see Configuring integration nodes for high availability.
  12. If you want to operate your integration node as a WebSphere MQ service; see Configuring an integration node as a WebSphere MQ service.