Configuring brokers for development environments

If you are new to IBM® Integration Bus, you can set up a basic development environment on either Windows or Linux on x86 by installing the Integration Bus component and the IBM Integration Toolkit, and creating a default configuration. Run the Default Configuration wizard to create a broker, and try the sample programs that are supplied in the IBM Integration Toolkit.

Some of the samples depend on the default configuration, which creates a broker that has the fixed name, IB9NODE, and a queue manager for the broker that has the fixed name, IB9QMGR.

Details of the default configuration are provided in Creating a default configuration.

When you have tried out your first few samples, you can create and configure more brokers, and set up an environment that can support your application developers. Many samples are supplied, and provide education and guidance about how to use many of the facilities of IBM Integration Bus.

See the full list of samples in Samples. The samples are grouped in sections according to the features that they use, and the operations that they perform. For example, the section "Web services samples" lists the samples that use Web services nodes to communicate with WebSphere® Service Registry and Repository (WSRR) and other Web applications.

You can view information about samples only when you use the product documentation that is integrated with the IBM Integration Toolkit or the online product documentation. You can run samples only when you use the product documentation that is integrated with the IBM Integration Toolkit.

To create and configure brokers in addition to, or instead of, the default configuration, follow the instructions in Creating a development environment.

When you start the IBM Integration Toolkit, a workbench session opens, which you can use to create, configure, and manage your application development resources. You can configure your workbench session in various ways to suit your working environment and preferences. These options are described in Configuring the Toolkit.