Deployment


After an integration project has been developed and tested, it is necessary to deploy the run-time components to the machines on which they will ultimately run in a production environment. An adapter instance can be deployed, started and managed using one of the following methods:

Deploy Using TIBCO Administrator Enterprise Edition

During development, you save your design to a project. When you are ready to deploy your project to a machine, you generate an Enterprise archive file (EAR file) from TIBCO Designer. The EAR file contains information on what you wish to deploy.

Building the archive creates the EAR file, which you can then deploy from TIBCO Administrator. If you make changes to the adapters in the archive, you need to rebuild the archive. Saving the project does not affect the archive.

Task A Generate and Import an Enterprise Archive File

An Enterprise Archive file contains adapter instance configuration information, which is used by a run-time adapter. An Enterprise Archive file is generated using TIBCO Designer and imported into TIBCO Administrator.

Task B Specify Deployment Information

After importing an Enterprise Archive file, the adapter can be deployed. This involves:

Task C Specify Monitoring Options

Before starting the adapter you can optionally specify monitoring options, including:

Task D Start the Adapter

The adapter is started and stopped using the TIBCO Administrator GUI.

Deploy Using TIBCO Administrator Repository Edition

If you are using Repository Edition, you must export your project to a repository server, then create an adapter properties file where the location of the project repository, adapter instance and other runtime options are defined.

Task A Export Project to a Server Repository

In TIBCO Designer, after the project has been configured, verified and tested, you export the project to be managed by an administration server. The server provides

Task B Create or Modify the Properties File

Before starting the run-time adapter you must create a properties file or edit the default properties file that is provided in the adapter package. Each adapter must have a unique properties file. The easiest way to deploy an adapter is to copy the default properties file to a unique name and edit the properties defined in the file. Values for the following parameters are typically changed:

These options are explained further in each adapter’s user’s guide.

Task C Start the Adapter

An adapter is started from the command line. When starting an adapter against a local project, any user with file system read privileges set on the project can start the adapter. When starting the adapter against a server-based project, and if the project has been configured (using TIBCO Administrator) with access control restrictions, the user name and password must be supplied.


TIBCO Adapter™ Concepts
April 2005
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