Application Platform 10.3 | Developing with Application Platform in Designer | Managing Servers | Configuring My webMethods Server for Application Platform Projects
 
Configuring My webMethods Server for Application Platform Projects
 
Configuring Launch Configuration Settings for My webMethods Server
Editing the User Credentials for Connecting to My webMethods Server
Use the following procedure to configure a My webMethods Server for your Application Platform projects.
Important:
Always stop the server before changing its configuration settings. Otherwise, unpredictable results may occur.
*To configure My webMethods Server for an Application Platform project
1. In Designer, go to the Servers view and double-click the My webMethods Server you want to configure.
2. In the General Information section, specify values in the provided fields.
The following table describes what you have to specify in each field.
In this field
Specify
Server name
The name of the My webMethods Server to which you publish projects.
Default: My webMethods Server (Remote) at host_name
Host name
The host name or address of the My webMethods Server to which you publish projects.
Default: localhost
3. Select a Runtime Environment.
4. To edit the settings used when Designer executes operating system scripts that start or stop the server, click the Open Launch Configuration link.
5. In the Publishing section, select one of the provided publishing options.
The following table describes the options you can select from.
Select this option
To
Never publish automatically
Default. Publish your project to the server manually.
Automatically publish when resources change
Publish your projects automatically with a predefined time interval, in seconds, every time you update a project resource. You can configure the time interval of this setting.
Default: 15
Note:
This option requires a lot of resources.
Automatically publish when resources change
Publish your projects automatically after any project build event (for example clean, full, or incremental project build).
Note:
This option requires a lot of resources.
6. In the Server Properties section, specify the provided settings.
The following table describes what you have to specify for each setting.
For this setting
Specify
Protocol
The data transfer protocol to be used. The following protocols are available:
*http - This is a networking, data transfer protocol used for exchanging content between applications, servers, or systems.
*https - This is a secure modification of HTTP that encrypts and decrypts user page requests, as well as the pages that are returned by the web server.
Http(s) Port
The port number of the primary port of My webMethods Server.
Default: 8585
Debug Port
The port number that is used by My webMethods Server when you debug an Application Platform project in Designer.
Default: 10033
Publish Timeout (seconds)
The length of time, in seconds, that Designer should attempt to publish a bundle to My webMethods Server.
Default: 120
Server JMX RMI Port
The port number that is used for monitoring My webMethods Server remotely using a JMX agent. If you have not configured user credentials for the My webMethods Server instance you are using, you will be prompted to enter the credentials the first time you connect to the server. After you enter the credentials, Designer stores them in its secure storage.
Important:
If you change the user credentials in My webMethods Server, you must also update them in Designer.
Default: 5002
7. In the Timeouts section, specify values in the provided fields.
The following table describes what you have to specify for each field.
In this field
Specify
Start
The time in seconds that Designer should wait for the server to start before assuming failure. If the timeout is exceeded, you will see an error message in Designer.
Default: 20
Stop
The time in seconds that Designer should wait for the server to stop before assuming failure. If the timeout is exceeded, you will see an error message in Designer.
Default: 15
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