Connecting to webMethods Integration Server

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To implement a web service in your Composite Application Framework application, you must create a web service connector within your application. However, you must create a connection from Designer to an instance of Integration Server before you can create a web service connector.

You must have a valid user account on the Integration Server before you can complete this task. The account must be configured with the Access Control Lists (ACLs) required to access and work with the Integration Server packages and services that you want to use. For more information about working with ACLs, see webMethods Integration Server Administrator’s Guide.

To connect to a webMethods Integration Server instance

1. In the Package Navigator view in Designer, click the Add or modify Integration Servers button in the view toolbar.

2. In the Preferences dialog box, click Add and specify the following information for the server instance:

Field	Description
Name	The display name to use for the Integration Server instance. Note: The name cannot contain control characters, special characters, and characters outside of the basic ASCII character set, such as multi-byte characters.
Host	The host name or IP address of the Integration Server to connect to, for example workstation5.webmethods.com or 132.906.19.22. Do not begin the host name with http://.
Port	The port number of the Integration Server.
User	The name of a valid user account on the Integration Server that is configured with the appropriate access permissions.
Password	The password for the user account.

3. Select any or all of the following options:

Option	Description
Connect immediately	Indicates whether Designer should connect to the Integration Server immediately after you add the server definition.
Connect at startup	Indicates whether Designer should automatically connect to the Integration Server each time you start Designer.
Secure connection	Indicates whether the session will be opened through HTTP or HTTPS. If you want to open an HTTPS session on the Integration Server using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, select this check box.

4. To test the connection, click Verify Server.

5. Click OK.