The CloudStreams server, which uses the same run-time framework as the one used by Integration Server. CloudStreams runs as a package on top of Integration Server. A CloudStreams server hosts the following components:

Plug-ins provided by Software AG Designer, which you use as the design-time tool for CloudStreams:

You use the Service Development plug-in to create cloud connector services, which perform SOAP operations or access REST resources.

You use the CloudStreams Development plug-in to create virtual services, connector virtual services, and their policies. These services send the requests from the on-premise application to the native service in the SaaS application, and vice versa.

The CloudStreams Analytics dashboard, which you use to view and analyze the run-time performance metrics and run-time events of your CloudStreams connectors, cloud connector services and consumers.