Configuring the workbench for developing and deploying web services

Before you can develop web services, you must install a server adapter, create a data development project, and associate that project with a supported database.

About this task

To configure the workbench for developing and deploying web services:
  1. Configure the workbench to install adapter software.
  2. Install the server adapter.
  3. Create a data development project.

In the tasks, you install the server adapters to connect to WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WAS CE) Version 2.1.x to develop web services.

For information about installing the WAS CE server adapter, see Installing the WASCE WTP Server Adapter.

Configure the workbench to install adapter software

About this task

When installing the server adapters, the workbench checks for software required by the adapters. You configure the workbench with the remote locations that host the adapter software and the software required by the adapters.

Procedure

To configure the workbench to install software required for the server adapters:

  1. From the Window menu, click Preferences. The Preferences dialog opens.
  2. In Preferences, navigate to Install/Update > Available Software Sites to display the available software sites.
  3. Click Add. Add sites opens.
  4. Enter the name for the WAS CE 2.1.x update site and the URL of the site and click OK.
    • Name: WAS CE 2.1.x
    • URL: http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/wasce/updates/
  5. To make installation quicker, limit the sites that the workbench searches to only the sites that are required to install the server adapter software.
    1. In the list of available software sites, select all software updates sites and click Disable.
    2. Select the following required sites:
      http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/wasce/updates/
      http://download.eclipse.org/release/helios
      You can select other sites, however the two required site must be selected.

      Data Studio determines plug-in dependencies for the WAS CE server adapter based on information from the Helos site. Data Studio installs the plug-ins required for the server adapter based on the dependencies.

    3. Click OK.

Results

The update sites required to add server adapters for web services are enabled. Only the sites required to installed the server adapter have been enabled for searching.

What to do next

You can install the server adapters in your installation. See Install the server adapter.

Install the server adapter

About this task

You install the server adapters after you specify the software update sites that contain plug-ins required to install the server adapters. See Configure the workbench to install adapter software.

Procedure

To install server adapter software:

  1. From the Help menu, click Help > Install new software

    The Install wizard opens.

  2. In Work with, select WAS CE 2.1.x as the update site for the server adapter.

    After you select the software site, the software available in the update site is listed.

  3. In the list of WTP Server Adapters, select WASCE 2.1 Server Adapter and click Next.
  4. Complete the Install wizard steps to install the server adapter.

    Installing the server might require restarting the workbench.

Results

You can create a connection to an installation of the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition in the Servers view of the workbench.

Create a data development project

Procedure

To create a data development project:

Create a data development project. Right-click in the Data Project Explorer and select New > Data Development Project to open the New Data Development Project wizard. In this wizard, you specify the connection to the database that you want to use.

What to do next

After you create a data development project you can open the Server view and configure the workbench to connect to a web server instance.

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