Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Deployment Goals
• 1.2 Oracle Service Bus Deployment Topology
  • 1.2.1 Oracle Service Bus Deployment Topology and the Oracle Service Bus Domain Extension Template
• 1.3 Key Deployment Tasks
• 1.4 Roles in Oracle Service Bus Deployment
  • 1.4.1 Deployment Specialists
  • 1.4.2 Oracle WebLogic Server Administrators
  • 1.4.3 Database Administrators
• 1.5 Key Deployment Resources
  • 1.5.1 Oracle WebLogic Server Resources
    • 1.5.1.1 Clustering
    • 1.5.1.2 Java Message Service
    • 1.5.1.3 EJB Pooling and Caching
    • 1.5.1.4 JDBC Connection Pools
    • 1.5.1.5 Execution Thread Pool
    • 1.5.1.6 J2EE Connector Architecture
  • 1.5.2 Oracle Service Bus Configuration Resources
    • 1.5.2.1 Business Services
    • 1.5.2.2 Proxy Services
    • 1.5.2.3 WSDLs
    • 1.5.2.4 Schemas
    • 1.5.2.5 Service Accounts
    • 1.5.2.6 Service Key Providers
    • 1.5.2.7 WS-Policies
    • 1.5.2.8 XQuery and XSLT Transformations
    • 1.5.2.9 MFLs
    • 1.5.2.10 JARS
    • 1.5.2.11 Alert Destinations
    • 1.5.2.12 UDDI Registries
    • 1.5.2.13 JNDI Providers
    • 1.5.2.14 SMTP Servers
    • 1.5.2.15 Best Practices to Follow When Migrating Global Resources
  • 1.5.3 Relational Database Management System Resources
  • 1.5.4 Hardware, Operating System, and Network Resources

2 Configuring a Non-Clustered Deployment

• 2.1 Step 1. Configure a Database for the JMS Reporting Provider Data Store
• 2.2 Step 2. Prepare an Oracle Service Bus Domain
  • 2.2.1 Creating an Oracle Service Bus Domain Using the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard
  • 2.2.2 Configuring JMS Resources
• 2.3 Step 3. Configure Oracle Service Bus Security
• 2.4 Step 4. Deploy an Oracle Service Bus Configuration
• 2.5 Step 5. Update Your Domain as Your Production Environment Changes
  • 2.5.1 Changing a Business Service
  • 2.5.2 Installing a New Version of a Proxy Service
  • 2.5.3 Online Configuration Updates
    • 2.5.3.1 Best Practices for Successful Online Configuration Updates

3 Understanding Oracle Service Bus Clusters

• 3.1 Understanding Oracle Service Bus Clusters
• 3.2 Designing a Clustered Deployment
  • 3.2.1 Introducing Oracle Service Bus Domains
    • 3.2.1.1 Creating Domains
    • 3.2.1.2 Clustered Servers
  • 3.2.2 Oracle Service Bus Deployment Resources
    • 3.2.2.1 Singleton Resources
    • 3.2.2.2 Monitoring and Alert Resources in a Cluster
    • 3.2.2.3 Cluster Configuration Changes and Deployment Requests
• 3.3 Load Balancing in a Oracle Service Bus Cluster
  • 3.3.1 Load Balancing HTTP Functions in a Cluster
  • 3.3.2 Load Balancing JMS Functions in a Cluster
• 3.4 High Availability in an Oracle Service Bus Cluster
  • 3.4.1 Highly Available JMS for Oracle Service Bus
• 3.5 Deploying Configurations

4 Configuring a Clustered Deployment

• 4.1 Step 1. Comply with Configuration Prerequisites
• 4.2 Step 2. Prepare an Oracle Service Bus Domain
  • 4.2.1 Creating an Oracle Service Bus Domain Using the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard
    • 4.2.1.1 Adding Proxy Server or Firewall Information to your Domain Configuration
  • 4.2.2 Configuring JMS Resources
• 4.3 Step 3. Configure Oracle Service Bus Security
• 4.4 Step 4. Starting, Stopping, and Monitoring Managed Servers
  • 4.4.1 Starting and Stopping Managed Servers
  • 4.4.2 Monitoring Your Servers
• 4.5 Step 5. Deploy an Oracle Service Bus Configuration
• 4.6 Step 6. Update Your Domain as Your Production Environment Changes
  • 4.6.1 Adding a Managed Server
    • 4.6.1.1 Updating Business Service Configurations for an Expanded Cluster
    • 4.6.1.2 Updating Proxy Service Configurations for an Expanded Cluster
  • 4.6.2 Deleting a Managed Server
  • 4.6.3 Changing a Business Service in a Cluster
  • 4.6.4 Installing a New Version of a Proxy Service in a Cluster

5 Understanding Oracle Service Bus High Availability

• 5.1 About Oracle Service Bus High Availability
  • 5.1.1 Recommended Hardware and Software
    • 5.1.1.1 Regarding JMS File Stores
  • 5.1.2 What Happens When a Server Fails
    • 5.1.2.1 Software Faults
    • 5.1.2.2 Hardware Faults
    • 5.1.2.3 Server Migration
    • 5.1.2.4 Message Reporting Purger
• 5.2 Oracle Service Bus Failure and Recovery
  • 5.2.1 Transparent Server Reconnection
  • 5.2.2 EIS Instance Failover
• 5.3 High Availability for Poller-Based Transports
  • 5.3.1 JMS Queues
  • 5.3.2 High Availability in Clusters
    • 5.3.2.1 Load Balancing

6 Best Practices for Deploying Oracle Service Bus Resources

• 6.1 Deployment Topologies
  • 6.1.1 Development and QA Systems
  • 6.1.2 Stage and Production Systems
  • 6.1.3 Shared Projects
• 6.2 Types of Deployment
• 6.3 Deployment Roles
• 6.4 Customization Files
  • 6.4.1 Substituting Environment Values
• 6.5 Exporting Resources
  • 6.5.1 Customizing Resources During Export
• 6.6 Importing Resources
  • 6.6.1 Customizing Resources During Import
  • 6.6.2 Importing Environment-specific Resources
  • 6.6.3 Importing Operational Values
  • 6.6.4 Importing Access Control Policies
  • 6.6.5 Deploying Oracle WebLogic Server Artifacts
• 6.7 Summary of Deployment Best Practices
• 6.8 UDDI
  • 6.8.1 UDDI Deployment Topologies
    • 6.8.1.1 Development-Only Registry
    • 6.8.1.2 Production-Only Registry
    • 6.8.1.3 Development and Production Registry
    • 6.8.1.4 Registry Per Individual Domain
  • 6.8.2 Summary of UDDI Deployment Best Practices
  • 6.8.3 Importing and Exporting Resources Between Multiple Systems
    • 6.8.3.1 Development-Only Registry
    • 6.8.3.2 Production-Only and Development and Production Registry

A Using the Deployment APIs

• A.1 Managing Sessions Using Programs and Scripts
  • A.1.1 Creating, Activating, Discarding, and Locating Sessions
    • A.1.1.1 Examples
• A.2 Managing Configuration Tasks Using Programs and Scripts
  • A.2.1 Importing, Exporting, and Querying Configurations
  • A.2.2 Updating Environment-Specific Information
    • A.2.2.1 Examples
  • A.2.3 Related Topics

B Oracle Service Bus Deployment Resources

• B.1 Oracle Service Bus Domain Extension Template
  • B.1.1 Generated Domain Output