This course teaches architects and developers how to use the IBM’s MQSeries Integrator (MQSI) as a message broker for the integration of new and existing applications. The course covers the architecture, installation, administration, and the use of MQSI. Students will be using all the tools to design message sets, manage message flows and apply them in applications. The use of supplied nodes is covered as well as the techniques to write custom nodes.
Audience
This course is a must for architects and developers, who want to learn how to use the IBM WBI tool for application integration projects.
Prerequisites
Technical Introduction to MQSeries plus knowledge of SQL and basic data base administration experience are very helpful.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Understand the Message Broker concepts and the role of MQSI
- Understand the role of WebSphere MQ product
- Understand the functions of WBI components
- Design and develop WBI messaging applications
- Use Message Format Services
- Use WBI tools, parsers
Course duration
5 Days
Topics
- Message Broker Concepts
- MQSeries Integrator Overview
- Logical Message concept and flow
- WBI components
- Installation and Setup
- System and Application design
- Message Manipulation
- Message Format Services
- IBM supplied processing Nodes
- Other Nodes
- Application Considerations
- Publish and Subscribe
- WBI Tools
- Parsers
Course outline
1. Message Broker Introduction
- Role of message middleware for application and business integration
- Some typical requirements
- Broker functionalities
2. IBM WebSphere Message Integrator Overview
- Architecture
- Components
- Logical Message Model
- Message Parsing
- Tools introduction
3. Message Queue Interface
- Hardware and software requirements
- Preparation
- Installation Process
- Security setup
- Post-installation setups
- Tailoring
4. Basic structure
- Brief introduction to ESQL
- Brief introduction to XML
- Revision of MQ message structure
- Revision of some message properties
5. Message Flow Wiring Tool
- Using WebSphere Studio for WBI
- Establishing a Message Flow
- Tracing a Message Flow
6. Nodes Processing
- Filter Node
- Compute Node
- MQReply Node
- Database Node
- Warehouse Node
- Extract Node
7. Message Format Service
- Message Repository Manager (MRM)
- Configuration Console
- Message Sets
- Resource Manager
- Message Translation Interface
- MRM-XML
- MRM-pdf
- MRM-CWF (custom wired format)
8. MQSI Publish and Subscribe etc.
- Publish and Subscribe concepts
- TOPIC-based Pub/Sub
- Writing own nodes and parsers
- Plug-in Nodes
