Getting Started with IBM Integration Bus v9.

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Download & Walkthrough
IBM Integration Bus (formerly WebSphere Message Broker) is a universal integration engine addressing
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Event Driven Architecture (EDA) and traditional Enterprise Application
Integration (EAI) use cases.

You can download IBM Integration Bus v9.0 for Developers for free.

IBM Integration Bus for Developers is a fully functional edition of IBM Integration Bus for unlimited use in
non-production environments.

Build your skills and start developing your integration solutions using this range of self study aids. The
four following tutorials will get you started and you can then take a look at the advanced tutorials and
hands on self study labs as you progress and build your skills.

1. Downloading and unpacking

Download IBM Integration Bus for Developers to your local computer so that you can explore the product,
run the samples, and develop your own solutions and skills.

Step 1 Video Walkthrough

Direct link to the IBM Integration Bus Developers Edition V9.0 Download

Result: The software is unpacked on your computer, and you are ready to install IBM Integration Bus

for Developers

While the download is proceeding why not take a look at these introductory videos that will give you
background information on the IBM Integration Bus and the latest version, IBM Integration Bus V9.
An Introduction to IBM Integration Bus

Introducing IBM Integration Bus V9.0

You may also like to visit the IBM Integration Community Online where you will find a wealth of articles,
collateral and discussion about all things related to integration.

Visit the IBM Integration Community

2. Installing the toolkit and runtime

Install the IBM Integration Toolkit (toolkit) to develop and test integration applications. Install the Integration
Bus component (runtime) to create integration nodes (brokers) to run your applications.
Step 2 Video Walkthrough
Result: IBM Integration Bus for Developers is installed on your computer,

and you are ready to develop integration solutions

3. Creating the default configuration and your first integration solution

By using the Default Configuration wizard, you create a default configuration on your local computer so that
you can explore the product and run the samples.

Using the Integration Toolkit, you develop your first integration solution and deploy the solution to run on the
default configuration.

Step 3 Video Walkthrough

Result: You have created, deployed, and run your first integration solution.

4. Accelerated Development with IIB Patterns based Development

IBM Integration Bus ships a wealth of patterns for common integration use cases. Pattern Templates expose
the points of variation in these use cases allowing developers to rapidly deliver integration and drive out errors.

Use the Patterns Explorer and pattern generator to expose an Asynchronous MQ backend application as a web
service including logging and error handling in minutes. Use the built in test client to deploy, generate sample
data and test the running solution.

Step 4 Video Walkthrough

Try it yourself: DemoCustomer

Result: You have instantiated, deployed and tested an integration solution using Patterns Based Development

Next Steps:

1. Review the Advanced Tutorials.

2. Review and Download and try out the “Self Study Lab” documents and explore the base features of
IBM Integration Bus v9.0

You’ll find the links to all these materials in the below menu.

5. Advanced Tutorials
Business Rules based mediation in IBM Integration Bus

IBM Integration Bus ships with the IBM Operational Decision Manager business rules engine. Author
business rules in the language of the business and deploy and test those rules as part of a mediation service
directly in IIB v9.0 runtime.

Decison Service Video Part 1

Decision Service Video Part 2

Result: Use the Business Rules authoring perspective to write business rules. Deploy and execute those
rules in the IIB v9.0 runtime to deliver rules driven mediation.

Policy based Workload Management in IBM Integration Bus

IBM Integration Bus includes a Workload Manager that enables an integration developer or system
administrator to create workload policies to determine priority, throttle, scale and set thresholds on mediation
services executing in the IIB v9.0 runtime. A web based console is provided for managing the policies in the
runtime.

Workload Manager Video

Result: Use Web based console to create and apply a workload management policy to a mediation service
running in IIB v9.0. Observe the change in throughput graphically via the performance statistics view.

WebSphere MQ as a service in IBM Integration Bus

IBM Integration Bus offers WebSphere MQ as a first class service interface object. Use IBM Integration Bus
Toolkit to discover WebSphere MQ endpoints servicing an MQ enabled application. Create a service definition
to describe that MQ interface and expose that service as a mediation on the IBM Integration Bus enabling
integration with other applications.

Websphere MQ Video

Result: Use the IIB Toolkit MQ discovery wizard to create an MQ service definition and associate the
input and output data objects, deploy and test.

6. Self Study, Hands-on Labs

Lab 1 – Build and Execute your first IIB message flow

In this lab, you will build and execute a simple message flow. A message flow is like a program but is
developed using a visual paradigm.

The flow will be deployed to an Integration Server in an Integration Node where it will execute. An Integration
Server is an operating system process where user flows execute. The flow will then be available to process
messages. There is no need to restart the Integration Node or the Integration Server for the deployment of a
new or changed message flow.

Lab Document: Build and Execute a simple Message Flow

Lab file: Lab1

Result: Use the WebSphere MQ Explorer to create queues, Use the IBM Integration Bus Toolkit to build
a message flow (mediation), Use the integrated Test Client to deploy and test your message flow.

Lab 2 – Associating parsers (XML parsing)

In this lab you will modify the IntroMessageFlow created in lab 1 to identify the parser (XMLNSC) to be used
to process the message.

• The properties of the Input node will be modified.

• The Test Client will be used to run another test.

• The trace file contents will be viewed to see the difference.

Lab Document: Message Model

Lab file: Lab 2

Result: Associate parsers with message flows.

Lab 3 – Content Based Routing and using the Debugger

In this lab, you will perform simple routing. Input messages will be sent to one of three destinations depending
on the country code. Addresses in the United States will be sent to a US shipping queue, while addresses in
Canada will be sent to a Canadian shipping queue, and those that are not in the United States or Canada will be
sent to a third queue. The integrated debugger will be used in conjunction with the Test client.

Lab Document: Content Based Routing and Debugging

Lab file: as in labs 1 and 2

Result: Perform content based routing logic graphically, Use the debugger to set breakpoints and review
in flight messages.

Lab 4 – Work with Files

File processing is an important characteristic of an ESB. This lab will use one of the samples provided with
IBM Integration Bus that shows how to read a large message and break it into multiple output messages
(sometimes referred to as message shredding).

The sample takes in a large message with a repeating structure. It then processes each repeating message
individually and writes an individual message for each repeating element. Since there are ten repeating
elements, the input will result in ten smaller individual messages. This message flow will be modified to
accept the same input in a file as well as an MQ message.

The techniques demonstrated in this sample flow show how very large files consisting of a large number of
repeating segments can be processed efficiently, without requiring large amounts of memory.
Lab Document: Working With Files

Lab file: none required

Result: Experience File Handling techniques in IIB v9.0 for de-bulking to record level and moving
to WebSphere MQ.

Additional Modules – Message Modelling, parsing and serialization with DFDL

Each module comprises one or several Lab Guides (a PDF document), and is accompanied by the necissary
set of collateral (files) that enable you to recreate the scenarios yourself. All scenarios will require an
installation of IBM Integration Bus version 9.0. Some scenarios will require additional software products
such as IBM DB2, IBM ODM, WebSphere Application Server, etc.

The accompanying collateral is contained in a set of zip files which you can use to rebuild the scenarios on
your own systems. These scenarios were created on a Windows 7 system, so all scripts and commands are
applicable to this environment.

Hands-on Scenario 1: Message Modelling with DFDL

Hands-on Scenario 2: Using the Global Cache
Hands-on Scenario 3: Pattern Authoring
Hands-on Scenario 4: Record Replay - Trades example