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IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration
Andrew Daniel Katherine [email protected] [email protected]
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Agenda
Cast Iron Overview
What's New – Cast Iron Express with Demo
What's New – Additional Support & Improvements
Hybrid Cloud Integration
Connector Development Kit (CDK) with Demo
Best Practices
Feel free to ask questions at any time
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Cast Iron Overview
Integrate Cloud and On-Premise Application in Days
The fastest way to integrate Cloud and On-Premise applications
Two main usage scenarios:- Cloud and on-premise application integrations- Rapid on-premise packaged application integration
Why have Cloud customers adopted Cast Iron?- Eliminate “swivel chair” approach & maximise Cloud user productivity- 25% to 80% savings compared to custom code and other mid-market tools
Configuration, not coding approach; Reusable TIP templates
CloudApplicat ions
CloudApplicat ions
On- premiseApplications
Integration as a Service
Physical Appliance
Virtual Appliance
(SOFTWARE)
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What's New - Cast Iron Express
Entry-Level Self-Service offering – Integrate in hours
Basic Salesforce.com integration use-cases:- SalesForce and Databases (DB2, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle)- SalesForce and Flat-files / FTP
Connectivity, Data Mapping - No workflow logic
Sign up for a trial acount now http://express.castiron.com
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IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Express Demo
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What's New - Additional Support & Improvements
Hypervisor Edition on Xen Platform as well as VMWare
Physical Appliance is on the new 9005 datapower 1U platform
Connector Development Kit (CDK)
Improvements to Connectors
Siebel
Oracle CRMOD
NetSuite
SalesForce.com
SAP
Taleo
Web Services
Domino
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Service Management Extensions for Hybrid Cloud Integration
Managing hybrid environments requires more than application integration:● How do I provision cloud assets?● Can I sync my user registry between cloud and on-premise?● How do I get one view of my IT landscape irrespective of cloud or on-premise?
Extension to existing Tivoli products, installable as plugin in Cast Iron
https://www-304.ibm.com/software/brandcatalog/ismlibrary/details?catalog.label=1TW10TS0D
Applications
Infrastructure
Platforms
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Hybrid Cloud Solution
On-premise to off-premise Application Integration - On-premise Backend to SaaS
Sync customer records
Directory Integration & Identity Federation: Synchronize on premise LDAP and LotusLive Domino directory
Sync on-premise identity model and directory
Hybrid Monitoring
Tivoli Monitoring Server
LDAP Directory
Management and Provisioning to Public Cloud
Acquiring Resources from IBM Cloud and/or Amazon
Connect off-premise monitoring with on-premise monitoring
system
Backend Systems Tivoli Service
Automation Manager
Hybrid Provisioning
Data Integration
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Example: Unified Monitoring of your Hybrid Environment
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Connector Development Kit (CDK)
● Create custom connectors that will be available in the standard set of activities in Studio● Must use the existing activities in Studio to implement the connector
Wizard Driven Development Zero Coding Complete Platform● Allows iterative development● Ability to unit test● Simplified integration testing● Local Repository● Connector Distribution
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Connector Development Kit (CDK) Demo
● This simple example demonstrates the connector development lifecycle● Further information is available in the Getting Started with IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud
Integration Redbook:● http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg248004.html● See chapter 8 for a more realistic example that creates a connector for Google Calendar.
● The CDK documentation is available online:● http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wci/v6r1m0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.cast_iron.cdk.doc
/cdk_intro.html
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Best Practices
Error Handling● Use Try Activity to catch and handle exceptions● Check status in response messages for other errors● Use the Log Message, Send Email and Invoke Web Service activities to notify users of errors● Write a generic error handling orchestration and deploy as a Web service
Monitoring● Use a custom job key for every orchestration for better tracking● Manage the number of job logs retained● Set notifications to monitor system resources
Performance● Filter data at the source or as soon as possible in the orchestration● Use XPath predicates to filter data before looping through it● Reduce the number of activities, combine mappings into one activity if possible● Use lowest logging level in production● Manage number of concurrent jobs
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Best Practices
Maintainability● Split large orchestrations into reusable sub orchestrations● Use configuration properties so the orchestration behaviour can be changed from the WMC
without modifying the project e.g. endpoint username, password, server, URI● Use XSLT for complex mappings● Remove unused variables● Use a source code control system to give you a project change history and back up
Naming Conventions● Rename all orchestrations, endpoints, variables and activities to more descriptive names● Limit activity names to 30 characters (WMC won't display more than that)● Choose naming standards and be consistent e.g. lowerCamelCase for variables,
UpperCamelCase for orchestrations and endpoints● Configuration properties are listed in alphabetical order in the WMC so put the endpoint at the
start of the name to group them together e.g. FTPPassword, FTPPort, FTPServer, FTPUsername, SalesforcePassword, SalesforceURI, SalesforceUsername
● Do not abbreviate names e.g. SalesforcePassword is easier to understand than SFPwd
