Describes the steps required to install and configure the WebSphere CICS resource adapter.
Note: For a list of supported WebSphere application server versions, see the
Java Application Servers section of the
Supported Operating Systems and Third-party Software topic..
- Install the CICS resource adapter:
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- Start WebSphere server and WebSphere Administrative Console.
- In the left pane click
Resources > Resource Adapters
- Click
Install RAR on the page on the right, and follow the instructions on the screen.
When you are asked for the resource adapter file, specify the required
mf-ibm-cics-notx-WebSphere-ver.rar file, where
WebSphere-ver represents the portion of the
.rar file name that corresponds to your WebSphere version. The new resource adapter is now listed on the right.
- Create a new J2C Connection Factory
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- From the WebSphere Administrative Console, click the new CICS resource adapter it to display its properties.
- Under
Additional Properties, click
J2C Connection Factories; then click
New.
- Follow the instructions on the screen to specify:
- CCIMFCICS_v1.5 as the reference name for the connection factory
- eis/MFCICS_v1.5 as the JNDI name for the connection factory
- Confirm that the CCIMFCICS resource adapter is now listed on the J2C connection factories page of the console.
- Configure the CCIMFCICS Resource Adapter for SSL (if required)
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- Click the
J2C Connection Factory that corresponds to the new CCIMFCICS resource adapter; then click
Custom Properties.
- On the list of resources, make the following changes:
- To enable SSL, set the
secureConnection value to
true
- To enable access to your enterprise server, provide appropriate values for
ServerHost and
ServerPort
- To enable tracing, set the
trace value to
true (optional)
- Provide appropriate values for
KeyRingClass and
KeyRingPassword
This enables the SSL connection.