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Test environment

You have the option to use either a local test environment or a remote one. Developers using systems that are constrained on resources (CPU, memory, disk space) should consider configuring a remote test environment and pointing their IBM Integration Designer at that remote environment for testing their processes and monitor models.

As an IBM Integration Designer developer, how you set up a remote environment depends on your target deployment environment.


Process Server

With a Process Server test environment for unit testing, the server can be installed locally or on a remote machine. When Process Server is installed locally, IBM Integration Designer finds it and displays it in the Servers view. When Process Server is installed remotely, you can target it from IBM Integration Designer by creating a new server.

  1. In the Servers view, right-click and select New > Server.

  2. Select IBM > IBM Process Server.

  3. Specify the remote server host name and click Next.

  4. Specify the profile name, connection, and security information, and click Finish.

    Tip: The Process Server is installed after install IBM Integration Developer.


Process Server via Process Center

If you have a Process Server test environment for unit testing, the server can be installed locally or on a remote machine, as described in the previous section. If you have only Process Center, you can switch to the Process Center perspective and are prompted for connection information to the Process Center. To target a remote server:

  1. In the Process Center, select Window > Preferences.

  2. Select Business Integration > Process Center.

  3. Specify the Process Center URI, user name, and password.

  4. Click Test Connection. If everything is correct, click OK.

Tip: The Process Center is installed after install IBM Integration Developer.

Learn about the Process Center by reading Process development with the Process Center.

If you experience communication problems with the remote server, such as problems in publishing to the remote server or obtaining the status of the server, see Resolving communication problems with remote servers.


Installing to a unique package group

You can install IBM Integration Designer and the test environment to a unique package group on the same system with an existing Rational Application Developer 8.0.x installation. Install IBM Integration Designer before install the test environment. Installation Manager displays the choice of whether to install into a new package group or into the existing Rational Application Developer 8.0.x package group.

Attention: Install the test environment after you have installed IBM Integration Designer.

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Related tasks:
Resolving communication problems with remote servers