This chapter explains how to add a Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper communication service to a single-tier Services Gatekeeper implementation.
Services Gatekeeper includes a rich set of communication services that you, your partners, or network service suppliers can use when creating APIs. See Communication Service Reference Guide for the complete list of communication services. You can add communication services to Services Gatekeeper before or after installation. After it is installed, you then need to make the communication services available to Services Gatekeeper, and configure their attributes as needed.
The process of adding a communication service to a single-tier Services Gatekeeper implementation includes these steps:
Adding Communication Services During Installation, or Adding Communication Services After Installation
Configuring a Communication Service for Use with Services Gatekeeper
The easiest way to make a communication service available to use with your APIs is to perform a custom installation of Services Gatekeeper. The Installation Type screen of the installation GUI (step 10 of "Installing Services Gatekeeper") asks if you want to perform a default or custom installation. If you select Custom Installation, you are then offered a list of the communication services to install. You can choose to select all of them.
If, however, you have already installed Services Gatekeeper, you can do another custom installation on the same system, selecting the communication services to add.
You can add a communication service to an existing Services Gatekeeper implementation by installing the Services Gatekeeper again using a custom installation, and selecting the communication services you need. In step 10 of "Installing Services Gatekeeper" select Custom Installation. In the next step, you are then offered a list of the communication services to install. In step 15, ensure that you do not install another database.
After it is installed, you need to make the communication services available to Services Gatekeeper and then configure them. You use the WebLogic Administration Console for both of these tasks. See "Starting and Using the Administration Console" in Services Gatekeeper System Administrator's Guide for details on using the Administration Console.
This section explains the general steps you need to take to make communication services available and to configure them. The relevant documents are listed that have more complete information.
You first need some information about the communication services. Individual communication services are documented in Communication Service Reference Guide, including the names of the two EAR files. Each communication service chapter lists the attributes you need to configure, and operations that are available to you for a communication service.
To make a communication service available, you need to "install" it by referencing the EAR files in the Administration Console. In the Administration Console, go to Deployments, and then select lib. The Install Applications Assistant window appears. You need to enter the communication service EAR file in the Path field, and then select Next. The Assistant walks you through the process of installing the communication service.
After a communication service is available to Services Gatekeeper, you can navigate to its configuration settings and make any changes your implementation requires. See "Starting and Using the Administration Console" in Services Gatekeeper System Administrator's Guide for details on using the Administration Console. Your changes automatically take effect.
See these documents for more detailed information:
"Deploying and Administering Communication Services" in Services Gatekeeper System Administrator's Guide.
"About Communication Services" in Services Gatekeeper Communication Service Reference Guide.
"Understanding Communication Services" in Services Gatekeeper Extension Developer's Guide.