Starting the Enterprise Gateway

Contents

Overview

This topic shows the preliminary steps before you begin. It explains how to start the Enterprise Gateway, the Enterprise Gateway tools (for example, Service Manager and the Real-time Monitoring Console), and Policy Studio. It also lists the main steps in the Getting Started tutorial.

Before you Begin

Check System Requirements
You should ensure that your target machine and platform are supported. For details, see System Requirements.

Install the Enterprise Gateway and Policy Studio
If you have not already done so, see the Installation Guides. For details on upgrading from previous versions, see Upgrading a Previous Enterprise Gateway Installation.

Install Service Explorer
If you wish to use Oracle Service Explorer to test the sample Web Service in the Getting Started tutorial, you must have Service Explorer installed. This step is optional.

Starting the Enterprise Gateway

To start the Enterprise Gateway on the command line, perform the following steps:

  1. Change to the following directory in your Enterprise Gateway installation:
  2. Windows Win32\bin
    UNIX\Linux posix/bin
  3. Run the enterprisegateway command.

For more information on starting the Enterprise Gateway, see the Startup Instructions.

Accessing the Enterprise Gateway Tools

To access web-based Enterprise Gateway tools such as Service Manager and the Real-time Monitoring Console, perform the following steps:

  1. Enter the following URL to access the Welcome to Oracle Enterprise Gateway page:

    http://HOST:8090/
    

    HOST refers to the hostname or IP address of the machine on which the Enterprise Gateway is running (for example, http://localhost:8090/). The welcome page contains links to Enterprise Gateway tools and information.
  2. Enter your user name and password. The default values are as follows:
    User Name admin
    Password changeme
  3. Click the Service Manager link to launch this web-based system administration tool for the Enterprise Gateway.
  4. Enter your user name and password. The default values are as follows:
    User Name admin
    Password changeme

Service Manager enables you to use your browser to perform a subset of the tasks performed in Policy Studio. This includes tasks such as register Web services, assign policies to them, and create policy shortcut chains. For more information, see Getting Started with Service Manager.

Starting Policy Studio

To start Policy Studio, perform the following steps:

  1. In your Policy Studio installation directory, enter the policystudio command.
  2. In the Policy Studio, click the link to the server session to connect to the Enterprise Gateway.
  3. In the Open Connection dialog, click OK to accept the default settings. For more details, see Connection Details.
  4. The Oracle Enterprise Gateway process is displayed on the Enterprise Gateway Dashboard.

Policy Studio enables you to perform the full range of Enterprise Gateway configuration and management tasks. This includes tasks such as create and assign policies, import Web Services, optimize Enterprise Gateway configuration settings, and manage Enterprise Gateway deployments. For more details on managing Enterprise Gateway processes and configurations, see Getting Started with Managing Deployments.

Getting Started Tutorial

When you have completed the preliminary steps, and started the Enterprise Gateway components, you can then start working through the Getting Started Tutorial. This tutorial is based on a simple Apache Axis Web Service. It includes the following main steps:

  1. Registering a Web Service
  2. Monitoring a Web Service
  3. Securing a Web Service
  4. Troubleshooting