Activate an Oracle Integration Application

In the design-time environment, you can activate applications in a production or test environment, configure environments and activation permissions, and manage activations.

To quickly back up your application, export it as an EXP file, and save it locally. You can then import it at any time from the Process Applications page.

To activate an application:

1. Go to the Home page, click Processes, and then click Management.
2. Click Options, for the server where you want to activatethe application, and select Activate.
   The activate wizard opens. The wizard walks you through the activation process, from selecting your application to setting options and viewing results.
3. In the activate wizard, select the space where the application is located and the name and version of the application you want to activate. The available applications are the last published version of the application and all the snapshots that were created.

About Customizing Web Services and Properties

You can customize the services used in the application and other properties before activation. Your changes modify the original application and will be activated on the server. Your changes aren’t published to the repository so you won’t see them when you edit the application.

When you design the application, you can define authentication keys to use when you activate the application to the test environment. There are two different sets of credentials: one set for design time, and one set for runtime. The two sets of credentials help to keep the environments completely isolated from one another. Nobody can change or use a runtime credential when designing or testing the application.

When the Customize page opens, it displays a list of connectors that are used in the processes. After you select a connector, you can view and edit its advanced options and security policy. Depending on the security policy, you must either select or create a security credential, and select or add a certificate alias.

On the Customize page, you can select the Use design-time credentials and certificates check box to determine which set of certificates and credentials display in the Certificate Alias and Keystore Credential fields. Selecting the check box is a shortcut. It’s a quick way to add the credentials and certificates that were defined at design time, and use them to create the runtime credentials.

If you select one of the design-time credentials to use (for example, myKey), the credential is copied and a new runtime credential is created in the credential store. There are now two versions of this credential key: one for design time, and the other for runtime. If you change the username and password in the activation wizard, then your change only affects the runtime credentials. If you change the username and password in the design-time web service connector wizard, then your change only affects the design-time credentials.

The credentials and certificates are created or updated when you click Activate.