Create a Connection
Before you can build an integration, you must create the connections to the applications with which you want to share data.
To create a connection in Oracle Integration:
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In the navigation pane, click Design, then Connections.
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Click Create.
Note:
You can also create a connection in the integration canvas. See Define Inbound Triggers and Outbound Invokes. -
In the Create connection panel, select the adapter to use for this connection. To find the adapter, scroll through the list, or enter a partial or full name in the Search field.
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Enter the information that describes this connection.
- Enter a meaningful name to help others find your connection when they
begin to create their own integrations. The name you enter is
automatically added in capital letters to the
Identifier field. If you modify the
identifier name, don't include blank spaces (for example,
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). - Select the role (direction) in which to use this connection
(trigger, invoke, or both). Only the roles supported by the adapter are
displayed for selection. When you select a role, only the connection
properties and security policies appropriate to that role are displayed
on the Connections page. If you select an adapter that supports both
invoke and trigger, but select only one of those roles, you'll get an
error when you try to drag the adapter into the section you didn't
select.
For example, assume you configure a connection for the Oracle Service Cloud (RightNow) Adapter as only an invoke. Dragging the adapter to a trigger section in the integration produces an error.
- Enter optional keywords (tags). You can search on the connection keywords on the Connections page.
- Enter an optional description of the connection.
- Enter a meaningful name to help others find your connection when they
begin to create their own integrations. The name you enter is
automatically added in capital letters to the
Identifier field. If you modify the
identifier name, don't include blank spaces (for example,
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Click Create.
Your connection is created. You're now ready to configure the connection properties, security policies, and (for certain connections) agent group.
Configure Connection Properties
Enter connection information so your application can process requests.
- Go to the Connection Properties section.
- In the Bootstrap Servers field, specify the host and port to use to connect to a list of Kafka brokers. A Kafka cluster consists of one or more servers (Kafka brokers) running Kafka. Producers are processes that publish data (push messages) to Kafka topics within the broker. A consumer of topics pulls messages from a Kafka topic.
Configure Connection Security
Configure security for your Apache Kafka Adapter connection by selecting the security policy and security token.
Configure an Agent Group
Configure an agent group for accessing the service hosted on your premises behind the fire wall.