Installing the AE Internal Webservice (IBM WAS CE)

The AE Internal Webservice was the previous method to communicate with an AE system and is supported only for partners that have legacy installations and integrations to maintain. For new installations and integrations, the REST API is the newer and preferred communication technology. For more information, see REST API

The Automation Engine and the Java components, such as AWI, communicate using TLS/SSL. These components establish a connection with the Java communication process (JCP), which uses trusted certificates to prove its identity to other communication partners.

When you used certificates signed by a CA, the certificates are stored in the respective Java or OS store by default; that is the Java trust store for Java components. In this case, you only have to check that the root certificates already are in the respective store.

If you do not want to use the default locations for the relevant component, make sure you use the trustedCertFolder= parameter in the respective configuration (INI) file to define the path to the folder where the trusted certificates are stored.

For more information, see TLS/SSL Considerations for Automic Automation and Securing Connections to the AE (TLS/SSL).

The AE Internal Webservice file UC4WS.WAR is available in the directory IMAGE:WEBSERVICE.

Check the compatibility matrix to see which version is compatible with your system. For more information, see Compatibility Information.

The following steps are required for installing and configuring the AE Internal Webservice on an IBM WAS CE application server:

To Install the Internal Webservice

On the Host computer, log on to the administrator console.
Create a new uc4 group under Security > Users and Groups and assign one or several users to the group.
Select Deploy new applications.
Under Archive, select Browse and select the file UC4WS.WAR.
Activate the option Start app after install and click Install.
After deployment, the message The application started successfully output.
WSDL is available at http://Server name:Port/uc4ws/uc4ws?wsdl.

To Configure the Internal Webservice

On the Host computer, call the web interface for the internal webservice (http://Server name:Port/uc4ws/admin). For more information, see Configuration WebInterface for the Internal Webservice.
In Communication Process (Host:Port), specify at least one communication process using the format Server name:Port.

You can also store a default user with specific operations assigned.
In Session Handling, determine the connection settings to the Internal Webservice.

Note: the configuration file will be overwritten when you deploy the WAR file again. As a result you will have to redefine your configuration settings. Instead, you can also save a copy of your configuration file (INI file) before you start the deployment and copy it to the folder that includes the web application after the deployment has taken place.