Training: Apache ServiceMix Training Course

ServiceMix is an open source enterprise service bus, that implements the Java Business Integration specification. It is based on the Apache ActiveMQ JMS infrastructure providing distribution and fault tolerance. The focus of this training course is the JBI specification, the development of service assemblies and the configuration of ServiceMix.

Duration

3 Days

Course Content

Basics

• The bus architecture
• The responsibility of an ESB in a SOA
• The JBI specification
• Short introduction into XML, XSLT, XPath

Enterprise Integration Patterns (EiP)

• Message filter
• Static recipient list
• Static routing slip
• Pipeline
• Content-based router
• XPath splitter
• Aggregator
• Content enricher
• Resequencer

Binding Components

• Read and write files
• File transfer via HTTP and FTP
• Message exchange with JMS
• Invocation and deployment of Web Services

Service Engines

• XSLT transformations
• SE for Enterprise Integration Patterns
• BPEL processes with Apache ODE

Build Management and Deployment

• Short introduction to Maven2
• How to build service units and service assemblies with Maven
• Deployment

ServiceMix Administration und Management

• Installation and configuration
• Monitoring and management with JMX
• Generation and evaluation of Statistics
• Troubleshooting

ActiveMQ

• Introduction to messaging with ActiveMQ
• Interaction between ServiceMix and ActiveMQ
• Configuration of ActiveMQ

Clustering

• Reliability via fail-over
• Store and foreward

Targetgroup

Java programmers, integration experts

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in XML. Experience in Java is helpful.

Objectives

• Acquirement of necessary knowledge to build your own integration solution using ServiceMix.

Benefits

• You will receive templates of service units, which you can use in your own projects.

Material

Handouts of all slides presented in the course. Lecture notes with detailed exercises.