Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

Managing the Web Services Adapter

The Web Services Adapter (WSA) is a Java servlet running within a Java servlet engine (JSE). You can manage the WSA using the Progress Explorer framework, including the Progress Explorer, WSAMAN utility, and the WSACONFIG utility. The WSA serves as the gateway and management engine for your Web service. It provides user access to the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file, supports all required Web service administration, and manages the exchange of Web service Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) requests and responses between the Web service and Web service clients at run time.

You must configure the WSA and create and configure WSA instances before you can deploy Web services to them. This chapter contains the following sections:

WSA administration architecture
Defining a Web application for the WSA
Creating one or more WSA instances
Starting and testing a WSA instance
Configuring and managing a WSA instance

The WSA includes extensive security features, which this chapter introduces, but for more detailed information on WSA security, see Chapter 7, " Web Services Adapter Security Configurations."