Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Top level
The SOA Suite is built on top of a
Java Enterprise Edition
(
Java EE
) infrastructure.
Although SOA Suite is certified with several different Java EE servers, including
IBM WebSphere, it will most commonly be used with the Oracle WebLogic server.
The
Oracle WebLogic Server
(
WLS
) will probably always be the first available Java
EE platform for SOA Suite and is the only platform that will be provided bundled
with the SOA Suite to simplify installation. For the rest of this topic, we will assume
that you are running SOA Suite on the Oracle WebLogic server. If there are any
significant differences when running on non-Oracle application servers, we will
highlight them in the text.
In addition to a Java EE application server, the SOA Suite also requires a database.
The SOA Suite is designed to run against any SQL database, but certification for
non-Oracle databases has been slow in coming. The database is used to maintain
configuration information and also records of runtime interactions. Oracle Database
XE can be used with the SOA Suite, but it is not recommended for production
deployments as it is not a supported configuration.
Component view
In a previous section, we examined the individual components of the SOA Suite and
here we show them in context with the Java EE container and the database. Note that
CEP does not run in an application server and OSB runs in a separate container to
the other SOA Suite components.
