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Installing Active Endpoints BPEL Engine
Problem
Instead of using an open source project such as Apache ODE to execute your BPEL processes,
you want to try an established BPEL engine that has a commercial license and support avail-
able, as well as the ability to incorporate human tasks.
Solution
Install Active Endpoints VOS Server. Commercial versions of the designer and the BPEL
runtime engine are available from
http://www.activevos.com
,
but there is also a free com-
munity edition available, licensed under the GNU GPL and downloadable from
ht-
Discussion
Here's how to install the server:
1. Run the Active Endpoints Server on Windows, which allows you to execute BPEL pro-
cesses, and run the installer executable.
2. A wizard will launch, and you'll be asked to browse to the location of your license file.
The URL of the file should have been given to you in the email you received after re-
gistering. You can use your browser's File→Save As feature to download the file locally.
Make sure to save it as a text file, or the browser may try to save it as HTML, which will
corrupt the key.
3. Active Endpoints Designer will use a Tomcat server to run on, and you'll be asked to
choose ports.
4. You'll then be asked for the location into which Active Endpoints Server should be in-
stalled.
5. Once the installation is complete, you can start the server from the final step of the wizard.
As the Active VOS server starts on its internal Tomcat server, you will see information indic-
ating that the BpelAdmin WAR has deployed. This is the web-based console that you can use
to interact with the server. If you're using an evaluation edition, you will see the number of
days you have remaining in your evaluation period. You will also see that some sample WARs
are deployed that can help you get started.
