Creating an Axway Server to represent Sentinel

About the Sentinel Axway Server

Prerequisites

Procedure

About the Sentinel Axway Server

This Axway Server object specifies the machine, protocols and access mechanisms that enable a Sentinel server application to communicate with another application on the network.

In this procedure we create an Axway Server object that represents an instance of Sentinel Server that is installed on your network. This enables you to send the Sentinel object definitions that you manage in Composer to a specific Sentinel Server instance.

Prerequisites

Before you create the Axway Server object, you must create:

• A CommNetwork object that defines the network protocol (TCP) you use to communicate with the Sentinel Server instance
• See Creating a CommNetwork
• A Host object that defines the machine that the Sentinel Server instance will run on
• See Creating a Host
• Optionally, a HostGroup object that defines where the Sentinel Server instance is logically situated in your network
• See Creating a HostGroup

Procedure

1. In the Composer Topography workbench, select New > topography > Configure new Axway Server... from the File menu.
2. Composer opens the Axway Server properties window.
2. Complete the General tab.
   • Name – Enter a name for the Sentinel Axway Server object
   • Host – Select the name of the machine where the Axway Server instance is installed. The object you are creating will represent this instance.
   • Type – Select the Axway Server type that you are representing with this object. In this case, you select SentinelServer 3xx.
   • Agent host – Enter the Agent host name exactly as it is defined in the CommNetwork sub-tab of the Host object.
   • Agent port – Enter the port number that the administrator defined during Sentinel Server installation. (Default = 4800)
3. On the Communication tab, add the TCP CommNetwork created previously.
4. Complete the Sentinel Parameters tab.
   • RMI Port – Enter the port number that the administrator defined during Sentinel Server installation.
   • Trace level – Select a Sentinel trace level:
     • None
     • Standard
     • Debug
     • Detailed
5. Check, save and close the Axway Server object.

After you create the Sentinel Axway Server object

Create a Sentinel CommAdapter.

See Adding a Sentinel CommAdapter for the Sentinel Axway Server