Connecting JMSToolbox to JMS app on OpenLiberty

Question

I am trying to connect JMSToolbox to an app that is driven by JMS queues running on OpenLiberty.

I am using Open liberty version 22. Specifically 22.0.0.11-202210101601

As far as I can tell, the correct documentation to follow is https://github.com/jmstoolbox/jmstoolbox/wiki/2.2-Setup-for-IBM-LibertyProfile

The installed features I have on the Open Liberty server from the documentation are as follows:

• restConnector-2.0 (note restConnector-1.0 as specified in the documentation does not seem to be available)
• appSecurity-2.0
• wasJmsClient-2.0
• wasJmsServer-1.0

Note I was not able to install restConnector-1.0 from the documentation as I could only find restConnector-2.0.

For the extra jars, I was only able to find restConnector.jar

I could not find the other jars specified in the documentation:

• com.ibm.ws.ejb.thinclient_x.y.z.jar (from <was_full_home>/runtimes)
• com.ibm.ws.orb_x.y.z.jar (from <was_full_home>/runtimes)
• com.ibm.ws.sib.client.thin.jms_x.y.z.jar (from <was_full_home>/runtimes) (tested with x.z.y ==8.5.5.0+, 9.0.0.0)

Where do I get these jars from? I'm not sure what WAS Full Home means. Am I supposed to take them from a copy of WAS? Are these Jars proprietary?

Thanks,

John

Answer 1

"WAS full" refers to "traditional" WebSphere Application Server. You can download it following this page https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/websphere-trial-options-and-downloads

WAS full home is shorthand for WAS installation directory, typically /IBM/WebSphere/AppServer.

These jars are included in the /runtimes subdirectory after you installed the product. So typical approach following above page would be:

• download InstallationManager
• install InstallationManager
• install developers version either v9 (http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.ILAN.v90) or v8.5.5 (https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.DEVELOPERSILAN.v85)
• copy required jars from the installation directory

... but that would take a while...

So alternatively you could (if you have docker), which should be much faster than whole mumbo-jumbo with installation:

• pull WAS v8.5 or v9 version from here https://hub.docker.com/r/ibmcom/websphere-traditional
• start container: docker run --name was-server -p 9043:9043 -p 9443:9443 -d ibmcom/websphere-traditional
• locate required files:

$ cd opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/runtimes/
$ ls -la
total 343540
com.ibm.jaxrs1.1.thinclient_9.0.jar
com.ibm.jaxrs2.0.thinclient_9.0.jar
com.ibm.jaxws.thinclient_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.admin.client.forJython21_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.admin.client_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.ejb.embeddableContainer_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.ejb.embeddableContainer_nls_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.ejb.portable_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.ejb.thinclient_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.jpa-2.0.thinclient_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.jpa-2.1.thinclient_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.messagingClient.jar
com.ibm.ws.orb_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.sib.client.thin.jms_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.sib.client_ExpeditorDRE_9.0.jar
com.ibm.ws.webservices.thinclient_9.0.jar
com.ibm.xml.thinclient_9.0.jar
endorsed
properties
sibc.jmsra.rar
sibc.nls.zip

• copy required files from the container:

docker cp <containerID>:/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/runtimes/xyz.jar .