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1 - Exposed webservices not WSDL compliant During exposing of a BPM process as a WebService or of a database (WS-AppServer) i ran into the problem that the generated WSDL was nog conform the implementation. So when you run the webservice with a webservice client (for example soapUI) you get a response that is not compliant with the WSDL generated by Cordys BOP4. This can be very ackward when using tools (for example thta generates JAX-WS) to generate the webservice client. In our case the XML response returned could not be binded to the generated Java object. To circumvent this problem we adapted the WSDL file conform the implementation generated by BOP4 (CU9). 2 - Be aware when changing process message names When you change the name of input- and/or output messages of a business process you have to be aware to change the data mapping inside the process and ALSO the mappings that use this process.                 3 - Spaces at the end a...

Introduction With the setup using Cordys security an exposed BPM process as a webservice needs authentication. However it is possible to grant "anonymous" access to the service. This blog item shows how this is done. Authentication Within the Cordys framework there are several ways to handle authentication: WebServer - The authentication at the web server (Apache, IIS) (NTLM, Active Directory, or LDAP) and authorisation at the service group. WS-Security - The authentication/authorisation takes place in the service group. Anonymous - No authentication is done and authorisation in the service group. Anonymous user Identity is usually placed in the SOAP header, but for anonymous access this is not needed. The webserver should be configured to allow anonymous access though. Cordys uses the system defined user anonymous when anonymous access is used. The soap request will be executed when the anonymous user is granted. The ACL (Access Control Level) of a service can be s...

Problem When I tried to start the Cordys Management Console (CMC) i got a X11 error. Go to your Cordys installation: <CORDYS>/bin and execute ./cmc.sh I got the following error within my Putty session: Solution Download: XMing * Install XMing on your Windows machine * Configuration Putty, do not forget to save the session. * Start XMing op Windows * Start Putty sessie again Now it works and you can start CMC. Note: It does not work when you do a sudo su -. In this case you first have to:

Introduction This blog shows you how to install a standalone version of the Cordys platform BOP4 (CU9) on Windows. It require a license key, but for others it will give an insight how it is. The installation is divided in two installations. First the so-called Cordys Admin Repository Server (CARS) is installed and then the BOP4. CARS is the repository of Cordys where data is stored about Services, Users, Service containers. Note: <UNPACKCORDYS> is the directory to which you have unzipped the install pack. Installation CARS * Check whether Java 1.6 is on your systems path (I have installed 1.6 update 11) * Check whether msvcm80.dll, msvcp80.dll, msvcr80.dll files are on your system. <Windows installation dir>\ WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_XXX. If they are not you need to download them from Microsoft because they are used. 1 -  Run <UNPACKCORDYS>/CARS-2.4.exe 2 -  Press Next 3 -  Accept License Agreement and press Next 4 -  Fill in the repository ins...

In our project we have to trigger a business process within Cordys. In Cordys it is possible to expose the process as a webservice. This blog item describes a simple example how to do this. 1) First we create a simple business process. 2) We expose the process as a webservice. Select the process in the Cordys WorkSpace (CSP) and select Business Process Execution > Generate Web Service 3) Fill in the next window and click Finish 3) Now you have to add the Web Service to a service group, so go to the System Resource Manager and select the Cordys Services Service Add Web Service Interfaces Select Organization1 and select the ExampleProcess interface. Click Save. 4) Now you are able to call the Webservice. You can test the webservice. Select starProcess > Test Web Service Operation > Invoke 5) But how do you call this webservice from outside the Cordys environment to start a Business Process ? You can view the WSDL of this interface by startProcess > Show W...

I sometimes hear that Cordys is only a BPM tool. This blog item describes the ESB of the Cordys platform, also known as the SOA Grid. Introduction The BPM layer of Cordys is built and runs on the SOA grid of the BOP4 platform. This SOA Grid is the integration ESB of Cordys. It also has, like other ESBs, adapters to files, webservices, databases etc. It has transformation logic. It is all on board but maybe somewhat hidden because it is integrated within the platform. All components are services and run on the SOA Grid. It also uses maybe somewhat other terms you are already familiar with, like Service Groups, Service Containers, Application Connectors. Service Messages SOAP Messages over http are used to transfer service messages. Calling a service is done by sending a soap request. The soap messages arrives at the webserver (Apache or IIS) and there the user is authenticated. The message is sent to the Cordys Web Gateway. There the message is transferred to a Service Contai...

First some context I a project i had to couple a PeopleSoft system with Planon. PeopleSoft is a HRM system used to store information about employees (in this case) and Planon is a facility management tool so that employees can order facilities. When a employee is employed within the company, this employee has to added to the HRM system and this employee has to be authorised within the Planon system. In the past this synchronization was done (as you see often) through a CSV file. In the new architecture this kind of synchronization has to be done through a ESB (Enterprise Service Bus). In this case the Oracle Service Bus. Service Naming I wanted to add a new Service for this, so the first thing you do it to come up with a Service Name. A couple of mistakes you often see is: * The name is the same as the project name. This is of course not done, because in a couple of months this name is forgotten and has nothing to with the functionality of the service at all (most of the time)....