Software AG webMethods Developer Portal


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Software AG webMethods Developer Portal is a web-based application that provides a centralized portal for developers to discover, explore, and consume APIs and integration assets published from the webMethods platform.

Software pattern summary

The following table gives an overview of the pattern characteristics:

Product component

OS type

Versioning

Pattern depth

webMethods Developer Portal
 
UNIXActive versioning
 
Instance-based

Platforms supported by the pattern

The pattern discovers Software AG webMethods Developer Portal deployments on the UNIX system.

Identification

To run a discovery of the product, the pattern must be triggered by detecting a specific Java process associated with Software AG webMethods Developer Portal startup.

Software instance triggers

The following table gives details about the pattern trigger:

Pattern

Trigger node

Attribute

Condition

Argument

DeveloperPortal
 
DiscoveredProcesscmdmatchesjava
argsmatches regex
 
-Dportal.server.config
 
argsmatches regex
 
com.softwareag.platform.bootstrap.Bootstrap

Simple identification mappings

The following component is identified by using the simple identity mappings that map the product's known processes:

Name

Command

Arguments
Software AG webMethods Developer Portal
 
java(-Dportal\.server\.config).*?(com\.softwareag\.platform\.bootstrap\.Bootstrap)

Versioning

Version information for the product is collected by using the active versioning method.

Process-based versioning

This method extracts the full version from the Java process arguments.

File-based versioning

The method reads the <config_path>/config.ini file and extracts the version from the hook.locations_<version> entry.

If a full version is detected, the product version is derived from the major and minor version numbers.

Application model generated by the software pattern

If the pattern discovers a SoftwareInstance of Software AG webMethods Developer Portal, it defines the application model for the SoftwareInstance, which includes a SoftwareInstance node with the following attributes:

  • key
  • name
  • short_name
  • type
  • version
  • product_version
  • install_root
  • config_path
  • license_path

Pattern trigger

The Software AG webMethods Developer Portal pattern is triggered by detecting a Java process that is running the com.softwareag.platform.bootstrap.Bootstrap class with the following argument:

-Dportal.server.config

SI depth

The Software AG webMethods Developer Portal pattern creates an instance-based software instance. The key is based on the product type and host: <Software Instance Type>/<Host>

Subject matter expertise

Inputs from subject matter experts are welcome on any potential improvements to detection logic, version extraction, or extended component modeling not covered in this pattern.

Testing

The pattern has been tested against the available customer data.

Open issues

There are no known open issues with this pattern.

 

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