Getting Started with SonicMQ Copyright© 2000 Progress Software Corporation. All rights reserved. Progress® software products are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Progress Software Corporation. This man- ual is also copyrighted and all rights are reserved. This manual may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior consent, in writing, from Progress Software Corporation. The information in this manual is subject to change without notice, and Progress Software Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. The references in this manual to specific platforms supported are subject to change. Progress® is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation. SonicMQ™, AppServer™, ProVision™, ProVision Plus™, Progress SmartObjects™, Apptivity™, and all other Progress product names are trademarks of Progress Software Corporation. Progress SonicMQ™ contains the IBM® XML Parser for Java Edition and the IBM® Runtime Environment for Windows®, Java™ Technology Edition Version 1.1.8 Runtime Modules.© Copyright IBM Corporation 1998-1999. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights — Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. IBM® is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. Java™ is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc. Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. All other company and product names are the trademarks or registered trade- marks of their respective companies. Printed in U.S.A. November 2000 Contents Preface . 7 About This Manual . 7 Conventions in This Manual . 8 Typographical Conventions and Syntax Notation. 8 Note, Important, and Warning Flags. 9 Available Documentation . 10 Worldwide Technical Support . 11 Chapter 1: Introducing Progress SonicMQ . 13 Overview . 13 Evolution of Business Data Communications. 14 SonicMQ: The Software for E-business Messaging . 17 Massive Scalability . 17 NonStop Availability . 18 Guaranteed Reliability . 18 Very High Performance . 18 End-to-end Security . 19 Adherent to Connectivity and Application Standards . 19 Bridges for Extended Data Integration . 20 Concepts. 20 Direct Application Integration. 21 Message Server Distributed Application Structure. 22 Clustered Message Servers . 24 Client Applications . 25 Agent Applications . 25 Getting Started with SonicMQ 3 Contents Transformation Applications . .26 Routing Applications . .28 Dynamic Routing Applications . .29 Trading Partners and Portals. .30 How SonicMQ Works . .33 Connections and Sessions . .33 Producers and Consumers . .35 Destinations . .37 Publish and Subscribe Messaging: Broadcast the Message. .38 Point-to-point Messaging: There is Only One Message . .41 Messages . .45 Request/Reply . .46 Quality of Service . .46 Quality of Protection . .47 Security . .47 Chapter 2: Setting Up SonicMQ Developer Edition . .49 Contrasting Developer Edition and Other Editions . .49 First Steps with SonicMQ Developer Edition. .50 Requirements for SonicMQ Developer Edition . .50 Deciding How to Setup the SonicMQ Developer Edition . .52 Installing SonicMQ Developer Edition . .54 After the Installation Is Complete. .55 Starting the Message Server . .57 What’s Next?. .57 Running the SonicMQ Client Samples. .57 Using the SonicMQ Explorer . .58 Closing the SonicMQ Explorer . .61 Chapter 3: SonicMQ at Work . .63 Trying Out the SonicMQ Samples . .63 Publish and Subscribe Domains (TopicPubSub Folder) . .63 Queue Point-to-Point Domains (QueuePTP Folder) . .64 4 Getting Started with SonicMQ Contents Using the SonicMQ Samples. 65 Starting the Message Server . 66 Client Console Windows. 66 Using the Sample Scripts . 67 Topic Publish and Subscribe Samples. 68 Chat Application . 68 Message Monitor. 70 Durable Chat Application . 72 Reliable Chat Application . 75 Selector Chat.