Setting workspace preferences

An Eclipse workspace contains a set of projects and plugin configuration preferences. Setting your workspace preferences enables your project development environment to function efficiently.

About this task

The Business Services Composition Studio application uses workspace preferences for viewing repository configurations.

Viewing Repository Configuration

This page provides all the details for the Repository Configuration. Select the Preferences option from the Windows menu option. The Preferences dialog box displays.

Select Business Service Fabric > Repository Configuration from the left navigation bar. This provides the repository listing.

This page displays the following items:

You need to import the WPS certificate into your WID truststore to use an https connection to connect to a Fabric repository.

If you have the WID UTE environment installed and want to connect to a remote Fabric server

  1. Go to the Fabric login page in your Internet Explorer (version 6 or greater) browser.
  2. Click Yes when prompted to accept the certificate.
  3. Double-click the lock icon at the bottom-right corner of the browser.
  4. Click the Details tab, click Copy to File, then click Next.
  5. Select Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER) then click Next.
  6. Select the file to which you want to export security the certificate.
  7. Click Next then click Finish.
  8. Go to <WID installation directory>\jdk\jre\bin, right-click on iKeyman.exe then select Open.
  9. Select Key Database File > Open.
  10. When the popup window displays, select JKS then select PKCS12.
  11. Click Browse.
  12. Select the bin drop-down menu.
  13. Navigate to \runtimes\base_stub\etc then select trust.p12 and click Open.
  14. Click OK.
  15. At the password prompt enter WebAS (this is defaut password) then click OK.
  16. Select the Certificates drop-down menu then select Signer Certificates.
  17. Click Add.
  18. When the popup menu displays click Browse.
  19. Select the drop-down menu, navigate to your desktop.
  20. Select the certificate file provided in step 6 then click Open.
  21. When the Open popup menu displays, click OK.
  22. Enter a label for your certificate in the Enter a Label popup display. It is suggested you enter fabric-catalog.
  23. Click OK.
  24. Close the window then go to the WID to test your connection.

If you do not have WID UTE environment installed and want to connect to a remote Fabric server

  1. Go to the Fabric login page in your Internet Explorer (version 6 or greater) browser.
  2. Click Yes when prompted to accept the certificate.
  3. Double-click the lock icon at the bottom right of the browser.
  4. Click the Details tab.
  5. Click Copy to File then click Next.
  6. Select Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER) then click Next.
  7. Select your file then click Next.
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Change directory to the WID JRE security directory which is {WID_ROOT}/jdk/jre/lib/security/ .
  10. Backup the cacerts file.
  11. Open a shell in the WID_ROOT}/jdk/jre/bin directory.
  12. Have the cacerts password ready (the default is changeit) and run the following command: keytool -import -alias fabric-catalog -file <PATH_TO_FILE_IN_STEP_7> -keystore cacerts
Related concepts
Understanding the Overview tab
Understanding field label icons
Working with the Fabric project context menu
Working with wizards
Viewing studio project properties
Using the Fabric project editor
Validating the business service model
Working with the error log