Validation of Proxy service does not exist failed in OSB 11g

Problem
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You might face issue when you try to test Proxy or business service through test console.
While testing the following error is thrown


"Validation of Proxy service   does not exist failed "

If you test through SOAP UI you will get page 404 error.

All the servers (Admin server and OSB ) are up and running fine and there is no error shown in the logs


Solution
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Step1:
In order to solve this issue you need to stop OSB server then Admin server .  Now start Admin server and then OSB server.

Step2:
If it still does not fix the issue then restart the machine or box on which the server is installed.

Step 2 will definitely fix the issue.

Testing OSB Proxy in SOAP UI

Testing OSB Proxy in SOAP UI

If you are from SOA back ground you might find little confusing to test OSB Proxy Service.

There is a high tendency to use port as 7001 or 8001

In SOA we have Enterprise manager which gives as URL directly . That URL just needs to be placed in SOAPUI and it is quite simple.

But, what about the Proxy Service in OSB?

The Link to test Proxy Service is Given below

http://[OSB SERVER]:[OSB PORT]/URI?wsdl

where

1. OSB SERVER: IP Address or localhost

2. OSB PORT: 8011(in most of the cases) , else try with 8001.

If this does not work then try shutting down OSB server through command prompt.

In the log you see the listening port as 8011 which confirms OSB PORT as 8011. If it is something else then note down that and use the same

3.URI

Get this from OSB console

Go to http://localhost:7001/sbconsole

Click on Project Explorer

Click on Proxy Service

See the following
Endpoint URI       /sampleOSBService/proxy/CustomeService    

Use the above and append with ?wsdl
Hence the complete URL is
http://localhost:8011/sampleOSBService/proxy/CustomeService                                                                      

Error publishing new container for while deploying OSB configuration on server or Unable to create Session

Some times you might get the following error while deploying OSB configuration project

Error publishing new container for: osbconfiguration

Or Unable to create session

Solution:
Right click on OSB Configuration
Select Properties
Select Oracle Service Bus Configuration
Give some name to "Session name"

WLST command to deploy multiple SOA composites

In my previous post, we have seen how to deploy single composite using WLST command.

Unfortunately , there is no WLST command which deploys all the composites to the Server at once.
We need to handle this separately. There are various ways to achieve this. You can use either Ant script available from Oracle and needs to be tweaked little bit . We can use shell script with the Same WLST Command repeated multiple times for each composite.

I am going to discuss here about the python way. Yes, I am going to show how we can achieve this using python script.

The following are the steps for the same.

1. First define the soadeploy.properties file
The content of the file is shown below
# The address and port of the SOA server
soa.soa_server = localhost:8001
# The absolute path to the folder containing the JAR files
soa.jar_location = /xyzfolder/app/soa/sar/
# The absolute path to the folder containing the XML files
soa.xml_location = /xyzfolder/app/soa/config/
# The WebLogic username
soa.username = weblogic
# The WebLogic password
soa.password = weblogic1

2.Next write the python script soadeploy.py as shown below

from java.io import FileInputStream

# This python scripts deploys all the composites listed below to a particular SOA server


print '*** Script invocation : Starting ***'

readSOAProperties = FileInputStream("soadeploy.properties")
configProps = Properties()
configProps.load(readSOAProperties)
   
soa_server = configProps.get("soa.soa_server")
jar_location = configProps.get("soa.jar_location")
xml_location = configProps.get("soa.xml_location")
username = configProps.get("soa.username")
password = configProps.get("soa.password")

# list of composites, JARs in left column, XMLs in right column
composites = [
['sca_ABC_rev25.jar',    'ABC_cfgplan.xml'],
['sca_XYZ_rev26.jar',    'XYZ_cfgplan.xml'],
['sca_MNO_rev27.jar',    'MNO_cfgplan.xml']
]

   
for composite in composites:
    print '----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
    print 'Starting  to deploy: ' + composite[0]
   
    try:
        if composite[1] is None:
            # No config file
            configpath = None
        else:
            # Config file exists
            configpath = xml_location + composite[1]

        sca_deployComposite(soa_server,jar_location + composite[0],true,username,password,true,configpath)

    except:
        print 'Failed to deploy: ' + composite[0]
        pass
   
    print '----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
       
print 'All composites deployed successfully'
exit()

print '*** Script Invocation : STOPPED ***'




3.  Follow the steps to run the above script

 Run the python script using the wlst executable located in the SOA_HOME/common/bin directory. For example:
$ /soainstallationfolder/app/oracle/mw_home/Oracle_SOA/common/bin/./wlst.sh soadeploy.py

Verify all the composites are deployed to the server

WLST commands for deploying SOA composite

WLST commands for deploying SOA composite

1.Go to the following directory

/soainstallationfolder/mw_home_1/Oracle_SOA1/common/bin/

2. Run the following command

./wlst.sh

3. You  would get the following

wls:/offline>

4. Now Given this command to deploy

sca_deployComposite("http://SoaServer:8001","/abcfolder/ /soa/sar/sca_SampleComposite_rev10.jar",true,"weblogic","weblogic1",true,"/xyzfolder/soa/config/SampleComposite_cfgplan.xml")

5. You will see the message

serverURL = http:// SoaServer:8001

sarLocation = /abcfolder/soa/sar/sca_SampleComposite_rev10.jar partition = default

overwrite = 1

user = weblogic

forceDefault = 1

configplan = / xyzfolder/soa/config/SampleComposite_cfgplan.xml

keepInstancesOnRedeploy = 0

timeout = -1

set user and password...

set config plan...

Processing sar=/abcfolder/soa/sar/sca_SampleComposite_rev10.jar partition = default

Adding sar file - /abcfolder/soa/sar/sca_SampleComposite_rev10.jar partition = default

INFO: Creating HTTP connection to host:soaserver, port:8001

INFO: Received HTTP response from the server, response code=200

---->Deploying composite success.

6. Go to the em and check if the composite has been deployed.

Note: For each composite you need to execute this command. In future post I will tell how to execute All the composites in single command

How To Call Secure Siebel Webservice Mustunderstand Policy

 Pre-requisites
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1. You should know how to invoke Siebel webservice using invoke activity from bpel or by dragging siebel webservice on External references and linking BPEL to this siebel webservice
2. You should setup  wss_username_token_client_policy_mustunderstand policy at SOA Server. This you need to get it from Oracle Support metalink. Search through mustunderstand policy.

 Once the above steps are set then follow these :-

1. Go to composite.xml file , open in design mode

2. Right click on the external reference service(The siebel webservice which is visible in External references)  and select “Configure WS policies”

3. Under the security tab, click add button and select “oracle/ wss_username_token_client_policy_mustunderstand

Please note that this policy needs to be setup separately at server level which you can get it from Oracle Support Metalink. You need to have this account through the organization where you work.