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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Actional SOAPStation - First Look

Actional SOAPStation is a web services management tool with features for
  • Security
  • Failover
  • Monitoring
  • Reporting
  • Rule based routing
All the features are configurable through the administrative console. Installation is straight forward and the documentation is useful. Lack of examples make the learning a little steep.

It has extensive features for security, providing options such as SSL certificates, SAML token and WS-Security policies. Monitoring of web services helps check if a service is alive using Hearbeats. Configurable alerts can be sent through e-mail or a MOM. Actional SOAPStation also has a comprehensive reporting feature that enables it to generate reports based on date, events and other criteria. Routing of messages based on rules is possible. The rules inspect message contents and route the message to the appropriate service that can handle it.

In addition to the above features, Actional SOAPStation has features for generating dynamic WSDL based on the operations to be made visible. This enables it to function as a web services proxy.

In combination with a registry, this tool should help in providing governance of services across the organization.

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