(Free) SOA/OpenESB/OpenSSO Programming (with Passion!) Hands-on Online Course

Sang Shin, www.javapassion.com/soaprogramming, class forum

Message to potential attendees to this course from Sang Shin

This is a follow-up course of Web Services Programming (with Passion!) course. Just like other online courses I teach, this course is offered online only. For those of you who are not sure what it's like to take this course online, please see What it's like to take Sang Shin's online course. Just to set the expectation correctly, there is no real-time webcasting.

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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Topics and Schedule

Note that only the topics with the dates assigned will be covered in this course. (You need to submit homeworks only on the topics that have dates.) It is my plan to provide presentation slides and hands-on labs for the topics that do not have dates whenever I find time. The topics and dates are subject to change.

SOA, BPEL, Open ESB and JBI, CASA, Composite Applications

SOA Concept (Nov. 1st, 2009)
BPEL ()

Open ESB and JBI ( )
CASA (Composite Application Service Assembly Editor) ()
GlassFish ESB

OpenESB modules

Intelligent Event Processing (IEP) ( )
Enterprise Data Mashup (EDM) ()
Work List Manager (WLM) ()
POJO ()
Master Data Management (MDM) - Mural ()
Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) ()

OpenESB platform

Project Fuji ()
Building Your Own Service Engines and Binding Components ()

Identity-based security

Identity Management Concept ()
OpenSSO Basics ( )
OpenSSO with SaaS ( )
OpenSSO Web Services Security ()
How to participate in OpenSSO project ()
OpenID (1 hour lecture)

Misc

SOA Governance
Open Source SOA Best practices
Real life SOA/OpenESB case studies

Software Required

Please install the specific version of JDK and NetBeans mentioned below for now in order to minimize the possible surprise in running the sample applications.

Java Standard Development Kit (JDK) 6.0 (download)

Select JDK 6 Update x from the download page

GlassFish ESB v2.2 (download)

It contains NetBeans 6.7.1 and SOA modules

OpenESB components (download)

You cal selectively install OpenESB components from this website

SOA Concept

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Resources

NetBeans IDE 6.0 SOA Pack Documentation website (must check)

Tons of tutorials, articles, and demos

SOA Web sites

SOA Learning Guides website from techtargets.com
OASIS SOA Reference Model TC homesite from oasis-open.org

Tutorials ans articles

OASIS Reference Model for Service Oriented Architecture V 1.0 from oasis-open.org
Developing in a Service-oriented World video presentation by Gregor Hohpe

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BPEL

BPEL is an XML language for specifying business process (or orchestration of Web services). BPEL is a key technology for building an composite applications applying SOA principles.

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Lab

Understanding the Travel Reservation Service from netbeans.org

This application assumes the GlassFish server uses the port number 8080. If your GlassFish server is not using port number 8080, please change it to 8080 using Admin Console.

A Simple Synchronous BPEL Process tutorial from netbeans.org
A Simple Asynchonous BPEL Process tutorial from netbeans.org
Creating a Loan Processing Composite Application from netbeans.org

3. Resources

BPEL

BPEL learning guide website from searchwebservices.techtarget.com
OASIS WSBPEL TC homesite from oasis-open.org
BPELSource website from bpelsource.com
BPEL 2.0 primer from oasis-open.org

NetBeans BPEL Design tutorials

BPEL Service Engine homesite (including installation instruction on how to install them to NetBeans)
Developer Guide to BPEL Designer from netbeans.org
Refactoring in a BPEL Module Project Using NetBeans Enterprise Pack from netbeans.org<>
<>Develoepr Guide to the BPEL Designer: Using the Palette Elements tutorial from open-esb.dev.java.net

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OpenESB and JBI

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Presentation slides 2 - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation by Andreas Egloff and Peter Walker - You have to register to Sun Developer Network in order to watche the video.

PDF: 1 slide per page (Why Do I Need JBI When We Have BPEL?)
Video

3. Lab

4371_wscompositeapps.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/wscompositeapps/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change log

4. Resources

Basic concepts

Learn JBI article from open-esb.dev.java.net
Chapter 2 Java Business Integration section of the Sun Java System App Server 9.1 from docs.sun.com
Java Business Integration 101 webcast by Peter Walker

JBI Component

JBI Examples - Developing JBI Components website from open-esb.dev.java.net
JBI Component Technical Overview article from open-esb.dev.java.net

Java EE service engine tutorial

Using the JBI JavaEE ServiceEngine blog by James Lorenzen (Aug. 2007)

Open ESB

Web sites

OpenESB homesite
OpenESB documents from open-esb.dev.java.net
OpenESB document collection by Google
Tom Barrett's Open ESB and Mural Tutorials website

NetBeans NBM files

OpenESB latest NBM files from download.java.net

Screencasts

OpenESB Introduction screencast from wiki.open-esb.java.net Highly recommended
OpenESB Introduction Tutorial screencast Highly recommended

Java EE Service Engine

Java EE Service Engine User's Guide article from open-esb.dev.java.net

Excellent introduction on how Java EE Service Engine works in JBI environment

Presentations

OpenESB presentation (Nov. 2008)
Open ESB: JBI-based SOA runtime infrastructure and tooling presentation by Sebastien Stormacq
GlassFish ESB and OpenESB presentation

Competitive information

OpenESB and ServiceMix in Comparison article from predic8.com

Compsite apps

OpenESB Introduction Tutorial screencast Highly recommended
Developing a Hello World Composite Application tutorial from netbeans.org (1 hour)
Creating a Loan Processing Composite Application tutorial from netbeans.org (1 hour)

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GlassFish ESB

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Hands-on lab

3. Resources

Web sites

GlassFish ESB homesite

Screencast

Project Open ESB screencast
Sun GlassFish ESB - The Lightweight ESB screencast
GlassFish ESB in Action - A Technical Deep Dive screencast
GlassFish ESB - A Rich Environment screencast

Presentation

GlassFish ESB presentation by Frank Kieviet (Feb. 2009)

GlassFish ESB

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CASA: Composite Application Service Assembly Editor

1. Presentation slides - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation by Tientier Li and Jun Qian

2. Lab

Quick Start Guide to the CASA Editor tutorial from netbeans.org

Written for NetBeans 6.1, but works with NetBeans 6.5

Connecting Binding Components With the CASA Editor tutorial from netbeans.org

3. Resources

NetBeans SOA Tools, Composite Application, CASA YouTube presentation
What is CASA? blog by Josh (Feb. 2007)
A scenario based tutorial about using NetBeans BPEL, JBI, and Web Services development features tutorial by Masoud Kalali

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Intelligent Event Processing (IEP)

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Lab

4381_openesb_iep.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesb_iep/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

Websites

IEP homesite
Tom Barrett's Open ESB and Mural Tutorials website
IEP Engine Developer Resources website

Screencast

GlassFish ESB Intelligent Event Processor in Action screencast (Sep. 9th, 2009)
A simple end to end example 5-minutes video tutorial by Bing Lu

Presentation

Event Driven Architecture with GlassFish ESB presentation

Tutorial

Developer Guide to the Intelligent Event Processor from open-esb.dev.java.net
Event Processing with GlassFish ESB tutorial
Introduction to Intelliget Event Processor workshop from JavaCAPS wiki (Aug. 2008)
Intelligent Event Processor tutorial from wiki.open-esb.java.net
Developer Guide to the Intelligent Event Processor from netbeans.org

NetBeans plug-ins

Open JBI Components Designtime NBM downloads site

This is the site where you can download all the latest JBI components including IEP components

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Enterprise Data Mashup (EDM)

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Lab

4384_openesb_edm.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesb_edm/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

Websites

Enterprise Data Mashup Services website
What is the Enterprise Data Mashup Service Engine? website

Tutorial

Enterprise Data Mashup Quick Start Guide from open-esb.dev.java.net

Articles

Designing Data Mashup Projects document from wiki.open-esb.java.net
Sun Data Mashup Engine Overview

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Work List Manager (WLM)

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice

2. Lab

4385_openesb_wlm.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesb_wlm/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

HelloWorld WLM Application
WLMSE Sample User Guide from wiki.open-esb.java.net

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POJO

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice

2. Lab

4385_openesb_wlm.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesb_wlm/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

POJO Tutorial Echo Service tutorial from wiki.open-esb.java.net

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Master Data Management (MDM) - Mural

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice

2. Lab

4382_openesb_mdm.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesb_mdm/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

Screencast

OpenSSO Enterprise and Sun Master Data Management Suite screencast (Nov. 2008)

Mural homesite from mural.dev.java.net
Mural Training materials from mural.dev.java.net
Sun Master Index: Creating a Master Index Application screencast
JavaCAPS 6 Workshop created by Dao Tran
MDM Tutorials created by Tom Barrett
MDM Presentation by Peter Lamb (Jan. 2007)
All articles on MDM from www.sdn.sap.com

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Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL)

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page by Ahimanikya Satapathy
OpenOffice

2. Lab

4383_openesb_etl.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesb_etl/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

What is the DataIntegrator/ETLSE? from wiki.open-esb.dev.java.net
ETL tutorials from wiki.open-esb.dev.java.net
ETL download site

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Project Fuji

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Lab

4381_openesbiep.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesbiep/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

Project Fuji website
Project Fuji - The Next Generation of OpenESB presentation by Andreas Egloff

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Java CAPS (Sun Java Composite Application Suite)

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Lab

4381_openesbiep.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesbiep/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

Java CAPS homesite
Java CAPS screencasts from developers.sun.com

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SCA (Service Component Architecture)

1. Presentation slides - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation

PDF: 1 slide per page (SCA/SDO and Java Technology: Complementary Technologies That Drive Open SOA Environments)
Video

2. Presentation slides - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation

PDF: 1 slide per page (Spring and Service Component Architecture as the Basis for Distributed Service Applications)
Video

3. Resources

Relationship of SCA and JBI article from osoa.org (March 2007)
Comparing SCA, Java EE and JBI blog by Jean-Jacques Dubray from sdn.sap.com

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Building Your Own Services Engines and Binding Components

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice

2. Lab

4381_openesbiep.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/openesbiep/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change Log

3. Resources

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Identity Management Concept

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Resources

Sun Identity Management screencast (highly recommended)

Even though this screencast is about Sun's products, it explains why identity management is required

Federated Identity management screencast

Short 4 minutes introduction on what an federated identity management is

Sun's identity management solutions homesite
Identity management homesite from developers.sun.com
Identity Management - Sun Java System Access Manager article from developers.sun.com
How to plan for trading-partner integration using Identity-enabled Business to Business whitepaper (March 2007) from www.sun.com

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OpenSSO Basics

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page

2. Lab

4390_opensso_basics.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/opensso_basics/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change log

3. Resources

OpenSSO community websites

OpenSSO Technical Articles, Demos, and FAQs website Highly recommended
OpenSSO Resource Center website from wikis.sun.com
OpenSSO homesite
OpenSSO - FAQ

OpenSSO Enteprise (Sun's productization of OpenSSO)

OpenSSO Enterprise homesite
OpenSSO Enterprise document

Complete online document set of OpenSSO Enterprise

OpenSSO Screencasts

OpenSSO videos from channel.sun.com Highly recommended
OpenSSO deployment at Verizon by Ajay Sondhi (March 2009)
Access Management, Federation and Secure Web Services with OpenSSO Enterprise screencast by Daniel Raskin and jamie Nelson (Jan. 2009) - SDN login is required
OpenSSO Gets SaaSy - Federated Identity Across the Firewall with Google and SalesForce.com screencast from blip.tv Highly recommended
OpenSSO Enterprise screencast from www.sun.com
OpenSSO screencast - 2 minutes
The Fedlet in 6 minutes screencast
OpenSSO Podcasts from wikis.sun.com

Blog sites on OpenSSO

Superpatterns by Pat Patterson
Planet Identity blog site
DocTeger blogs on OpenSSO

Articles

Federated Identity Through the Eyes of Deployer article by Eve Maler (Feb. 2008)
Liberty Identity Web Services Framework (ID-WSF) Supports SAML 2.0 article from xml.coverpages.org
OpenSSO architecture document (2005)
Risk, Reach, And Return: Everything Today's CISO needs to know about using SSO to succeed in the Web 2.0 Era whitepaper (Sep. 2008)

Talks about value propositions of OpenSSO

MicroSoft "Geneva" Server and Sun OpenSSO whitepaper (May 2009)
Enabling Virtual Federation With OpenSSO, Part 1: Introduction article (Jan. 2009)
Session Management in OpenSSO from wikis.sun.com (Feb. 2008)
Getting Started with OpenSSO and Policy Agents article from wikis.sun.com
OpenSSO Architecture Overview from wikis.sun.com

Hands-on tutorials

Deploying OpenSSO on GlassFish Application Server & Deploying OpenSSO Enterprise over GlassFish (Sep. 2008)
Troubleshooting OpenSSO Deployments: Part 1, Introduction tutorial (March 2009)
Troubleshooting OpenSSO Deployments: Part 2, Single Sign-On and Policy Protection tutorial (March 2009) Highly recommended
Troubleshooting OpenSSO Deployments: Part 3, Cross Domain SSO tutorial (March 2009) Highly recommended
Troubleshooting OpenSSO Deployments: Part 4, Service Provider Initiated Fedlet SSO tutorial (Oct. 2009) Highly recommended
Troubleshooting OpenSSO Deployments: Part 5, Identity Provider Initiated Fedlet SSO tutorial (Oct. 2009) Highly recommended
Securing Applications with Identity Services: Part 1 Authentication tutorial written by Aravindan Ranganathan and Marina Sum (Oct. 2007) - Read this first.
Securing Applications with Identity Services: Part 2 Authortization tutorial written by Aravindan Ranganathan and Marina Sum (Oct. 2007)
Developing Secure Applications With Sun Java System Access Manager, Part 1: Basic Authorization written by Robert Skoczylas and Marina Sum (Jan. 2008)
Developing Secure Applications With Sun Java System Access Manager, Part 2: Advanced Authorization written by Robert Skoczylas and Marina Sum (Jan. 2008)

Presentations

OpenSSO sessions in JavaOne 2009 (June 2009) Highly recommended
Open Source Single Sign-On: The OpenSSO Project presentation by Pat Patterson (Nov. 2007)

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OpenSSO with SaaS (Software as a Service)

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice file

2. Lab

4392_opensso_saas.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/opensso_saas/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change log

3. Resources

Integrating SalesForce CRM with OpenSSO Express 8 tutorial (Sep. 2009)
Federated Single Sign-On for Google Apps in OpenSSO article (Dec. 2008)
Federated Single Sign-on for Salesforce in Open SSO article (Dec. 2008)
Single Sign-On for SugarCRM Through SMAL-Based Integration of OpenSSO and simpleSAMLPhp article (Dec. 2008)

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OpenSSO Web Services Security

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice file

2. Lab

4391_opensso_webservices.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/opensso_webservices/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change log

3. Resources

Securing Web Services JavaOne 2007 hands-on lab (June 2007)
A Tutorial on Applying Web-Service Security to EJB Applications, Part 1 of 3: Overview hands-on tutorial (Aug. 2007)
A Tutorial on Applying Web-Service Security to EJB Applications, Part 2 of 3: Exercise 1-3 hands-on tutorial (Aug. 2007)
A Tutorial on Applying Web-Service Security to EJB Applications, Part 3 of 3: Exercise 4-5 hands-on tutorial (Aug. 2007)

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How to Participate in OpenSSO project

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice file

2. Lab

4391_opensso_webservices.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/opensso_webservices/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change log

3. Resources

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OpenID

1. Presentation slides

PDF: 1 slide per page
OpenOffice file

2. Lab

4396_opensso_openid.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from <unzip-directory>/opensso_openid/index.html to proceed)
Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
Homework
Change log

3. Resources

Websites

OpenID homesite
OpenID in wikipedia site

Presentations

Quick introduction to OpenID presentation (April, 2008)

Blogs

OpenID for non-SuperUsers article (Jan. 2007)
Openid and SAML blog from blogs.sun.com (March 2007)
YADIS/XRI Identifier Resolution with SAML 2.0 blog by Pat Patterson (Dec. 2006)

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Open Source SOA

1. Presentation 1 - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation

PDF: 1 slide per page (Open Source SOA Realized)
Video

2. Presentation 2 - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation

PDF: 1 slide per page (Open for Business: Using Open Standards to Make SOAs Safe for Developer)
Video

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SOA Governance

1. Presentation 1

PDF: 1 slide per page - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation by Michael Wheaton
Video

2. Resources

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Real life SOA/OpenESB case studies

1. Presentation 1

PDF: 1 slide per page - This is JavaOne 2007 presentation by Michael Wheaton
Video

2. Resources

Real-life SOA screencast (Oct. 2009)
Three SOA Case Studies - Understanding What to use and Where screencast (Oct. 2009)
SOA with Web Services in Practice screencast (Aug. 2009)
Medavie Blue Cross screencast
Federal Healthcare Architecture (2008)

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