Web Service deployment

Once you have created a web service, you are ready to make that web service available for consumption. The web service is consumed by customers, business partners or other software components within your organization. The process of making a web service available on a production server and publishing its location is known as deployment.

Before deployment, only the metadata for the web service exists. During deployment, the web service is generated and then deployed to the M3 Web Services Server.

Before you deploy the web service, ensure that you follow the indicated criteria:

• Your configuration must be tied to one or more service contexts.

  See information about managing service contexts in M3 Web Services Administration Guide.

• A web service needs at least one method before it can be deployed.

  For information about creating methods, see Working with Web Service Methods.

• Check the web service and method icons in the repository view.

  • A green icon means that there are no errors or warnings.

  • A yellow triangle indicates that there are warnings, but the web service can be deployed.

  • A red square indicates that there are errors and the web service is not deployable.