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  1. In Eclipse, click the Developer Studio menu and then click Open Dashboard. This opens the Developer Studio Dashboard.
  2. Click Inbound Endpoint on the Developer Studio Dashboard. Alternatively, you can right-click on the ESB Solution project and then click New > Inbound Endpoint.

    Tip
    titleImporting an Inbound Endpoint?

    If you already have an inbound endpoint artifact created, you have the option of importing the XML configuration. Select Import Inbound Endpoint and follow the instructions on the UI. To create a new inbound endpoint from scratch, continue with the following steps.

  3. Select Create a New Inbound Endpoint and click Next.
  4. Enter a unique name for the inbound endpoint, and select an Inbound Endpoint Creation Type from the list shown below.

    Tip

    Go to WSO2 EI Inbound Endpoints to learn more about how each of the protocol types work.

  5. For certain protocols ( HL7, KAFKA, Custom, MQTT, RabbitMq, WSO2_MB, WS, and  WSS) the main sequence and error sequence are mandatory fields. You can select sequences that already exists in the workspace and add them to the Sequence and Error sequence fields (shown below). If you don't have any sequences in the workspace, click Generate Sequence and Error Sequence to generate new sequences for the inbound endpoint.
  6. In the Save Inbound Endpoint field, specify the ESB Solution project where the inbound endpoint should be saved.
  7. Click Finish to generate the inbound endpoint. The artifact will now be saved in the ESB Solution project.
  8. Select the inbound endpoint from the project explorer and go to the Design View.
  9. Right-click the inbound endpoint and click Show Properties View to go to the Property tab. You can update the parameters relevant to the type of inbound endpoint.

    Tip

    Go to WSO2 EI Inbound Endpoints for details of the parameters available for each inbound endpoint type.

  10. Add sequences to the main sequence and error sequence of the inbound endpoint. This can be done using the Sequence mediator in the Mediators pallet. Open the Property tab (right-click and click Show Properties View) of the Sequence mediator and update the relevant parameters.

    Tip

    See the parameters available for the Sequence Mediator.

Step 3: Deploying the inbound endpoint in the ESB server

Once you have created your inbound endpoint as explained in the previous topics, you need to create a Composite Application project with a CAR file. You can then deploy the CAR file in the ESB server:

  1. Right-click the Project Explorer and click New > Project.
  2. From the window that opens, click Composite Application Project.
  3. Give a name to the Composite Application project and select the projects that you need to group into your C-App from the list of available projects. You need to select the ESB project, which contains the proxy service and security policy file respectively.

  4. Next, deploy the CAR file in the ESB server.

Note
titleRedeployment of listening inbound endpoints fail?

A listening inbound endpoint opens the port for itself during deployment. Therefore, if you are redeploying a listening inbound endpoint artifact, the redeployment will not be successful until the port that was previously opened for the inbound endpoint is closed.

By default, the system will wait for 10 seconds for the previously opened port to close down. If you want to increase this waiting time beyond 10 seconds, be sure to add the following system property in the product startup script (integrator.sh for Linux/MacOS/CentOs and integrator.bat for Windows), which is stored in the <EI_HOME>/bin/ directory and restart the server before redeploying the artifacts.

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-Dsynapse.transport.portCloseVerifyTimeout=20

Note that this setting may be required in Windows environments as the process of closing a port can sometimes take longer than 10 seconds.

Using the management console

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