FAQs

What is CentraSite Community Edition?

The Community Edition is a free-of-charge version of CentraSite. This edition offers basic registry functionality, that includes the asset catalog with comprehensive search capabilities, impact analysis that helps customers understand proactively the impact of changes to existing assets, built-in support for webMethods suite assets, native integration with the webMethods Designer Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and many rich productivity enhancing features.

How is CentraSite Community Edition different from CentraSite ActiveSOA?

CentraSite ActiveSOA is an advanced edition of CentraSite which provides full governance and lifecycle management capabilities in addition to the functionality provided by the community edition. The following table describes the differences between the two editions.

Feature	CE	ActiveSOA
Registry	X	X
Repository	X	X
Catalog Features	X	X
- Browse Assets	X	X
- Publish Assets	X	X
- Keyword Search	X	X
- Advanced Search	X	X
- Version Asset	X	X
- Impact Analysis	X	X
Supporting Documents Library	X	X
My Favorites	X	X
Notifications	X	X
Design/Change-Time Policies		X
Approvals		X
Interoperability with Policy Enforcement Points		X
Run-Time Policies		X
Virtual Services		X
Web Service Quality-of-Service Monitoring		X
Lifecycle Management		X
Federation		X
Logging		X
Organization Management	X	X
Users, Groups, Roles Management	X	X
Taxonomy Management (Custom Taxonomies)	X	X
Asset Type Management (Custom Asset Types)		X
Reporting	X	X
Eclipse-based GUI	X	X
Browser-based GUI (CentraSite Control)	X	X
JAXR, WebDAV, XQuery APIs	X	X
UDDI API	X	X

How do I get a copy of CentraSite Community Edition?

To download CentraSite Community Edition, you need to complete the registration process available at this link. Once you are done with the registration, you will receive an email with the download instructions.

Which platforms are supported for CentraSite Community Edition?

This downloadable version of CentraSite runs on Windows XP Professional and Windows 2003 Server Standard or Enterprise Edition. It does not run on Windows 2000 Server.

What is the CentraSite Starter Kit and how can I install it?

The Starter Kit contains sample organizations, users, groups, assets and permissions, that can help you understand the basic concepts of using CentraSite quickly. This kit is in the form of a CentraSite database backup which can restored on your CentraSite installation using an install script provided along with the kit.

Our company is focused on .NET as a technology platform. Can we use CentraSite? 

Yes. CentraSite is platform- and technology-agnostic. That means you can import and manage services described by a WSDL, no matter the implementation technology. You also can look up services managed in CentraSite using MicroSoft VisualStudio’s UDDI capabilities.

We have standardized on a different platform vendor for our SOA and BPM infrastructure. Is CentraSite only usable with Software AG’s SOA and BPM platform?

No. CentraSite is an open, vendor-neutral lifecycle management and governance solution. You can use CentraSite to manage assets from any application and middleware platform. CentraSite offers robust support for industry standards, such as JAXR, UDDI, WS* and WS-I. CentraSite also offers a variety of ways to integrate with your environment, including a Web-based interface, IDE plug-ins and APIs.

Is CentraSite integrated with the rest of the webMethods suite?

CentraSite is the Business Services Repository for webMethods 8 suite. It offers built-in support for webMethods suite assets and native integration with the webMethods Designer Integrated Development Environment (IDE). You’ll find it’s easy to publish process and services assets into CentraSite. Using the repository, you also can search for existing services and processes for re-use to reduce development time. webMethods Designer works with CentraSite to show a complete view of business processes and their dependencies to SOA artifacts, such as services. 

What third-party tools interoperate and integrate with CentraSite?

As your central system of record and management for SOA, CentraSite must communicate and interoperate with any other SOA tool. That’s why Software AG established the CentraSite Community—an ecosystem of over 50 technology vendors committed to interoperability with CentraSite. This community helps you realize SOA benefits—faster—by offering solutions that are ready to use with CentraSite.

Some examples include:

1. Intel SOA Expressway
2. GreenHat Testing Suite
3. Mega Suite
4. Seagull Software - LegaSuite

Please visit http://communities.softwareag.com/centrasite to learn about other products that interoperate and integrate with CentraSite.

We have evaluated CentraSite Community Edition and now want to learn more about the full-featured CentraSite ActiveSOA. How can we get Centrasite ActiveSOA and what is the upgrade process?

The process to upgrade CentraSite Community Edition to CentraSite ActiveSOA requires a simple license key change. To learn more about CentraSite ActiveSOA please contact a Software AG Account Manager.

Where can I find support for CentraSite community Edition?

Please visit the Help section for help with using CentraSite Community Edition. Become a member of the CentraSite developer community by registering at http://communities.softwareag.com/centrasite. You can use the discussion forums available there to post your questions and discuss topics of your interest.

What additional online resources are available to CentraSite Community users?

You will find the following online resources useful:

1. Installation instructions for the downloaded archive - Get Started
2. Complete CentraSite Documentation for both Community Edition and ActiveSOA Edition - http://documentation.softwareag.com/webmethods/wmsuite8_ga/CentraSite/overview.htm
3. CentraSite implementation concepts - http://documentation.softwareag.com/webmethods/wmsuite8_ga/CentraSite/ig-deploy/overview.htm
4. CentraSite Developer Community - http://communities.softwareag.com/centrasite

How can I learn more about other Software AG SOA offerings?

Please visit http://www.softwareag.com/soa for further details on Software AG's SOA offerings.

 

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