### JBI Components

A JBI component is either a Service Engine or a Binding Component. Service Engines are components that provide local services (that is, services within the JBI environment) and consume local or remote services. Binding Components are proxies for consumers or providers that are outside the JBI environment. Binding Components typically are based on a standard communications protocol, such as FTP, JMS, or SMTP, or a call to an external service, such as SAP or WebSphere MQ.

From the Admin Console, you can do the following operations on the JBI components:

- View JBI components by their specific lifestyle states. For steps to view JBI components by their specific lifestyle states, see To View JBI Components.

- Install JBI components. For steps to install JBI components, see To Install JBI Components.

- Uninstall JBI components. For steps to uninstall JBI components, see To Uninstall JBI Components.

- Manage the lifecycle states of the JBI components. For steps to manage the lifecycle states of the JBI components, see To Manage Lifecycle States of JBI Components.

- View the general properties of a JBI component. For steps to view general properties of a JBI component, see Viewing General Properties of a JBI Component.

- View the configuration information for a JBI component.

- View the descriptor for a JBI component. For steps to view the descriptor, see Viewing JBI Descriptors.

- Manage JBI component loggers. For more information on managing JBI component loggers, see Managing JBI Component Loggers.