Note: Beginning with FME Server 2017, the Apache Tomcat servlet included with an Express installation of FME Server, or some distributed installations (depending on configuration), no longer deploys the Web Connection service by default. To deploy this service, rename file fmesoap.war.rename to fmesoap.war. This file is located in <FMEServerDir>/Utilities/tomcat/webapps. Then restart the FME Server Application Server.
The Web Connection service was previously referred to as the Soap Communication service. This service provides an underlying SOAP-based communication mechanism for client-service applications. Therefore, this is not a user-oriented service that delivers translation results. FME Workbench uses the SOAP service to connect to FME Server via http.
This service works with valid SOAP requests based on the following web services description language (WSDL):
http://<host>/fmesoap/IFMEServerSoapService?wsdl
A SOAP client should send requests to the following URL:
http://<host>/fmesoap/IFMEServerSoapService
A SOAP response is returned to the client through HTTP.