Creating the IMS Connect transport

You create an IBM® IMS™ Connect transport when you create a logical IBM IMS Connect resource in Rational® Integration Tester’s Architecture School.

About this task

To create a logical IMS Connect resource, in Architecture School, in the Logical view, select a component in which to create the resource, or create it separately. Then, right-click and select New > IBM > IBM IMS Connect.

To create an IBM IMS Connection transport, do the following steps:

Procedure

Set the binding for the IBM IMS Connection physical resource by using one of these steps:

In the Logical view, right click the IBM IMS Connect resource and select Set Binding in > Env > Create new IBM IMS Connect.
In the Physical view, click IBM > IBM IMS Connect.
The New IBM IMS Connect window is displayed.

The fields displayed in the Config tab are described in the following table:

Field	Description
Name	The name of the IMS Connect Transport.
Host	The host name or IP address of the IMS Connect server.
Port	The port number where the IMS Connect server is listening (the default is 9941).
Use SSL	See the following table.
Code Page	The code page number. A suggested value for use when saving events as tests or stubs by using the events generated by a transport monitor (the Save wizard of the Recording Studio). If the events are generated by an Operation monitor, then the value from the Operation editor is used as a "suggestion" when saving tests and stubs. If the generated tests or stubs contain byte arrays or COBOL Copybook data or both in the messages, then the value is used as the encoding value in the schema properties. The code page value is also displayed in the header of IMS messages.
Encryption Type	The type of ciphers that are allowed. For details, see SSL encryption type.

The SSL settings are described in the following table:

Table 1. Web server wizard, SSL page fields
Field	Description
Use SSL	Select this check box to enable security for the transport. Selecting the check box makes the other controls on the SSL tab available. You can enable security for Testing (Client) or for Virtualization (Server) or both.
Server certificates to trust	All available identity stores are displayed in the drop-down menu. Select one of the following menu items: Trust All To accept any certificate presented by the server, regardless of its validity. This option is the default, and assumes you are focused on testing an application rather than the security of the server. New To define a new identity store. `Identity store` To specify an identity store that contains certificates that the client is to trust.
Client identities to give to server	All available identity stores are displayed in the drop-down menu. If you use mutual authentication, a suitable identity is selected from the chosen identity store. Select one of the following menu items: None If the server does not request an identity. New To define a new identity store. `Identity store` To use an existing identity store. Specify an alias in the Identity field.
Certificate source	All available identity stores are displayed in the drop-down menu. You can select one of the following menu items: Generated To use a certificate that Rational Integration Tester generates for you. The source for that certificate is displayed in the Signed by field. New To define a new identity store. `Identity store` To use a certificate from an identity store.
Signed by	If you chose Generated in the Certificate source field, this field holds the location of a certificate within the Rational Integration Tester installation directory that is used to generate the new certificate. This is a read-only field.
Identity	If you specified an identity store in the Certificate source field, use this field to specify the alias of a key in that identity store.
Certificate Authorities a stub will trust	All available identity stores are displayed in the drop-down menu. You can select one of the following menu items: Trust All To accept any certificate presented by the client. New To define a new identity store. `Identity store` To specify an identity store that contains certificates that the stub is to trust.
Override default protocols	If you are required to use a specific version of the secure sockets protocol, such as `SSLv2` or `TLSv1.2`, enter that algorithm name here. For a complete list of algorithms, see Standard Algorithm Name Documentation.

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