Implement AS1 with Sterling B2B Integrator

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About this task

To use AS1 with Sterling B2B Integrator, you must complete the following tasks:

Procedure

  1. Write a business process to poll a designated mailbox, download, and parse messages and to use the payload according to your business requirements.
  2. Ensure that necessary servers and adapters are installed and configured.
  3. Collect this information about yourself and your trading partner:
    • Name
    • Identifier – Unique string that identifies this trading partner
    • Address – Conventional street address, city, and zip or postal code
    • Sending and receiving protocols and settings for SMTP
    • IP addresses and port numbers
    • Enveloping properties
    • Passwords
  4. Determine if you and your trading partner are going to use digital certificates for secure data transport. If so, create and check in those certificates.
  5. Create one or more profiles for you and your trading partner.
  6. Create one contract for inbound and one contract for outbound for each trading partner relationship.
  7. Send and receive AS1 messages to and from your trading partners.
  8. To track AS1 messages or data flows, use the EDIINT Transaction Search functionality.