HTTP or HTTPS server overview

An HTTP or HTTPS server is an endpoint to which messages are received or sent.

HTTP and HTTPS servers are the base servers that are used to transport exchanges. These servers are used by the configured receivers and destinations that require them.

An HTTP or HTTPS server configuration encapsulates the URL, the port, and other system management and security configurations to form an HTTP or HTTPS endpoint, to where a message can be received or sent. You can configure basic authentication for an HTTP or HTTPS server, and SSL client authentication for an HTTPS server.

Note: If the communications component receives a notification (critical event) about low grid memory, the HTTP or HTTPS servers stop accepting the incoming messages for processing. The messages that are already accepted are processed. After the memory clears and rises higher than the low watermark, another notification is sent to the communications component. Thereafter, the HTTP or HTTPS servers start accepting the messages.

If basic authentication is enabled for an HTTP or HTTPS server, a user name and password must be provided when a trading partner system makes a request to the server. If AS4 Microservice makes a request to an HTTP or HTTPS destination server, the user name and password that is provided by the trading partner must be used.

When SSL client authentication is configured, an SSL certificate is used for authenticating the trading partner system or AS4 Microservice. You can use either a global truststore or select a specific CA certificate for SSL client authentication.