Prepare to Set Up Connect:Direct Secure Plus
Before you configure the Connect:Direct® Secure Plus environment, perform the following setup procedures.
- Complete a worksheet for the local node record and a worksheet for each trading partner for whom you plan to enable Connect:Direct Secure Plus. Use the Local Node Security Feature Definition Worksheet to record the settings you plan to enable for the local node. For each trading partner, complete a Remote Node Security Feature Definition Worksheet and record the settings to enable Connect:Direct Secure Plus for the trading partner.
- A keystore is used to help create and manage certificates using
the IBM utility, iKeyman. You can use iKeyman to:
- Create and manage key databases.
- Create self-signed digital certificates for testing.
- Add certificate authority (CA) and intermediate certificates.
- Transfer certificates between key databases.
- Create certificate requests and receive a digital certificate issued by a CA in response to a request.
For additional information on how to use iKeyman, see http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYKE2_6.0.0/com.ibm.java.security.component.60.doc/security-component/ikeyman_overview.html?lang=en.
- Populate the Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameters file to include a record for each node running Connect:Direct Secure Plus. To communicate with a node running Connect:Direct Secure Plus, the node must have a record in the Connect:Direct network map and the Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameters file.