Populating the Secure+ Parameters File

To communicate with a trading partner using Connect:Direct® Secure Plus, you define a node record for that partner in both the IBM Connect:Direct network map and the Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameters file (Secure+ parameters file). To set up the Connect:Direct Secure Plus environment, you can populate the Secure+ parameters file from entries defined in an existing network map.

When you populate the Secure+ parameters file from the network map, a record is automatically created in the Secure+ parameters file for each node entry in the network map. Initially, the .Local node record is disabled, and all other records are set to default to local.

Perform the following steps to populate the Secure+ parameters file with node entries defined in the IBM Connect:Direct network map:

  1. From the Secure+ Admin Tool Main Window, click the Sync with Netmap option of the File menu item.

    The Available Netmaps dialog box is displayed.

  2. Navigate to the netmap.cfg file located in the d_dir/ndm/cfg/node_name directory. Select the netmap to open and click Sync. The Select Netmap Entries to Add dialog box is displayed.
  3. Click Add All.

    The Select Parameters File Entries to Delete dialog box is displayed.

  4. Click Skip to close the Secure+ parameters file without deleting any entries.

    The Secure+ parameters file is populated and the Secure+ Admin Tool Main Window displays remote node records in the Secure+ parameters file including the records you added from the network map.