Configuring an AS2 handler

How to configure an AS2 handler.

About this task

Availability: DataPower® Gateway with the B2B feature.

Procedure

  1. In the search field, enter as2.
  2. From the search results, click AS2 handler.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Define the basic properties - Name, administrative state, and comments.
  5. Define connections from clients to the handler.
    1. In the Local IP address field, enter the IP address or host alias that the handler listens.
      To use a local host alias, click Select alias. A host alias resolves an alias to a static IP address. Aliasing can help when you move configurations among DataPower instances.
    2. In the Port field, enter the local port that the service listens.
  6. Select the TLS server profile from the TLS server profile or TLS SNI server profile list to secure connections.
  7. From the AAA policy list, select the AAA policy to authenticate inbound messages.
  8. Optional: From the HTTP version to client list, select the version for client connections.
  9. Set the Persistent connections property to control the negotiation of persistent connections.
  10. Set the Compression property to control the negotiation of GZIP compression.
  11. Click the Advanced tab to define more properties.
  12. Optional: Define HTTP header and URL limits.
    1. In the Max URL length field, enter the length of the longest incoming URL to accept.
      The length includes any query string or fragment identifier.
    2. In the Max total header length field, enter the maximum aggregate size of incoming HTTP headers.
    3. In the Max number of headers field, enter the maximum number of headers to allow in requests.
    4. In the Max header name length field, enter the maximum length of the name part of a header.
      Each HTTP header is expressed as a name-value pair.
    5. In the Max header value length field, enter the maximum length of the value part of a header.
      Each HTTP header is expressed as a name-value pair.
    6. In the Max query string length field, enter the maximum length of the query string.
      The query string is the portion of the URL after the ? character.
  13. Optional: From the Credential character set list, select the character encoding of the original basic authentication values.
  14. Optional: From the Access control list list, select the ACL to apply.
  15. Click Apply to save changes to the running configuration.
  16. Click Save to save changes to the persisted configuration.