Configuring connections between the client and server

To configure the communication links between IBM® MQ MQI clients and servers, decide on your communication protocol, define the connections at both ends of the link, start a listener, and define channels.

About this task

In IBM MQ, the logical communication links between objects are called channels. The channels used to connect IBM MQ MQI clients to servers are called MQI channels. You set up channel definitions at each end of your link so that your IBM MQ application on the IBM MQ MQI client can communicate with the queue manager on the server.

Before you define your MQI channels, you must decide on which form of communication you are going to use and define the connection at each end of the channel.

If you are defining an MQI channel between an IBM MQ MQI client and a queue manager that are on different physical networks, or that communicate through a firewall, using IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru might simplify the configuration. For more information, see IBM MQ Internet Pass-Thru.

Procedure

  1. Decide on the form of communication that you are going to use.
    See Which communication type to use.
  2. Define the connection at each end of the channel.
    To define the connection, you must:
    1. Configure the connection.
    2. Record the values of the parameters that you need for the channel definitions.
    3. Enable the server to detect incoming network requests from your IBM MQ MQI client, by starting a listener.