Create a Basic HTTP Configuration

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This scenario contains all the information and tools you need to configure Secure Proxy to establish a basic connection from a trading partner to the Sterling B2B Integrator server as shown in the following diagram. You accept default values when configuring this scenario. As a result, no authentication occurs in Secure Proxy and credentials presented by the inbound node are passed through to the Sterling B2B Integrator server.

After you configure Secure Proxy, validate the configuration by initiating an HTTP connection from the trading partner. For more information on testing the configuration, see Test the Inbound and Outbound HTTP Connections.

Complete the following tasks to define a basic HTTP configuration:

Create a policy
Define inbound and outbound connections in a netmap
Define an HTTP adapter

Basic HTTP Configuration Worksheet

Before you configure Secure Proxy for HTTP connections, gather the information on the Basic HTTP Configuration Worksheet. You use this information as you configure a basic HTTP connection for Secure Proxy. After you configure Secure Proxy for HTTP connections, validate the configuration by initiating an HTTP connection from the inbound node.

Create a basic policy. In a later HTTP configuration scenario, you edit this policy to add security features.


Configuration Manager Field	Feature	Value
Policy Name	Name of policy

Create a netmap that contains connection information for the nodes connecting to and from Secure Proxy: the trading partner (inbound node) and the Sterling B2B Integrator server (outbound node). You will also associate the basic security policy you create with the inbound node.


Configuration Manager Field	Feature	Value
Netmap Name	Netmap name
Inbound Trading Partner Information
Inbound Node Name	Trading partner name (name to assign to inbound node definition)
Peer Address Pattern	Host name or IP address pattern	* Specifying * for this value allows all inbound nodes configured on the Sterling B2B Integrator server as trading partners to connect to the Sterling B2B Integrator server. Use this value for testing purposes. To create a more specific node definition, see Define Inbound HTTP Node Connection Definitions.
Policy	Name of policy you create	This value is selected from a pull-down list.
Outbound Sterling B2B Integrator Server Connection
Node Name	Outbound Sterling B2B Integrator server node name.
Primary Destination Address	Host name or IP address to connect to the outbound Sterling B2B Integrator server.
Primary Destination Port	Port number to connect to the outbound Sterling B2B Integrator server.

Create an HTTP adapter that defines information necessary to establish HTTP connections to and from Secure Proxy. When you are configuring the adapter, select the basic netmap and the outbound Sterling B2B Integrator server you define in the netmap definition.


Configuration Manager Field	Feature	Value
Adapter Name	Adapter name
Listen Port	Listen port to use for inbound connections
Netmap	Netmap to associate with the adapter
Standard Routing Node	Name of the outbound node corresponding to the Sterling B2B Integrator server where inbound connections are routed
Engine	Engine to run on