IBM PEM Partner Repository overview
IBM® PEM Partner Repository (PEM Partner Repository) serves as a system of record for partner configuration data. PEM Partner Repository is part of IBM PEM and communicates with both PEM Portal and PEM Partner Provisioner. PEM Partner Repository is used as part of the Sterling File Gateway integration.
PEM Partner Repository provides the following capabilities:
- Enables a sponsoring company to manage the partner configuration from a single place by maintaining a single master copy. PEM Partner Repository stores both Test and Production configuration data for partners. Sponsors are notified about the configuration status at any time, and therefore, they can take corrective actions within PEM Partner Repository, if needed.
- Provides REST APIs to manage partner configuration and integrate PEM Partner Repository with PEM Portal and PEM Partner Provisioner.
- Provides a user interface that is easy to use and manage system configuration data.
- Provides versioning of partner configuration and password encryption capabilities.
- Triggers events to PEM Partner Provisioner whenever needed so that the protocol configurations of partners are pushed to the backend B2B applications.
- Enables to configure protocols and certificates such as FTP, FTPS, SSL, and others.