Configuration requirements

To use the Connect:Direct® adapter, you must configure a Sterling Connect:Direct network map (netmap) with a primary node (PNODE) and secondary node (SNODE), and configure users for each node. Verify that you can transfer a file between the Sterling Connect:Direct nodes before you attempt to use the Connect:Direct adapter.

To use the Launcher service on a Microsoft Windows system, run the service as the PNODE user rather than as the local system account.

On Linux® and UNIX systems:

Set NDMAPICFG environment variable:
```
export NDMAPICFG=/CD_install_dir/ndm/cfg/cliapi/ndmapi.cfg
```
where CD_install_dir is the Sterling Connect:Direct installation directory.
The Sterling Connect:Direct configuration determines whether you must use the Linux or UNIX login credentials instead of the -PUSER, -PPASS, -SUSER, and -SPASS commands.