Configuring Business Integration Connect - Express

This section provides you with the steps to configure the community participant's environment. In this case, this environment is handled with a WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express system. In the sample scenario presented in this chapter, partnerTwo is using WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express to send and receive EDI using HTTP AS2.

To successfully receive EDI via HTTP AS2, take the following steps:

  1. Configuring My Profile
  2. Creating a participant for Partner One
  3. Configuring the Partner One participant

Configuring My Profile

As the first step, you must create a profile for Partner Two in WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express. To create a profile for Partner Two, take the following steps:

  1. Click on Configuration from the main menu.
  2. Click My Profile from the horizontal navigation bar.
  3. Enter the details as outlined in Table 112.

    Table 112. My Profile details

    Receipt Address Unsecure Domain

    IP_MACHINE_C

    where IP_MACHINE_C is the Internet protocol (IP) address of Machine C, where WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express is running

    Receipt Address Unsecure Port

    80

    where 80 is the port assigned for use by WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express during installation.

    AS2 Sender ID

    987654321

    Business ID Type

    DUNS

    Business Identifier

    987654321

  4. Click Save.

Creating a participant for Partner One

Partner One must be identified as a participant to WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express. To create Partner One as a participant, take the following steps:

  1. Click Configuration from the main menu.
  2. Click Participants from the horizontal navigation bar.
  3. Click the Create Participants button.
  4. Assign the following values:
    1. Participant Name: partnerOne
    2. AS2 Participant ID: 123456789
  5. Click Save.

From the Manage Participants view, you can see the details for partnerOne.

Configuring the Partner One participant

Once the participant for Partner One exists, you must configure Partner One for AS2 and HTTP. This configuration identifies the parameters required by WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express for both sending and receiving HTTP and AS2 to partnerOne.

To configure partnerOne for HTTP and AS2, take the following steps:

  1. Click Configuration from the main menu.
  2. Click AS2 from the horizontal navigation bar.
  3. Select partnerOne from the Selected Participant list and click Edit.
  4. Define the Outbound Destination Address of partnerOne as:
    http://IP_MACHINE_B:7080/bcgreceiver/submit
    

    Where IP_MACHINE_B is the IP address of Machine B.

  5. Click Save.
  6. Click HTTP from the horizontal navigation bar. (partnerOne should still be displayed as the Selected Participant.)
  7. Click Edit.
  8. Set the Inbound User Name and Password:

    User Name: partnerOne

    Password: partnerOne

    Remember these were referenced earlier in the sample step of creating the default gateway for Partner Two in WebSphere Business Integration Connect Enterprise Edition on Machine B.

  9. Set the Outbound Destination Address to:
    http://IP_MACHINE_B:7080/bcgreceiver/submit
    
  10. Click Save.

Important:
After making these changes in WebSphere Business Integration Connect - Express, log out of the console and stop the gateway. Restart the gateway and console for all changes to take effect.

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