Configuring the Adapter for IWAF

How to:

Reference:

Configuring the adapter consist of specifying connection and authentication information for each of the connections you want to establish.

Note: You can declare connection attributes for an adapter that will allow you to create synonyms for either a service or an event.


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Procedure: How to Configure the IWAF Adapter

You can configure the adapter from either the Web Console or the Data Management Console.

  1. From the Web Console menu bar, click Adapters

    or

    From the Data Management Console, expand the Adapters folder.

    The Adapters folder opens.

  2. Expand the Available folder, if it is not already expanded.
  3. Expand the Procedures folder, and then expand the IWAF folder.
  4. Right-click IWAF and select Configure.
  5. Click OK to allow changes to the server configuration.

    The IWAF Successfully added to configuration window appears.

  6. Click Restart Java Services and then click OK.

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Procedure: How to Declare Connection Attributes for an IWAF Adapter

You can declare connection attributes for an IWAF adapter from either the Web Console or the Data Management Console.

  1. From the Web Console menu bar, click Adapters

    or

    From the Data Management Console, expand the Adapters folder.

    The Adapters folder opens.

  2. Expand the Available folder, if it is not already expanded.
  3. Expand the Configured folder, right-click IWAF, and select Add Adapter.
  4. From the list of IWAF adapters, check the radio button for the one you want and click Next.

    This list of IWAF adapters will vary from the illustration below depending on what has been installed on your server.

    For an explanation of the information in the adapters list, see IWAF Adapter Information.

  5. Select the connection type and click Next.

    The following image shows the dialog box for Salesforce.com with the Salesforce Service Adapter selected (service type). The parameters required will depend on whether you select a service or event adapter.

    For an explanation of the information in the adapters list, see IWAF Connection.

  6. Enter values for the parameters required by the adapter and click Configure.

    For a description of these parameters, see IWAF Connection Parameters.

    The following illustration shows sample connection parameters for a Salesforce.com service adapter.

    The following illustration shows sample connection parameters for a Salesforce.com event adapter.


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Reference: IWAF Adapter Information

The following list describes the information in Select IWAF Adapter dialog box.

Name

Internal name of the Adapter.

File

Full path and location of the jar file for this adapter.

Adapter Name

Name of the adapter as it will appear in the Metadata tree.

Build

iWay build number.

Build on

Date and time the adapter was built.

Version

iWay internal build number.

Label

iWay Subversion number.

Description

Adapter description.


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Reference: IWAF Connection

The following list describes the information in the Select IWAF Adapter dialog box.

Name

Name of the IWAF adapter.

Class

Name of the class file.

Type

Name of the Java class.

Option

Description of the adapter type.


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Reference: IWAF Connection Parameters

The following list describes the information in the Add Connection to IWAF dialog box. Not all options appear for all applications.

Connection name

Logical name used to identify this particular set of connection attributes. The default is CON01.

iWAF Adapter

Name of the IWAF adapter.

username (UserName)

User name for this connection.

security (Security Token)

The value provided by salesforce.com.

type (Listener Type)

HTTP or HTTPS.

User

Authorization ID to connect to the source.

Port (listener port)

The port number that will listen for SOAP messages from the application.

Password

Password associated with the authorization ID.

Adapter Specific

Additional options depending on the adapter selected.

Select profile

Select a profile from the drop-down menu to indicate the level of profile in which to store the CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. The global profile, edasprof.prf, is the default.

If you wish to create a new profile, either a user profile (user.prf) or a group profile if available on your platform (using the appropriate naming convention), choose New Profile from the drop-down menu and enter a name in the Profile Name field (the extension is added automatically).

Store the connection attributes in the server profile (edasprof).


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