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mikeb75
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:22 am    Post subject: MQ client connect to ssl enabled channel? Reply with quote

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I'm currently running MQ 5.3 on Solaris 9. I successfully configured a ssl enabled channel, but I can't get any client software to connect to it. Does anyone have any good documentation on getting a client such as IH03 to connect to a SSL enabled channel? IBM's docs don't seem to help. Any help would be appreciated.
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vennela
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I haven't done this. But try your luck searching the site and infocenter for MQSSLKEYR env variable.
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Mr Butcher
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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did you check mo04 supportpac? it was updated recently and contains also client setup information.
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I successfully configured a ssl enabled channel, but I can't get any client software to connect to it.


Don't you mean UNsuccessfully configured?
How can it be a success if it does not work?
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mvic
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:42 am    Post subject: Re: MQ client connect to ssl enabled channel? Reply with quote

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mikeb75 wrote:
Any help would be appreciated.

The following (Windows-oriented) HOWTO document might help: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg21233897
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mikeb75
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Nigelg wrote:
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I successfully configured a ssl enabled channel, but I can't get any client software to connect to it.


Don't you mean UNsuccessfully configured?
How can it be a success if it does not work?


This response doesn't help at all. You shouldn't post stupid comments.

I configured two channels on separate queue managers and they successfully connected each other from two separate Solaris boxes. My problem is that I cannot find any windows client software to connect to the ssl enabled channel.
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jefflowrey
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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mikeb75 wrote:
Nigelg wrote:
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I successfully configured a ssl enabled channel, but I can't get any client software to connect to it.


Don't you mean UNsuccessfully configured?
How can it be a success if it does not work?


This response doesn't help at all. You shouldn't post stupid comments.

You shouldn't make fun of people offering you free advice.

It's an entirely helpful respone from Nigel. Your statement made no sense - "it's successfully configured, but it doesn't work". So he's asking you to be more clear.

Also, you are under the mistaken impression that anyone here has any onus to be helpful at all. Posting here is entirely voluntary, and if someone chooses to post only things that are unhelpful or rude, then that's just the way it is.

mikeb75 wrote:
I configured two channels on separate queue managers and they successfully connected each other from two separate Solaris boxes. My problem is that I cannot find any windows client software to connect to the ssl enabled channel.


You don't know what you're doing. You're trying to do the wrong thing.

You can't connect a client to any kind of channel that will be used between two queue managers.

Please read the Intercommunications Manual, or at least the Clients manual.
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mikeb75
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I've read both of those manuals. They don't provide much help with this issue. I just want to know if there is any windows software available that can connect to one ssl enable channel on a queue manager?
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Vitor
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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What they will help with is the kind of channel you do need to set up to connect a client.

You might also want to try the Security manual, for more SSL specific assistance.
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bbburson
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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mikeb75 wrote:
I've read both of those manuals. They don't provide much help with this issue. I just want to know if there is any windows software available that can connect to one ssl enable channel on a queue manager?


Yes there is. From my Windows XP client machine I have used amqsputc/amqsgetc and rfhutilc to connect to an SSL-enabled SVRCONN channel. If you have your channels, certificates, and channel table set up correctly you can do it.
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mikeb75
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Did you use a different type of connect string with IH03 to connect to the SSL enabled channel? Or did you use the usual connect string of the form channel/TCP/host(port)?
Thanks!
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vennela
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Take some time to read the doc posted by mvic and you will have your answers there.
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bbburson
PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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vennela wrote:
Take some time to read the doc posted by mvic and you will have your answers there.


And as jefflowrey wrote:
Please read the Intercommunications Manual, or at least the Clients manual.
There you will find such things as...
Code:
You cannot use the MQSERVER environment variable to specify that a channel
uses SSL.

...and other useful information.
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