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ace321

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:59 am Post subject: XMS SSL client server configuration

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Has anyone here written an XMS client that connects to a remote MQ server via an SSL-enabled SVRCONN? I've successfully written a simple XMS client in C that connects remotely using SVRCONN channel, but haven't had much luck finding information from IBM about how to enable SSL through XMS.

I know what the settings for the SVRCONN should be. What I'm puzzled about is the XMS implementation (like MQEnvironment.SSL... in JMS).

Thanks a bunch.

mvic

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: XMS SSL client server configuration

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Joined: 09 Mar 2004
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ace321 wrote:

I've successfully written a simple XMS client in C that connects remotely using SVRCONN channel, but haven't had much luck finding information from IBM about how to enable SSL through XMS.

XMS calls the MQI to do everything it does. To do SSL client connections with the MQI you need to supply certain things - eg. CipherSpec, KeyRepository etc. in the MQCD and/or MQCNO.

Therefore to do SSL client connections with XMS you'll need to supply data for the CipherSpec, KeyRepository etc. via XMS properties and these will get written to the MQCD and MQCNO used for the call to MQCONNX.

Check out the properties available on the ConnectionFactory in the XMS manual. The mapping to MQI data areas should be clear enough from their names I think, and the meaning/usage of each is well documented throughout Chapter 17 "Properties of XMS objects". Property names are like XMSC_WMQ_SSL_*.

I'm not aware of any sample code, sorry. But I think it's just a matter of setting the correct ConnectionFactory properties before calling xmsConnFactCreateConnection.

Hope this helps

ace321

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject:

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mvic, thanks for your time replying to my questions.

The XMS API reference manual was one of the pages I looked at as well. The one I used was: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v6rxmx/topic/com.ibm.websphere.xms.doc/props/props_connf.html#props_connf

I'm pretty sure it's gotta be some properties in the connection factory also, but don't know what the property name and value are supposed to be. I can't find any properties with the word *SSL* in it like you suggested. So we're back to square one.

mvic

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

Jedi

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ace321 wrote:

So we're back to square one.

Hopefully not. That is a pretty old version of the manual. Use the version 1.2 PDF at the XMS main page: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg24007092

ace321

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject:

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oh yes. Great! Looks like they added a few properties in this most up-to-date manual. Thanks a great deal for your help, mvic.

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