Remote adapter environments

You must prepare a remote adapter environment to enable an adapter to exchange data with the integration broker across the boundaries of the network. This is common when a company must exchange business data with trading partners.

Environment 3 in Figure 1 illustrates this type of environment, where the adapter is enabled to communicate with the broker over the internet.

Do the following to prepare a remote adapter environment:

  1. Obtain computers that satisfy the hardware requirements for each of the required environments.

    For more information about hardware requirements, see Hardware requirements.

  2. Install the WebSphere MQ client as described in the WebSphere MQ documentation. Be sure to install the Java Messaging feature. The supported version of the WebSphere MQ client is listed in Table 5.
  3. Install and configure WebSphere MQ Internet pass-thru as described in Distributing connector agents across networks.
  4. Do the following depending on your integration broker:
  5. Perform any adapter-specific installation steps, such as installing the application client on the adapter host computer, as described in the guide for each adapter required in the environment.

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