The host General tab for an AS4 Host contains the fields described in
detail below. The default values of these fields vary depending on whether the host is
generic or pre-configured. For pre-configured hosts, these typically remain unchanged unless
you need to either connect through a forward proxy or change the Default Directories.
- Server Address
- Either a fully qualified name (recommended) or an IP address.
- This is the address of your trading partner's server that will receive your messages.
- Port
- The port on the server where your trading partner will receive your messages.
-
Note: The Server Address and Port settings
are reflected as read-only through the PMode.Protocol.Address
setting.
- Connection Type
- The kind of connection you want to use for this host.
- Possible values:
- System Default - See for information about setting the system
default.
- Direct Internet Access or VPN - Use either a direct
connection to the internet or a VPN.
- Default value: System Default
- Forward Proxy
- The address of the forward proxy you want to use for this host.
- Select the System Default check box to use the default proxy.
See Configuring for a proxy for information about specifying a default
proxy.
- Default Directories
- Modify the default directories, if necessary. You can use macro variables from the
drop-down lists. See Using Macro Variables for a list
of the applicable macros (Default Host Directory context) and example usage. For Cleo VLTrader and Cleo Harmony, see URI File System interface overview for information about how you can use a
Cleo-provided or custom URI for the Inbox and Outbox. See Specifying default host directories for information about setting up
system-level directories and custom directory macro variables.
Note: If the host is has
an external association, the default directories might be managed outside of VersaLex and not shown here.
- Inbox
- Default directory for incoming files. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: inbox\
- Outbox
- Default directory for outgoing files. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: outbox\
- Sentbox
- If specified, default directory for retaining sent files. Files are a copy of
the original source file; any file manipulations performed as part of the send are
not reflected in the sentbox copies. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: No default value.
- Receivedbox
- If specified, default directory for retaining received files. Files are a copy
of the final destination file; any file manipulations performed as part of the
receive are reflected in the receivedbox copies. Enter a value directly or click
… to navigate to and select a directory.
- Possible values: Any local or shared directory.
- Default value: No default value.