Parameter‌s

In summary, all parameters of the Communication Forward Manager and their meaning are described in the following table. In the delivered standard of the DMZ server, all of these are contained in the configuration file ./etc/startup_dmz.xml (possibly commented out). As far as possible, default values that make sense are maintained.

Parameter

Function

Allowed values [Default]

setForwardHost

Address of (inner) Lobster_data machine and port number of Message Service.

IP or host name and port [Port: 8020]

handleEmptyFiles

Handling of empty (0 bytes) files.

0=skip, 2=transfer,1=delete [0]

isdnNumber

Only for OFTP via ISDN.

Telephone number

keepMessages

Lead time in minutes, how long undelivered messages are stored (also see backupDir).

[120]

backupDir

Directory that stores a backup of sent files. Empty path/lead time < 1 deactivates backup.

noForwardRulesForFtp

Path to property file that defines for which FTP/SSH/OFTP users no forwarding should take place.

[ftp_user_rules.properties]

in [./etc/admin/datawizard/]

traceOftp

true: Creates a trace file during receipt of OFTP data.

true|false [false]

otherDMZ

See section DMZ Cluster.

retryInterval

Number of seconds to wait before a retry. See: retryNumber.

1-n [30]

retryNumber

Defines the number of tries if Lobster_data sends data via DMZ.

1-n [3]

keystorePassword

Empty or password for keystore. If own certificates are used, the password for the keystore is needed.

Password, maybe encrypted. No longer necessary due to the use of the Authentication Service.

serverName

If servlets are not being installed on the standard server Main server, the desired HTTP server needs to be entered here.

[Main server]

servletContext

If a different path needs to be used, please enter the URI here. See section Forwarding HTTP Requests Inwards‌.

[/forward]

servletPath

Filter, means all requests to servletContext are filtered.

[/*] means no filter

addStandardServlets

If true, forwarding for triggers, requests and AS2 to Lobster_data are set up. See section Forwarding HTTP Requests Inwards‌.

true|false [false]

streamingSize

Specified in MB, from when the payload of a message is no longer attached to the message and Lobster_data.3 fetches payload via FTP or SFTP from DMZ.

0-n [10]

maxSize

Specified in kB. Defines max. size of payloads after which they are not forwarded. Value 0 means no limit.

0-n [0]

handleAS2

If true, the local AS2 service is used; false forwards AS2 messages. See section AS2 on DMZ Server.

true|false [false]

usePersistentMessageForAS2

If true, unsuccessfully forwarded AS2 messages are MDN acknowledged with a negative MDN and forwarded to Lobster_data later; false sends an NDN.

true|false [false]

retainFiles

Specified in days, how long backups are stored. If 0, no backup is created.

0-n [0]

checkInnerIS

If activated, a check is executed every n minutes if the inner IS reacts. If not, a mail is sent to the specified address.

[not active]

x400Cmd

Only necessary, if UAFI is used for X.400. DEPRECATED.

Path to UAFI program. No longer necessary.

forwardUnknownFiles

If no profile is found, using false will prevent the forwarding.

true|false [true]

stopServices

If true, communication services are terminated before stopping the IS. No longer necessary if factory.xml has been created correctly.

true|false [true]