Receiving AS2 messages

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In order to receive AS2 messages you must first enable the AS2 service.  See Enabling AS2.  To receive AS2 messages in JSCAPE MFT Server the sender may ask you for a number of parameters.  A guide to these parameters has been provided below.

 

Parameters

 

URL

 

http[s]://hostname[:port]/as2/incoming/

 

where hostname is the hostname or IP address and port is the port as set in Server > Settings > Web panel of JSCAPE MFT Server Manager.

 

e.g.

 

https://192.168.1.1:443/as2/incoming/

 

Username

 

username@domain

 

where username is the user Login and domain is the JSCAPE MFT Server domain to which the user belongs.

 

e.g.

 

test@localhost

 

Password

 

The password for the specified username.

 

e.g.

 

secret

 

From ID

 

This can be any value that uniquely identifies where the AS2 message is coming from.

 

e.g.

 

MyTradingPartner

 

To ID

 

This can be any value that uniquely identifies where the AS2 message is being sent to.

 

e.g.

 

JSCAPE

 

Encryption key

 

If message encryption is used then message should be encrypted with recipients public key.

 

Signing key

 

If message signing is used then message should be signed with senders private key.

 

MDN receipt

 

Both synchronous and asynchronous modes are supported.

 

 

Processing AS2 messages

 

As AS2 messages are received they will be processed according to the settings in the Server > Settings > Web > AS2 panel.  AS2 message data will be stored in the Upload directory (See Server > Settings > Web > AS2) relative to users root directory.  A history of all AS2 messages can be seen in the AS2 Messages module for your domain.