Configuring inbound connections
About this task
Configure Inbound connections for the gateway to accept connections from endpoints, controllers, and other gateways. You can configure multiple inbound connections and you must define a prefix for each connection parameter so that the gateway finds all required settings for each connection.
for example
Inbound.1.ConnectionType
finance.network.ConnectionType
Connection.for.subnet.192.0.2.0.ConnectionTypeNote:
- Do not use #, or ! as a prefix. These characters are reserved for comments in properties files.
- If you want to include spaces in the prefix, you must escape them
with \
for example : my connection.ConnectionType should be defined as my\connection.ConnectionType
Inbound connections are configured by using the
following parameters:
- ConnectionType
- Defines the type of connection. Must be set to Inbound. For example: inbound.1.ConnectionType=Inbound
- PortToListen
- Defines the TCP port that gateways and endpoints must use to connect to this gateway. The port for listening for inbound connections. This parameter is a required parameter.
- BindTo
- This parameter is optional and can be configured to accept incoming connections on specific network interfaces. Defines the IP address that is used to create connections with. For example: inbound.1.BindTo=192.0.2.1 Default is 0.0.0.0. This parameter is an optional parameter.
- AllowGateways
- Determines whether other gateways can connect to this connection.
This parameter is optional.
- True
- Gateways are permitted to connect to this connection. This value is the default value.
- False
- Gateways are not permitted to connect to this connection.
- AllowEndpoints
- Determines whether other endpoints can connect to this connection.
This parameter is optional.
- True
- Endpoints are permitted to connect to this connection. This value is the default value.
- False
- Endpoints are not permitted to connect to this connection.
- RetryDelay
- Defines the time in seconds between attempts to establish the control connection. This parameter is optional. Default is 45 seconds.
- Passphrase
- If required, the gateway can be configured to request a secret passphrase from the remote gateway to be used for authentication. This parameter is optional. For security purposes, the passphrase is automatically encrypted when you start the gateway. For more information, see Automatic passphrase encryption.