Unica Link Documentation
Welcome to the Unica Link 25.1.0 documentation, where you can find information about how to administer and use Unica Link.
System Requirements and Compatibility
Unica Link system requirements and compatibility details.
About the Product
Unica Link provides both design-time and runtime services. It is invoked at design-time when an administrator configures a Link connection, or when you configure a process box in the Unica Campaign application, or a touchpoint in the Unica Journey application.
Before you contact HCL technical support
If you encounter a problem that you cannot resolve by referring the documentation, your company's designated support contact can log a call with HCL technical support. Use these guidelines to ensure that your problem is resolved efficiently and successfully.
Introduction to Unica Link
Unica Link is a component that can be installed separately from the Unica application.
Unica Link prerequisites
Ensure that these prerequisites are met before installing Unica Link.
Microsoft Windows installation
This section describes how to install Link using the Windows Installer.
Linux Installation
You can install Unica Link in the following modes:
Upgrading the Unica Link Multi Partition Utility
Admin tool guide to update the multi partition upgrade utility for Linux Docker, Windows and Linux Native.
Guidelines for Unica Link Installation and Integration Enablement
Follow these guidelines for enabling Unica-Link Installation and Integration:
Link Cosmos DB integration
The purpose of this document is to guide on integrating your web application with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB. By following the steps outlined herein, you will seamlessly incorporate Cosmos DB into your application's data storage and retrieval processes.
Logging
Logs are produced for your use by Link, the Runtime REST API, and Kafkalink.
Encrypting the password in the properties file
To enhance security and safeguard sensitive information, encrypt the password stored in the properties file adding a layer of protection to the data.
Managing config.yaml properties
This section describes how to encrypt the config.yaml properties after making chnages in it.
Support for Custom Ciphers and TLS/SSL 1.2/1.3 Secured Ciphers
This section describes the steps to update the config.yaml file for supporting the custom ciphers instead of the default Node.js ciphers, which may include both weak and strong ciphers while connecting to Link UI. This section also describes the steps to update the server.xml file to support TLS/SSL 1.2/1.3 secured ciphers.
Configuring SSL Certificates for Link
After installing Link, setup the custom SSL certificates for the Link web UI and the Link runtime application server.
JWT Configuration for Connectors
To configure the JWT (JSON Web Token) there are two options for a customer regarding certificate.