Preventing connection overrides in processes

Some of the nodes in Infor Process Designer (IPD) allow the current connection to be overridden. Designers of processes can include credentials to connect to outside systems within the process file. Because this is a plain text file, it is possible for someone to read the override credentials from that file. The IPA system can prevent connection overrides from being used. To disable the override connection property of the nodes, you can add a configuration parameter to the gen data area. In doing so, any process that runs on the server that contains connection overrides will result in an error, and when using IPD to modify existing or create new processes, the override connection fields will not be displayed.

  1. Access the Process Server Administrator and select the gen data area.
  2. Select Start > Data > la > Business Classes > ConfigurationParameter.
  3. Select Actions > Create.
  4. Specify this information:
    Component

    Specify ipa.

    Name

    For the property name, specify enforceSecureConnection.

    Value

    Set to true to force the use of encrypted transmission protocols like SFTP, HTTPS, and SMTP with TLS.

  5. Save your changes.
  6. Restart Infor Process Automation.