Setting up carriers

EDI Carrier

Specify an EDI carrier. EDI carriers can have embedded spaces or special characters in the carrier field. Select Enabled if EDI carrier must be active.

EDI Method

Select the communications protocol to use. The provider combined with the method is used to describe the protocol in which data is exchanged. Select SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol).

Host

Specify addressing information for the carrier, for example, the IP address or the DNS name.

Enable Host Key Checking

This field is available if you select SFTP as the EDI Method.

Select this option to restrict client access for only a certain host.

Note: You may refer to KB2157314 for implementing host key checking on an SFTP connection in Infor Process Automation. Enabling host key checking allows Infor Process Automation to verify the correct server using the cryptographic key.

Authentication Type

This field is available if you select SFTP as the EDI Method.

Select User and Password, User and Privatekey, or User, Password And Private Key.

Note: 

• When using username/password authentication, Infor Process Automation does not support keyboard interactive authentication.
• When using username/private key, Infor Process Automation requires the key in OpenSSH format, with support for RSA keys in that format. Refer to KB2040849 for steps on generating an RSA key pair and converting it to OpenSSH format using a key generator tool.

User

Specify a login ID used to access the host, if one is required.

Sftp Password

This field is available if you select SFTP as the EDI Method.

Specify the password to access the host, if one is required.

Private Key Path

This field is available if you select SFTP as the EDI Method and User and Private Key or User, Password And Private Key as the Authentication Type.

Open the file dialog box, browse, and select the key.

Passphrase

This field is available if you select SFTP as the EDI Method and User and Private Key or User, Password And Private Key as the Authentication Type.

Specify the password to access the host, if one is required.

Time Out (In Seconds)

Specify the number of seconds before time out.

Outbound Directory

Specify the directory at your SFTP site provider from which you receive files.

Outbound File

Optionally, specify a value for the outbound file. When files are uploaded to the server, the value is followed by time stamp.

For example, if this field contained ACME, then the file on the server could be named ACME.20171015102359.

Inbound Directory

Specify a directory designated by your SFTP site provider into which files will be placed.

Move Directory

This is a directory at your SFTP site provider. If your site provider prefers that you move files to a different directory after receiving them, specify a Move Directory.

Do Not Delete Files in The Server

Select this option to configure IPA to retain the files in the server.

Note: If your organization or EDI vendor manually deletes files after it is transferred, select this option to avoid a break in the EDI inbound process.

Continue On Inbound File Error

Select this option to continue on inbound file error.

Encrypt file before sending

Specify the encrypt service name information.

Decrypt file after receiving

Specify the decrypt service name information.

Encryption Type

Select PGP.

Currently, PGP is the only option available.

Encryption Service Name

Specify the name of the service that contains the private key that was used to sign the data of the file.

Sign

Select this check box to sign the data of the file.

Sign Service Name

This field is available if Sign is selected.

Enable Integrity Packet

Select this check box to encrypt data with the integrity packet. This option can be used if the receiving end requires data to be encrypted with the integrity packet for decrypting it.

Encryption Type

Select PGP.

Currently, PGP is the only option available.

Decryption Service Name

Specify the name of the service that contains the private key that was used to sign the data of the file.

Verify

Select this check box to verify the data of the file.

Verify Service Name

This field is available if Verify is selected.

You can also click Test Connection to test the new or updated connection or click Test Connection With Trace Log to capture the debug logs for the specified connection.