Interchange 5.12 Administrator Guide Save PDF Selected topic Selected topic and subtopics All content Overview of staged HTTP The staged HTTP transport provides a secure way to receive messages from partners without having to change firewall configurations. You can use this transport after deploying the staged HTTP servlet on a web server in your DMZ. You also must add staged HTTP as an inbound transport in your community. The above figure shows how this transport works, and the following describes the process. Your partner sends a document to the web server using a standard message protocol (for example, AS2). The staged HTTP servlet writes the file to disk pending retrieval by Interchange. This provides failover protection. At the usual polling interval, Interchange polls the web server and retrieves the document with a GET method. This is the default manner for picking up documents. Alternately, you can configure the staged HTTP servlet to forward the incoming message to Interchange immediately. This bypasses the polling interval, allowing faster throughput, but opens a port into your trusted network. (See File forwarding to bypass polling.) Interchange sends a receipt to acknowledge receiving the document. The receipt can be sent synchronously over the same connection as the inbound message or asynchronously based on message protocol configuration. Related topics Staged HTTP configuration outline Staged HTTP files to deploy Log on to servlet UI Manage mailboxes Staged HTTP UI fields Message protocols for staged HTTP File forwarding to bypass polling High availability staged HTTP Deploy the web servlet Related Links
Overview of staged HTTP The staged HTTP transport provides a secure way to receive messages from partners without having to change firewall configurations. You can use this transport after deploying the staged HTTP servlet on a web server in your DMZ. You also must add staged HTTP as an inbound transport in your community. The above figure shows how this transport works, and the following describes the process. Your partner sends a document to the web server using a standard message protocol (for example, AS2). The staged HTTP servlet writes the file to disk pending retrieval by Interchange. This provides failover protection. At the usual polling interval, Interchange polls the web server and retrieves the document with a GET method. This is the default manner for picking up documents. Alternately, you can configure the staged HTTP servlet to forward the incoming message to Interchange immediately. This bypasses the polling interval, allowing faster throughput, but opens a port into your trusted network. (See File forwarding to bypass polling.) Interchange sends a receipt to acknowledge receiving the document. The receipt can be sent synchronously over the same connection as the inbound message or asynchronously based on message protocol configuration. Related topics Staged HTTP configuration outline Staged HTTP files to deploy Log on to servlet UI Manage mailboxes Staged HTTP UI fields Message protocols for staged HTTP File forwarding to bypass polling High availability staged HTTP Deploy the web servlet