IBM Sterling B2B Integrator (C8060-218) flashcards

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Perimeter server

A separate process that fronts inbound and outbound network traffic for the core engine. It isolates network I/O from business process execution and can be scaled independently of engine nodes.

Cluster session affinity

A load balancer setting that keeps a user's HTTP session pinned to one engine node. Without it, admin console sessions break because session state is not shared across nodes.

customer_overrides.properties

A properties file whose values override shipped system property defaults. It is the supported place to tune adapter behavior, timeouts, and thread pools without editing shipped files.

Shared file system requirement

In a cluster, all nodes must read and write the same shared directory where large payloads and adapter artifacts are stored. Inconsistent shares cause missing document errors.

Graphical Process Modeler

An Eclipse-based editor that renders and edits business process XML visually. It exposes each service node's typed configuration parameters on a canvas and writes the BPML document.

onFault block

A BPML construct that catches exceptions raised by child services. It exposes error details so the process can log, notify, retry, or terminate gracefully instead of failing silently.

Primary document

The main payload carried through a business process context. It is addressed by XPath such as /ProcessData/PrimaryDocument and passed between services as the default document.

Choice service

A BPML branching construct that evaluates XPath conditions in order and executes the first matching branch. It replaces nested conditional logic inside a single process flow.

Partner group inheritance

A configuration mechanism where a trading partner group supplies default envelope and communication settings to member partners. Partner-level values override the inherited group defaults.

AS2 identifier

A string agreed between trading partners that identifies each side in AS2 messages. It is configured in the partner profile and must match the value the partner sends.

ISA sender identification

The interchange sender ID and qualifier in the ISA segment. Inbound processing matches these values to a configured partner profile to select envelope and translation settings.

MDN receipt

An AS2 message disposition notification returned by the receiver to confirm receipt and, optionally, decryption and signature verification. It can be synchronous or asynchronous.

EDI envelope layers

The three nested EDI wrappers: interchange (ISA/IEA), functional group (GS/GE), and transaction set (ST/SE). Enveloping services add or strip these layers during processing.

ISA delimiters

Characters defined in the ISA segment that separate elements, sub-elements, repeated elements, and segments. Both partners must use identical delimiters for the interchange to parse.

Control number uniqueness

ISA, GS, and ST control numbers must be unique per partner and interchange. Reused control numbers cause the receiver to reject the interchange as a duplicate.

997 versus 999

The 997 is a functional acknowledgment reporting envelope-level acceptance or rejection. The 999 adds implementation-level detail used for HIPAA and similar transaction sets.

FTP passive mode

An FTP mode where the client initiates the data connection to the server. It is required when a firewall blocks the server's inbound connection back to the client.

SFTP host key trust

SFTP verifies the server's SSH host key against a known-hosts entry. If the key is unknown or changed and not trusted, the adapter refuses to connect.

AS2 signing and encryption

The sender signs with its private key and may encrypt with the receiver's public certificate. The receiver verifies with the sender's public certificate and decrypts with its own private key.

MQ adapter parameters

Connection settings for IBM MQ: queue manager, queue name, channel, host, port, and credentials. The adapter can get, put, or browse messages and supports transactional get.

File System adapter polling

The adapter scans a directory at a configured interval and picks up files matching a name pattern. Rename or delete after pickup prevents duplicate processing.

Group-based permissions

Access control in which permissions on services, business processes, and admin functions are granted to groups. Users receive access only through membership in those groups.

Key store versus trust store

A key store holds private keys and their certificates for this system. A trust store holds CA certificates used to validate certificates presented by remote parties.

Certificate chain validation

Verification that a presented certificate is unexpired, correctly used, and chains to a trusted CA in the trust store. Failure causes TLS handshake or signature verification errors.

Audit logging

Recording of administrative changes and user actions for compliance review. It must be enabled and logs retained according to the organization's audit requirements.

BP schedule definition

A configured start time, recurrence pattern, and target business process. Schedules can be disabled without deletion, which is useful for maintenance windows.

Process monitor

An admin console view listing running, completed, and failed process instances. Drilling into an instance shows each service's status, input, and output for diagnosis.

Duplicate control number fault

A failure where an inbound interchange reuses an ISA, GS, or ST control number already seen from that partner. The receiver rejects it as a duplicate transmission.

Document viewer

A diagnostic tool that displays primary and named documents at each step of a process instance. It helps locate where a mapping or routing error introduced bad data.

Database connection pool sizing

The number of DB connections available to the engine. Adapter concurrency and BP thread counts should not exceed it, or processes block waiting for connections.

Process purge policy

A scheduled cleanup that deletes old process instances and their documents. Without it, transaction tables and the shared file system grow until performance and backups degrade.

JVM heap monitoring

Tracking heap usage and garbage collection pauses to detect memory pressure. Exhaustion often appears as slow business processes rather than an obvious crash.