REST Connector

Properties   Config Settings  

The REST component provides a simple, ligthweight and fast way to communicate with RESTful web server.

Remarks

The REST connector implements a highly configurable HTTP client that is capable of sending and receiving data to and from web servers. Support includes issuing simple GET requests as well as defining custom form and file parameters to be POSTed to server. URL defines the location to which the request is made.

The connector supports HTTP 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 which can be configured in the HTTPVersion property.

The HTTPMethod property defines the HTTP method to use. Possible values are:

  • DELETE
  • GET (default)
  • HEAD
  • POST
  • PUT
  • TRACE

Getting Data From the Server

In the REST Send Connector, if HTTPMethod is set to GET the request is issued to the server specified by URL. Additional custom headers may be specified in the request by setting OtherHeaders.

The response received by the connector will be used as the body of the submitted message. In the case of the Send Connector the response message is only returned when the connector is configured in a solicit response port (recommended). The HTTP headers of the response are available via the TransferredHeaders context property of the message.

Sending Data To the Server

When HTTPMethod is set to POST or PUT data will be sent to the server. The RequestParams property specifies one or more parameters to add to the POST or PUT request. This property is only applicable when the HTTPMethod property is set to POST or PUT.

To specify additional parameters set this property to one or more name value pairs. Set one pair on each line. For instance: name1=value1 name2=value2

The connector will format a request with parameters slightly differently depending on whether the request is made by the Send or Receive adapter.

Note: To have complete control over the data being sent set PostData instead.

Send Connector

When sending a POST or PUT request the message payload will always be used as the last parameter regardless of the values specified in RequestParams. If no values are set here then a request will be made with only one parameter which is the content of the message. Several examples and additional details follow.

Basic Example:

Setting the RequestParams to a value of: name1=value1 name2=value2

Will result in a HTTP request like this: POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.nsoftware.com Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate User-Agent: IPWorks HTTP Component - www.nsoftware.com Connection: close Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="boundaryV+iTxA==" Content-Length: 335 --boundaryV+iTxA== Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name1" Content-Type: text/plain value1 --boundaryV+iTxA== Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name2" Content-Type: text/plain value2 --boundaryV+iTxA== Content-Disposition: form-data Content-Type: application/octet-stream message body --boundaryV+iTxA==--

Notice that the default "Content-Type" for the individual request parameters is "text/plain", and the default "Content-Type" for the message form variable is "application/octet-stream" and has no defined name attribute. See the following examples for further details.

Custom Request Parameter Content-Type Values:

When sending requests the RequestParams may optionally include a custom Content-Type value. The syntax is:

[ContentType]name=value

For instance setting RequestParams to a value of: [text/html]name1=value1 [my/type]name2=value2 name3=value3 Will result in a HTTP request like: POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.nsoftware.com Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate User-Agent: IPWorks HTTP Component - www.nsoftware.com Connection: close Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="boundaryQDNEUw==" Content-Length: 439 --boundaryQDNEUw== Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name1" Content-Type: text/html value1 --boundaryQDNEUw== Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name2" Content-Type: my/type value2 --boundaryQDNEUw== Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name3" Content-Type: text/plain value3 --boundaryQDNEUw== Content-Disposition: form-data Content-Type: application/octet-stream message body --boundaryQDNEUw==--

Note the updated Content-Type header values for the "name1" and "name2" parameters.

Custom Content-Type and Name Values for the Message Payload Variable:

The default Content-Type value for the Message Payload form variable is "application/octet-stream" and no "name" attribute is defined in the Content-Disposition header. These can be explicitly defined in the ContentType and ContentFilename properties. These properties are applicable to the Message Payload form variable even if RequestParams is not set. For instance setting:

And leaving RequestParams unspecified (no parameters) will result in a HTTP request like:

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.nsoftware.com Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate User-Agent: IPWorks HTTP Component - www.nsoftware.com Connection: close Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="boundaryVAJHkA==" Content-Length: 142 --boundaryVAJHkA== Content-Disposition: form-data; name="myfile.txt" Content-Type: text/html message body --boundaryVAJHkA==--

Parsing the Response

The ResponseXPath property may be set to traverse elements within the JSON document. This property implements a subset of the XML XPath specification, allowing you to point to specific elements in the XML document. When this property is set, the connector will parse the response and return the value at the specified location.

For example, let's say the response data from the original request is below.

{ "bag": { "name": "fanny-pack", "items": ["camera", "wallet"], "description": "A hip new design by nsoftware" } }

The ResponseXPath property supports both XPath notation and JSONPath notation. For simplicitly, only the XPath notation is shown below. For more information and examples on notation schemes please see "Getting Started with JSON".

If you would like to return the value of element "name" from the operation, then set ResponseXPath to /json/bag/name/. Likewise, if you would like to return the value of the first element of the "items" array, then we can set ResponseXPath to /json/bag/items/[0]/ and the output will be camera.

Additional Settings

In addition to the basic operation as discussed above the connector supports a variety of other settings that control authentication, proxy settings, and other behavior. Some of additional features include:

Sender Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the sender Connector with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AttachedFileA file to include in the POST data.
AuthorizationThe Authorization string to be sent to the server.
AuthSchemeThe authorization scheme to be used when server authorization is to be performed.
ContentFilenameDefines the filename of the content.
ContentTypeDefines the Content-Type header in the request.
CookiesThe cookies to be sent in the HTTP request.
FirewallA set of properties related to firewall access.
FollowRedirectsDetermines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
HTTPMethodThe HTTP method used for the request.
HTTPProxyA set of properties related to proxy access.
HTTPVersionThe HTTP version to use.
LogFileThe file to write logging information to at runtime.
LogModeWhat information gets logged during component execution.
LogTypeHow information gets logged during component execution.
OAuthAuthorizationOAuth Authorization Information.
OtherDefines a set of configuration settings to be used by the component.
OtherHeadersOther headers as determined by the user.
PasswordA password if authentication is to be used.
PostDataThe data to be posted to the server.
RequestParamsParameters to add to the POST or PUT request.
ResponseXPathThis property may be set to traverse elements within the JSON document.
RuntimeLicenseSpecifies the component runtime license key.
SSLAcceptServerCertInstructs the component to unconditionally accept the server certificate that matches the supplied certificate.
SSLCertThe certificate to use for client authentication during the SSL handshake.
StatusCodeThe response status code of the last server response.
StatusLineThe first line of the last server response.
TimeoutA timeout for the component.
TransferredHeadersThe full set of headers as received from the server.
URLThe URL to which the request is made.
UserA user name if authentication is to be used.

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the Connector with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AcceptA list of acceptable MIME types for the request.
AcceptEncodingUsed to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.
AddBodyAsMessagePropertyThis setting causes the adapter to include the response body as a property on the message.
AllowHTTPCompressionThis property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.
AllowHTTPFallbackSpecifies whether HTTP/2 connections can fall back to HTTP/1.1.
ChunkSizeSpecifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.
CustomRequestMethodSpecifies the HTTP method to be used.
EncodeURLIf set to true the URL will be encoded by the component.
IfModifiedSinceA date determining the maximum age of the desired document.
KerberosSPNThe Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
LogDebugDataWhether to log debug data.
MaxRedirectAttemptsLimits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.
PragmaA browser/server specific header line (optional).
RangeThe byte-range to be sent to the server.
RefererReferer URL/document (optional).
ResponseBodyAlwaysAvailableWhether the response body is always available.
SubmitErrorAsMessageWhether errors are submitted as BizTalk messages.
TransferredDataLimitThe maximum of data to be transferred.
UseChunkedEncodingEnables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.
UserAgentInformation about the user agent (browser).
ReuseSSLSessionDetermines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCipherStrengthThe minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledCipherSuitesThe cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.
SSLEnabledProtocolsUsed to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLIncludeCertChainWhether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.
SSLSecurityFlagsFlags that control certificate verification.
TLS12SignatureAlgorithmsDefines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when UseInternalSecurityAPI is True.
TLS12SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for ECC.
TLS13KeyShareGroupsThe groups for which to pregenerate key shares.
TLS13SignatureAlgorithmsThe allowed certificate signature algorithms.
TLS13SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.
AbsoluteTimeoutDetermines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
LocalHostThe name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
TcpNoDelayWhether or not to delay when sending packets.
UseInternalSecurityAPITells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

AttachedFile Property (REST Connector)

A file to include in the POST data.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property optionally specifies a file that will be sent as request parameter. This is only applicable when HTTPMethod is set to POST or PUT.

When set ContentType may be set to specify the Content-Type header for this parameter.

This property is not available in the Receiver.

Authorization Property (REST Connector)

The Authorization string to be sent to the server.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

If the Authorization property contains a non-empty string, an Authorization HTTP request header is added to the request. This header conveys Authorization information to the server.

A common use for this property is to specify OAuth authorization string.

This property is provided so that the HTTP connector can be extended with other security schemes in addition to the authorization schemes already implemented by the connector.

The AuthScheme property defines the authentication scheme used. In the case of HTTP Basic Authentication (default), every time User and Password are set, they are Base64 encoded, and the result is put in the Authorization property in the form "Basic [encoded-user-password]".

AuthScheme Property (REST Connector)

The authorization scheme to be used when server authorization is to be performed.

Data Type

Enumeration

Possible Values

Basic (0)
Digest (1)
Proprietary (2)
None (3)
Ntlm (4)
Negotiate (5)
OAuth (6)


Default Value

0

Remarks

This property specifies the type of authentication to perform. Possible values are:

  • Basic
  • Digest
  • Proprietary
  • None
  • NTLM
  • Negotiate
  • OAuth

In most cases this setting is only applicable if User and Password is set.

This property is also applicable without setting User and Password if the AuthScheme is set to NTLM or Negotiate. In that case the current user credentials will be used.

AuthScheme should be set to authNone (3) when no authentication is to be performed (or do not set HTTPUser and HTTPPassword).

By default, AuthScheme is authBasic (0), and if the HTTPUser and HTTPPassword properties are set, the connector will attempt basic authentication. If AuthScheme is set to authDigest (1) or authNtlm (4), digest or NTLM authentication will be attempted instead.

If AuthScheme is set to authProprietary (2) then the authorization token must be supplied through the HTTPAuthorization configuration. Note that, if you set the HTTPAuthorization config, the AuthScheme will be set automatically to authProprietary (2) by the control.

If AuthScheme is set to authOAuth (6) then the authorization string must be supplied through Authorization property.

ContentFilename Property (REST Connector)

Defines the filename of the content.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property optionally sets the "name" attribute of the "Content-Disposition" header for the form variable corresponding to the message payload. This is used to associate a filename with the data obtained from the message payload.

This is only applicable when HTTPMethod is set to POST or PUT.

This is only applicable to the Send Connector.

This is not applicable if PostData is set.

This property is not available in the Receiver.

ContentType Property (REST Connector)

Defines the Content-Type header in the request.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property optionally defines the Content-Type header sent in the request.

This is applicable to both the Send and Receive Connector when PostData is set and defines the Content-Type header (not a form variable level Content-Type).

Cookies Property (REST Connector)

The cookies to be sent in the HTTP request.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the cookies (if any) to be sent in the HTTP request. Specify one name/value pair per line. For instance setting this property to: CookieName1=CookieValue1 CookieName2=CookieValue2

Will result in the HTTP header:

Cookie: CookieName1=CookieValue1; CookieName2=CookieValue2

Firewall Property (REST Connector)

A set of properties related to firewall access.

Data Type

Firewall

Remarks

This is a Firewall type property which contains fields describing the firewall through which the connector will attempt to connect.

FollowRedirects Property (REST Connector)

Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect.

Data Type

Enumeration

Possible Values

Never (0)
Always (1)
Same Scheme (2)


Default Value

0

Remarks

Normally, the connector returns an error if the server responds with an "Object Moved" message. If FollowRedirects is set to frAlways (1) the new URL for the object is retrieved automatically every time.

If FollowRedirects is set to frSameScheme (2), the new URL is retrieved automatically only if the URL scheme is the same, otherwise the connector generate a runtime error.

Furthermore, if either the new URL server and port are different than the existing one, HTTPUser and HTTPPassword are also reset to empty, unless FollowRedirects is set to frAlways (1), in which case the same credentials are used to connect to the new server.

The default value is frNever (0). In this case, redirects are never followed, and a runtime error is generated instead.

HTTPMethod Property (REST Connector)

The HTTP method used for the request.

Data Type

Enumeration

Possible Values

DELETE (0)
GET (1)
POST (2)
PUT (3)
PATCH (4)


Default Value

1

Remarks

This property specifies the HTTP method to use when making a request to the server. Possible values are:

  • DELETE
  • GET (default)
  • HEAD
  • POST
  • PUT
  • TRACE

When set to POST or PUT see RequestParams and PostData for details about sending data to the server.

To specify a different HTTP method set CustomRequestMethod.

HTTPProxy Property (REST Connector)

A set of properties related to proxy access.

Data Type

Proxy

Remarks

This is a Proxy type property which contains fields describing the proxy through which the connector will attempt to connect.

HTTPVersion Property (REST Connector)

The HTTP version to use.

Data Type

String

Default Value

"1.1"

Remarks

This property specifies the HTTP version used by the connector. Possible values are:

  • "1.0"
  • "1.1" (default)
  • "2.0"
When using HTTP/2 ("2.0") additional details apply. Please see notes below for details.

HTTP/2 Notes

When using HTTP/2 only secure (TLS/SSL) connections are currently supported. Attempting to use a plaintext URL with HTTP/2 will result in an error.

If the server does not support HTTP/2 the connector will automatically use HTTP/1.1 instead. This is done in order to provide compatibility without the need for any additional settings. The AllowHTTPFallback setting controls whether this behavior is allowed (default) or disallowed.

HTTP/2 is supported on all versions of Windows. If the Windows version is prior to Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012 R2 the internal security implementation will be used. If the Windows version is Window 8.1/Windows Server 2012 R2 or later the system security libraries will be used by default.

LogFile Property (REST Connector)

The file to write logging information to at runtime.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

To write logging information to a file instead of using the connector's logging API, set this property to a valid file on disk and set the LogType property to "File".

LogMode Property (REST Connector)

What information gets logged during component execution.

Data Type

Enumeration

Possible Values

Verbose (0)
Info (1)
Warning (2)
Error (3)
Fatal (4)


Default Value

3

Remarks

This property controls what information the connector logs. The possible values have the following affect on the connector's behavior:

VerboseThe connector will report all information regarding the transport.
InfoThe connector will report all major operations, as well as all warnings and errors.
WarningThe connector will report any conditions that could result in unpredictable behavior as well as errors.
ErrorThe connector will report all errors that prevent normal operations from completing.
FatalThe connector will report only serious errors that cause the connector to completely stop functioning.

LogType Property (REST Connector)

How information gets logged during component execution.

Data Type

Enumeration

Possible Values

None (0)
Console (1)
File (2)


Default Value

1

Remarks

This property controls where the connector will log the information. The possible values have the following affect on the connector's behavior:

NoneThe connector will not report any logging information.
ConsoleThe connector will report all logging information to the console.
FileThe connector will report all logging information to a file. The desired file must be specified in the LogFile when this type has been selected.

OAuthAuthorization Property (REST Connector)

OAuth Authorization Information.

Data Type

OAuthAuthorizationParam

Remarks

This property holds details about the OAuth authorization. This includes the following fields:

Other Property (REST Connector)

Defines a set of configuration settings to be used by the component.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

The connector accepts one or more configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the connector, access to these internal properties is provided through the Other property.

The Other property may be set to one or more configuration settings (name/value pairs). Set one setting per line. For example: configname1=value1 configname2=value2

OtherHeaders Property (REST Connector)

Other headers as determined by the user.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property optionally specifies headers to be included in addition to the headers generated by the connector. The headers specified should be valid HTTP headers following the format:

Header: Value

To specify multiple headers enter one header per line. For instance setting:

X-Header1: Value1 X-Header2: Value2

Will result in a request with the following headers:

GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.nsoftware.com Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate User-Agent: IPWorks HTTP Component - www.nsoftware.com Connection: close X-Header1: Value1 X-Header2: Value2

Password Property (REST Connector)

A password if authentication is to be used.

Data Type

Password

Default Value

""

Remarks

If HTTP Basic Authentication is used to authenticate the user, User and Password are Base64-encoded.

If HTTP Digest Authentication is used to, the User and Password properties are used to respond to the HTTP Digest Authentication challenge from the server.

PostData Property (REST Connector)

The data to be posted to the server.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property optionally specifies the raw data to be posted to the server.

If set, this property defines the entire HTTP body to be sent to the server. This is only applicable when the HTTPMethod is set to POST or PUT.

In the HTTP Sender, the %MessageBody% macro can be used to include the contents of the incoming BizTalk message in the PostData property. The connector replaces this macro with the full BizTalk message body at runtime.

ContentType may be set to define a Content-Type header. No Content-Type header is set by default when PostData is set.

If specified both RequestParams and ContentFilename properties are ignored.

RequestParams Property (REST Connector)

Parameters to add to the POST or PUT request.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

The RequestParams property specifies one or more parameters to add to the POST or PUT request. This property is only applicable when the HTTPMethod property is set to POST or PUT.

To specify additional parameters set this property to one or more name value pairs. Set one pair on each line. For instance: name1=value1 name2=value2

The connector will format a request with parameters slightly differently depending on whether the request is made by the Send or Receive adapter.

Note: To have complete control over the data being sent set PostData instead.

ResponseXPath Property (REST Connector)

This property may be set to traverse elements within the JSON document.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

Parsing the Response

The ResponseXPath property may be set to traverse elements within the JSON document. This property implements a subset of the XML XPath specification, allowing you to point to specific elements in the XML document. When this property is set, the connector will parse the response and return the value at the specified location.

For example, let's say the response data from the original request is below.

{ "bag": { "name": "fanny-pack", "items": ["camera", "wallet"], "description": "A hip new design by nsoftware" } }

The ResponseXPath property supports both XPath notation and JSONPath notation. For simplicitly, only the XPath notation is shown below. For more information and examples on notation schemes please see "Getting Started with JSON".

If you would like to return the value of element "name" from the operation, then set ResponseXPath to /json/bag/name/. Likewise, if you would like to return the value of the first element of the "items" array, then we can set ResponseXPath to /json/bag/items/[0]/ and the output will be camera.

RuntimeLicense Property (REST Connector)

Specifies the component runtime license key.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

You can use the RuntimeLicense property to set the runtime key for the connector license.

SSLAcceptServerCert Property (REST Connector)

Instructs the component to unconditionally accept the server certificate that matches the supplied certificate.

Data Type

Certificate

Remarks

If it finds any issues with the certificate presented by the server, the connector will normally terminate the connection with an error. You may override this behavior by supplying a value for SSLAcceptServerCert. If the certificate supplied in SSLAcceptServerCert is the same as the certificate presented by the server, then the server certificate is accepted unconditionally, and the connection will continue normally.

This property is used to set a Public Key Certificate.

Ordinarily, the system will attempt to locate the public key in trusted certificate stores in the system registry. If a match is found, the certificate is trusted, and the process proceeds without error. If the certificate is not trusted, the connector will report an error.

You may explicitly set a public key, either to accept a key that is not installed on the system, or to ensure that a specific key is presented. Public key certificates may be loaded from the machine registry or from file.

Note: You may also set the Accept Any field to Yes without opening the certificate selection dialog to force the connector to unilaterally authenticate any server during the security handshake. It is strongly recommended that you use this only for testing purposes. Set the LogMode to Info to cause the connector to report the server's credentials to Location.

SSLCert Property (REST Connector)

The certificate to use for client authentication during the SSL handshake.

Data Type

Certificate

Remarks

This property is used to assign a specific certificate for SSL client authentication.

This field is used to set a Private Key Certificate.

Private key certificates may be loaded from the registry, from files in PKCS#12 format, or from a PEM file format.

StatusCode Property (REST Connector)

The response status code of the last server response.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the status code of the server response, such as 200. This indicates the status of the request. This is set as an attribute on the outgoing message.

This property is read-only.

StatusLine Property (REST Connector)

The first line of the last server response.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the first line of the server response. This indicates the status of the request. This is set as an attribute on the outgoing message. For instance: HTTP/1.1 200 OK .

This property is read-only.

TempPath Property (REST Connector)

A temporary local directory where data can be stored before the component processes it.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property indicates a temporary directory where the connector can store any data before the connector processes it. If TempPath is empty, the connector will receive all data to memory. If set, the connector will generate and write all inbound data to a temporary file in the specified directory.

Once the file is submitted, the connector will handle closing the file stream and deleting the temporary file. However, if the connector is shut down during a transfer some temporary files may be left in the directory. To ensure optimal performance, server administrators should check the directory regularly and remove old or extraneous files. Note: by default, this property is empty and the connector will use memory streams to store all inbound data before submitting it. It is recommended that you use a temporary directory when downloading large batches or batches containing large files to alleviate potential increased memory requirements.

This property is not available in the Sender.

Timeout Property (REST Connector)

A timeout for the component.

Data Type

Integer

Default Value

60

Remarks

If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations will run uninterrupted until successful completion, or an error condition is encountered.

If Timeout is set to a positive value, the connector will wait for the operation to complete before returning control.

If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the connector fails with an error.

Please note that by default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, i.e. the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when data is successfully sent or received.

Optionally, the behavior of the connector may be changed to absolute timeouts, i.e. the connector will wait for a maximum of Timeout seconds since the beginning of the operation, without extending the timeout period during communications.

This behavior is controlled by the AbsoluteTimeout configuration setting.

The default value for the Timeout property is 60 (seconds).

TransferredHeaders Property (REST Connector)

The full set of headers as received from the server.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the HTTP headers as received from the server. This may be queried after an operation completes to inspect the response headers.

This property is read-only.

URL Property (REST Connector)

The URL to which the request is made.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the URL to which the request is made. TLS/SSL will be used if and only if the URL scheme is "https".

User Property (REST Connector)

A user name if authentication is to be used.

Data Type

String

Default Value

""

Remarks

If HTTP Basic Authentication is used to authenticate the user, User and Password are Base64-encoded.

If HTTP Digest Authentication is used to, the User and HTTPPassword properties are used to respond to the HTTP Digest Authentication challenge from the server.

Certificate Type

The digital certificate being used.

Remarks

This type describes the current digital certificate. The certificate may be a public or private key. The fields are used to identify or select certificates.

Fields

Store
String

Default Value: "MY"

The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The StoreType field specifies the type of the certificate store specified by Store. If the store is password protected, specify the password in StorePassword.

Store is used in conjunction with the Subject field in order to specify client certificates. If Store has a value, and Subject is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please refer to the Subject field for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform-dependent.

The following are designations of the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.
SPCSoftware publisher certificates.

In Java, the certificate store normally is a file containing certificates and optional private keys.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e. PKCS12 certificate store).

If the provider is OpenSSL, the certificate store is a file containing a certificate and a private key. This property must be set to the name of the file.

StorePassword
String

Default Value: ""

If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password in order to open the certificate store.

StoreType
CertStoreTypes

Default Value: 0

The type of certificate store for this certificate.

The connector supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the connector will automatically determine the type. This field can take one of the following values:

0 (cstUser - default)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

1 (cstMachine)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

2 (cstPFXFile)The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates.
3 (cstPFXBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format.
4 (cstJKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.

Note: This store type is only available in Java.

5 (cstJKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.

Note: this store type is only available in Java.

6 (cstPEMKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
8 (cstPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
11 (cstP7BFile)The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates.
12 (cstP7BBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format.
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
14 (cstPPKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
15 (cstPPKBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
16 (cstXMLFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
17 (cstXMLBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.
18 (cstJWKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
19 (cstJWKBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
21 (cstBCFKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

22 (cstBCFKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

23 (cstPKCS11)The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.

To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CERTMGR connector. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use.

When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the Store and set StorePassword to the PIN.

Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key: certmgr.CertStoreType = CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11; certmgr.OnCertList += (s, e) => { secKeyBlob = e.CertEncoded; }; certmgr.CertStore = @"C:\Program Files\OpenSC Project\OpenSC\pkcs11\opensc-pkcs11.dll"; certmgr.CertStorePassword = "123456"; //PIN certmgr.ListStoreCertificates(); sftp.SSHCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11, secKeyBlob, "123456", "*"); sftp.SSHUser = "test"; sftp.SSHLogon("myhost", 22);

99 (cstAuto)The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically.

Subject
String

Default Value: ""

The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store certificate with matching subject.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

When setting the property to a partial subject, CN= should be omitted. For example, the following code would find the certificate with subject CN=Test Certificate, OU=People, C=US

Example (Searching with partial subject)

Control.CertSubject = "Test"

If a match is not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.

If a matching certificate is found, Subject is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.

Thumbprint
String (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The thumbprint of the certificate.

This field is used to specify the thumbprint of the certificate. When there are multiple certificates in the store that have the same subject, the thumbprint will be used to distinguish between them.

Firewall Type

The firewall the component will connect through.

Remarks

When connecting through a firewall, this type is used to specify different properties of the firewall such as the firewall Host and the FirewallType.

Fields

AutoDetect
Boolean

Default Value: False

Tells the connector whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

FirewallType
FirewallTypes

Default Value: 0

Determines the type of firewall to connect through. The applicable values are the following:

fwNone (0)No firewall (default setting).
fwTunnel (1)Connect through a tunneling proxy. Port is set to 80.
fwSOCKS4 (2)Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. Port is set to 1080.
fwSOCKS5 (3)Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. Port is set to 1080.

Host
String

Default Value: ""

Name or IP address of firewall (optional). If a Host is given, requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.

If the Host field is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the Host field is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

Password
String

Default Value: ""

A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. If Host is specified, the User and Password fields are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, a trappable error is fired.

Port
Integer

Default Value: 0

The TCP port for the firewall Host. See the description of the Host field for details.

Note that the Port is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value. See the description of the FirewallType field for details.

User
String

Default Value: ""

A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. If the Host is specified, the User and Password fields are used to connect and authenticate to the given Firewall. If the authentication fails, a trappable error is fired.

OAuthAuthorizationParam Type

This type holds details of the OAuth authorization.

Remarks

This type holds details of the OAuth authorization.

Fields

AuthorizationScopes
String

Default Value: ""

A space separated list of scopes as defined by the authorization server.

AuthorizationString
String

Default Value: ""

The OAuth Authorization string. This field holds the current OAuth authorization string. This is retrieved during the OAuth authorization process and is used to authenticate the request. This is a string like:

Bearer ya29.AHES6ZSZEJzATdZYjeihDn5W-VrXSsxEZu5p0pclxGdKKQ

CacheLocation
String

Default Value: ""

The location on disk of the OAuth Cache File.

This field specifies the location on disk of the OAuth cache file. This file holds OAuth credentials that may be automatically used during runtime and by other ports using the same provider. The connector uses the data within the cache file to automatically refresh expired tokens at runtime. Do not alter the contents of the file directly.

One file for each provider is used by default. For instance for Box the value is: %APPDATA%\nsoftware\CloudStorage BizTalk Adapter\BoxOAuthCache.txt

This value may be specified manually as well.

CallbackURL
String

Default Value: ""

The Callback URL used during OAuth authorization.

This field specifies the local URL to which the browser is redirected when initially performing authorization. When initially establishing Authorization set this value to the redirect URI that is registered for your application with the service provider. For instance "http://localhost:7777".

The connector will parse this URL and start a small embedded web server on the specified port to receive the OAuth response from the provider during OAuth authorization.

This value is required to perform OAuth authorization.

ClientId
String

Default Value: ""

The id of the client assigned when registering the application.

This field holds the id of the client that was assigned when initially registering the application.

This value is required to perform OAuth authorization.

ClientSecret
String

Default Value: ""

The secret of the client assigned when registering the application.

This field holds the secret of the client that was assigned when initially registering the application.

This value is required to perform OAuth authorization.

ExpiresIn
Integer

Default Value: 0

The expiration time of the current OAuth authorization string.

This value is populated after OAuth authorization and holds the expiration time of the OAuth access token as reported by the service provider. This is used at runtime to calculate whether the token should be refreshed before attempting an operation. If the token is expired the connector will automatically refresh the token. If the token is not expired the connector will use the current token.

This value should not be set manually.

Note: Not all providers provide this value. For instance Dropbox access tokens never expire.

RefreshToken
String

Default Value: ""

The refresh token received from or sent to the authorization server.

This field holds the refresh token received during the initial OAuth authorization. It is used by the connector to automatically request a new AuthorizationString when the current value expires.

ServerAuthURL
String

Default Value: ""

The URL of the authorization server.

ServerTokenURL
String

Default Value: ""

The URL of the token server.

ServiceProvider
String

Default Value: ""

The service provider to authenticate with.

This field defines the service provider. This is used when performing OAuth authorization. OAuth authorization is only applicable to some providers. If the provider does not support OAuth a warning will be displayed. Possible values when using the Email connector are:

  • Gmail
  • Other

TimeStamp
String

Default Value: "0"

The timestamp of the OAuth authorization string.

This field holds the timestamp of when the AuthorizationString was retrieved. This is used in conjunction with ExpiresIn to calculate if refreshing the token is required. For more details see ExpiresIn.

This value should not be set manually.

Proxy Type

The proxy the component will connect to.

Remarks

When connecting through a proxy, this type is used to specify different properties of the proxy such as the Server and the AuthScheme.

Fields

AuthScheme
ProxyAuthSchemes

Default Value: 0

Use the AuthScheme field to tell the connector which type of authorization to perform when connecting to the proxy. This is only used when the User and Password fields are set.

AuthScheme should be set to authNone (3) when no authentication is expected.

By default, AuthScheme is authBasic (0), and if the User and Password fields are set, the component will attempt basic authentication. If AuthScheme is set to authDigest (1), digest authentication will be attempted instead.

If AuthScheme is set to authProprietary (2), then the authorization token will not be generated by the connector. Look at the configuration file for the connector being used to find more information about manually setting this token.

If AuthScheme is set to authNtlm (4), NTLM authentication will be used. This option is only available in the SSL package.

For security reasons, setting this property will clear the values of User and Password.

AutoDetect
Boolean

Default Value: False

Tells the connector whether or not to automatically detect and use proxy system settings, if available.

Password
String

Default Value: ""

A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

If AuthScheme is set to Basic Authentication, the User and Password are Base64 encoded and the proxy authentication token will be generated in the form "Basic [encoded-user-password]".

If AuthScheme is set to Digest Authentication, the User and Password fields are used to respond to the Digest Authentication challenge from the server.

If AuthScheme is set to NTLM Authentication, the User and Password fields are used to authenticate through NTLM negotiation.

Port
Integer

Default Value: 80

The TCP port for the proxy Server (default 80). See the description of the Server field for details.

Server
String

Default Value: ""

If a proxy Server is given, then the HTTP request is sent to the proxy instead of the server otherwise specified.

If the Server field is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated and upon successful termination of the request, the Server field is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

SSL
ProxySSLTypes

Default Value: 0

Determines when to use SSL for the connection to the proxy. The applicable values are the following:

psAutomatic (0)Default setting. The connection to the Server is SSL-enabled for 'https' URL-s, and non SSL-enabled for other URL-s.
psAlways (1)The connection is always SSL-enabled.
psNever (2)The connection is not SSL-enabled.
psTunnel (3)The connection is through a tunneling (HTTP) proxy.

User
String

Default Value: ""

A user name, if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

If AuthScheme is set to Basic Authentication, the User and Password are Base64 encoded and the proxy authentication token will be generated in the form "Basic [encoded-user-password]".

If AuthScheme is set to Digest Authentication, the User and Password fields are used to respond to the Digest Authentication challenge from the server.

If AuthScheme is set to NTLM Authentication, the User and Password fields are used to authenticate through NTLM negotiation.

Config Settings (REST Connector)

The connector accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the connector, access to these internal properties is provided through the Other property.

REST Config Settings

Accept:   A list of acceptable MIME types for the request.

If this setting contains a non-empty string, a HTTP Accept header is added to the request.

The Accept header is used for content negotiation. It provides the server with a comma-separated list of MIME types that are acceptable for its response.

AcceptEncoding:   Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.

When AllowHTTPCompression is true, the connector adds an "Accept-Encoding: " header to the request being sent to the server. By default, this header's value is "gzip, deflate". This config allows you to change the value of the "Accept-Encoding" header. NOTE: The connector only supports gzip and deflate decompression algorithms.

AddBodyAsMessageProperty:   This setting causes the adapter to include the response body as a property on the message.

When false (default), the response body will only be available in the message body. When set to true, the response body will also be included in the TransferredData property.

AllowHTTPCompression:   This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.

This setting enables HTTP compression for receiving data. When set to true, the connector will accept compressed data. It will then uncompress the data it has received. The connector will handle data compressed by both GZIP and Deflate compression algorithms.

When true, the connector adds an "Accept-Encoding" header to the outgoing request. The value for this header can be controlled by the AcceptEncoding config. The default value for this header is "gzip, deflate".

AllowHTTPFallback:   Specifies whether HTTP/2 connections can fall back to HTTP/1.1.

This setting controls whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fallback to HTTP/1.1 when the server does not support HTTP/2. This setting is only applicable when HTTPVersion is set to "2.0".

If set to True (default) the connector will automatically use HTTP/1.1 if the server does not support HTTP/2. If set to False the connector fails with an error if the server does not support HTTP/2.

The default value is True.

ChunkSize:   Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.

This is only applicable when UseChunkedEncoding is true. This setting specifies the chunk size in bytes to be used when posting data. The default value is 16384.

CustomRequestMethod:   Specifies the HTTP method to be used.

This setting may be used to specify a HTTP method that is not already supported via HTTPMethod. If specified PostData is also applicable.

EncodeURL:   If set to true the URL will be encoded by the component.

If set to True the URL passed to the connector will be URL encoded. The default value is False.

IfModifiedSince:   A date determining the maximum age of the desired document.

If this setting contains a non-empty string, an If-Modified-Since HTTP header is added to the request. The value of this header is used to make the HTTP request conditional: if the requested documented has not been modified since the time specified in the field, a copy of the document will not be returned from the server; instead, a 304 (not modified) response will be returned by the server and the component throws an exception

The format of the date value for IfModifiedSince is detailed in the HTTP specs. An example is: Sat, 29 Oct 2017 19:43:31 GMT.

KerberosSPN:   The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.

If the Service Principal Name on the Kerberos Domain Controller is not the same as the URL that you are authenticating to, the Service Principal Name should be set here.

LogDebugData:   Whether to log debug data.

This setting controls whether the raw HTTP Request and Response are logged. The default value is False. This is only applicable if TransportLog LogMode is set to Verbose.

MaxRedirectAttempts:   Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.

When FollowRedirects is set to any value besides frNever the connector will follow redirects until this maximum number of redirect attempts are made. The default value is 20.

Pragma:   A browser/server specific header line (optional).

If this setting contains a non-empty string, a Pragma HTTP request header is added to the request. The meaning of the header depends on the implementation and can be used to send/receive proprietary information to/from the server.

Range:   The byte-range to be sent to the server.

If this setting contains a non-empty string, a Range HTTP request header is added to the request. This header tells the server to only send a certain range of bytes.

The format of this setting consists of a range of bytes specified by two numbers separated by '-' (e.g. "0-499")

For example:

First 500 bytes 0-499
Second 500 bytes 500-999
Final 500 bytes -500

Referer:   Referer URL/document (optional).

If this setting contains a non-empty string, a Referer HTTP request header is added to the request. The purpose of the header is to show the document referring the requested URL.

ResponseBodyAlwaysAvailable:   Whether the response body is always available.

When false, the adapter will only make the response body available if the status code is 200. When true, the adapter will always make any response body available.

The default value is ture.

SubmitErrorAsMessage:   Whether errors are submitted as BizTalk messages.

Normally if errors occur the adapter will throw a BizTalk-level error, and potentially shutdown if the error is severe enough. In certain scenarios it may be useful to instead submit the error as a BizTalk message. This allows another portion of an application to handle the error, for example a custom pipeline. Set this to true to submit any errors as BizTalk messages. Be aware that setting this to true will prevent the adapter from shutting down on its own -- you will be resposible for disabling it.

The default value is true.

TransferredDataLimit:   The maximum of data to be transferred.

This setting contains the maximum of data to be transferred. The default value is 0, which will not impose any limits on the amount of data accumulated.

UseChunkedEncoding:   Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.

If UseChunkedEncoding is set to true, the connector will use HTTP chunked encoding when posting if possible. HTTP chunked encoding allows large files to be sent in chunks instead of all at once. If set to false, the connector will not use HTTP chunked encoding. The default value is false.

Note: Some servers (such as the ASP.NET Development Server) may not support chunked encoding.

UserAgent:   Information about the user agent (browser).

This is the value supplied in the HTTP User-Agent header. The default setting is "IPWorks HTTP Component - www.nsoftware.com".

Override the default with the name and version of your software.

SSL Config Settings

ReuseSSLSession:   Determines if the SSL session is reused.

If set to true, the connector will reuse the context if and only if the following criteria are met:

  • The target host name is the same.
  • The system cache entry has not expired (default timeout is 10 hours).
  • The application process that calls the function is the same.
  • The logon session is the same.
  • The instance of the connector is the same.

SSLCipherStrength:   The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.

This minimum cipher strength largely dependent on the security modules installed on the system. If the cipher strength specified is not supported, an error will be returned when connections are initiated.

Please note that this setting contains the minimum cipher strength requested from the security library.

Use this setting with caution. Requesting a lower cipher strength than necessary could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.

SSLEnabledCipherSuites:   The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.

The enabled cipher suites to be used in SSL negotiation.

By default, the enabled cipher suites will include all available ciphers ("*").

The special value "*" means that the connector will pick all of the supported cipher suites. If SSLEnabledCipherSuites is set to any other value, only the specified cipher suites will be considered.

Multiple cipher suites are separated by semicolons.

Example values when UseInternalSecurityAPI is False (default): // The "Other" property could contain ONE of the following lines: SSLEnabledCipherSuites=* SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256 SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256;CALG_3DES Possible values when UseInternalSecurityAPI is False (default) include:

  • CALG_3DES
  • CALG_3DES_112
  • CALG_AES
  • CALG_AES_128
  • CALG_AES_192
  • CALG_AES_256
  • CALG_AGREEDKEY_ANY
  • CALG_CYLINK_MEK
  • CALG_DES
  • CALG_DESX
  • CALG_DH_EPHEM
  • CALG_DH_SF
  • CALG_DSS_SIGN
  • CALG_ECDH
  • CALG_ECDH_EPHEM
  • CALG_ECDSA
  • CALG_ECMQV
  • CALG_HASH_REPLACE_OWF
  • CALG_HUGHES_MD5
  • CALG_HMAC
  • CALG_KEA_KEYX
  • CALG_MAC
  • CALG_MD2
  • CALG_MD4
  • CALG_MD5
  • CALG_NO_SIGN
  • CALG_OID_INFO_CNG_ONLY
  • CALG_OID_INFO_PARAMETERS
  • CALG_PCT1_MASTER
  • CALG_RC2
  • CALG_RC4
  • CALG_RC5
  • CALG_RSA_KEYX
  • CALG_RSA_SIGN
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_ENC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MAC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MASTER_HASH
  • CALG_SEAL
  • CALG_SHA
  • CALG_SHA1
  • CALG_SHA_256
  • CALG_SHA_384
  • CALG_SHA_512
  • CALG_SKIPJACK
  • CALG_SSL2_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_SHAMD5
  • CALG_TEK
  • CALG_TLS1_MASTER
  • CALG_TLS1PRF
Example values when UseInternalSecurityAPI is True: // The "Other" property could contain ONE of the following lines: SSLEnabledCipherSuites=* SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA;TLS_DH_ANON_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA Possible values when UseInternalSecurityAPI is True include:
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

If SSLEnabledProtocols is configured to use TLS 1.3 the following values are supported:

  • TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

SSLEnabledCipherSuites is used together with SSLCipherStrength.

SSLEnabledProtocols:   Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Not all supported protocols are enabled by default (the value of this setting is 4032). If you want more granular control over the enabled protocols, you can set this property to the binary 'OR' of one or more of the following values:

TLS1.312288 (Hex 3000) (Experimental)
TLS1.23072 (Hex C00) (Default)
TLS1.1768 (Hex 300) (Default)
TLS1 192 (Hex C0) (Default)
SSL3 48 (Hex 30)
SSL2 12 (Hex 0C)

Note: TLS 1.1 and TLS1.2 support are only available starting with Windows 7.

Note: Enabling TLS 1.3 will automatically set UseInternalSecurityAPI to True.

SSLIncludeCertChain:   Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.

This setting specifies whether the transport log contains the full certificate chain. By default this value is False and only the leaf certificate will be present.

If set to True all certificates returned by the server will be present in the transport log. This includes the leaf certificate, any intermediate certificate, and the root certificate.

Note: When UseInternalSecurityAPI is set to True this value is automatically set to True. This is needed for proper validation when using the internal provider.

SSLSecurityFlags:   Flags that control certificate verification.

The following flags are defined (specified in hexadecimal notation). They can be or-ed together to exclude multiple conditions:

0x00000001Ignore time validity status of certificate.
0x00000002Ignore time validity status of CTL.
0x00000004Ignore non-nested certificate times.
0x00000010Allow unknown Certificate Authority.
0x00000020Ignore wrong certificate usage.
0x00000100Ignore unknown certificate revocation status.
0x00000200Ignore unknown CTL signer revocation status.
0x00000400Ignore unknown Certificate Authority revocation status.
0x00000800Ignore unknown Root revocation status.
0x00008000Allow test Root certificate.
0x00004000Trust test Root certificate.
0x80000000Ignore non-matching CN (certificate CN not-matching server name).

TLS12SignatureAlgorithms:   Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when UseInternalSecurityAPI is True.

This setting specifies the allowed server certificate signature algorithms when UseInternalSecurityAPI is True and SSLEnabledProtocols is set to allow TLS 1.2.

When specified the connector will verify that the server certificate signature algorithm is among the values specified in this setting. If the server certificate signature algorithm is unsupported the connector will fail with an error.

The format of this value is a comma separated list of hash-signature combinations. For instance: // The "Other" could contain ALL of these lines: UseInternalSecurityAPI=true SSLEnabledProtocols=3072 TLS12SignatureAlgorithms=sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa The default value for this setting is "sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa,sha224-rsa,sha224-dsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha384-rsa,sha384-dsa,sha512-rsa,sha512-dsa".

In order to not restrict the server's certificate signature algorithm, specify an empty string as the value for this setting, which will cause the signature_algorithms TLS 1.2 extension to not be sent.

TLS12SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for ECC.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.2 for ECC.

The default value is ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1.

When using TLS 1.2 and UseInternalSecurityAPI is set to True, the values refer to the supported groups for ECC. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)

TLS13KeyShareGroups:   The groups for which to pregenerate key shares.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. The groups specified here will have key share data pregenerated locally before establishing a connection. This can prevent an additional round trip during the handshake if the group is supported by the server.

The default value is set to balance common supported groups and the computational resources required to generate key shares. As a result only some groups are included by default in this setting.

Note: All supported groups can always be used during the handshake even if not listed here, but if a group is used which is not present in this list it will incur an additional round trip and time to generate the key share for that group.

In most cases this setting does not need to be modified. This should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448"
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1"
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096"
  • "ffdhe_6144"
  • "ffdhe_8192"

TLS13SignatureAlgorithms:   The allowed certificate signature algorithms.

This setting holds a comma separated list of allowed signature algorithms. Possible values are:

  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha256" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha384" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha512" (default)
The default value is rsa_pkcs1_sha256,rsa_pkcs1_sha384,rsa_pkcs1_sha512. This setting is only applicable when SSLEnabledProtocols includes TLS 1.3.
TLS13SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. This setting should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_x448,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072,ffdhe_4096,ffdhe_6144,ffdhe_8192

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096" (default)
  • "ffdhe_6144" (default)
  • "ffdhe_8192" (default)

General Config Settings

AbsoluteTimeout:   Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.

If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method which does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.

LocalHost:   The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.

The LocalHost configuration contains the name of the local host as obtained by the Gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the connector initiate connections (or accept in the case of server connectors) only through that interface.

If the connector is connected, the LocalHost configuration shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

TcpNoDelay:   Whether or not to delay when sending packets.

When true, the socket will send all data that is ready to send at once. When false, the socket will send smaller buffered packets of data at small intervals. This is known as the Nagle algorithm.

By default, this config is set to false.

UseInternalSecurityAPI:   Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to False, the connector will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.

Setting this configuration setting to True tells the connector to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

This setting is set to False by default on all platforms.