Configuring the gateway

After installing the gateway you need to make various configuration settings to suit your environment.

Table 1 lists gateway configuration tasks. For each configuration task, the table lists the properties you use with that task, and the section in this guide that shows you how to complete the configuration task.

Some configuration tasks are mandatory for all installations. For those configuration tasks set the properties to the correct values or verify that their default values are suitable for your environment. The remaining configuration tasks are optional depending on which ones you want to use.

Note: The table references the following categories of properties that are defined in the G_CEM.props properties file:

Gateway Framework properties
CEM gateway specific properties

For reference information and command line options on these properties, see Properties and command line options.

Table 1. Configuring the gateway
Configuration tasks	Properties	See
Required configuration tasks:
Authentication configuration tasks
Authenticate the gateway with the ObjectServer. Note: The gateway needs to authenticate with the ObjectServer only when the ObjectServer runs in secure mode.	Gate.RdrWtr.Password Gate.RdrWtr.Username	Authenticating the gateway with the ObjectServer
Connection Configuration Tasks
Enabling the gateway to read alerts from the ObjectServer	Gate.RdrWtr.Server	Enabling the gateway to read alerts from the ObjectServer
Optional configuration tasks:
Table replication configuration task
Define the tables and event types that are replicated between the ObjectServer and CEM.	Gate.RdrWtr.TblReplicate DefFile	Table Replication
Data mapping configuration task
Define how fields in ObjectServer tables map to fields in CEM.	Gate.Mapfile	Mapping
Improve gateway performance configuration task
Specify the number of simultaneous connections the gateway makes to CEM.	Gate.CEM. Connections	Improving the performance of the gateway
Store and forward configuration task
Controls the operation of the store and forward functionality.	None	Store and forward capability
FIPS mode and encryption configuration tasks (for FIPS support for property encryption between the ObjectServer and the gateway)
Operate the gateway using FIPS mode and encryption.	None	FIPS mode and encryption