Key Capabilities
- Bidirectional message queueing with produce and consume actions
- Support for multiple authentication schemes (None, SASL Anonymous, SASL Plain)
- TLS encryption support for secure connections
- Flexible message value types including JSON composite data support
Establish a Connection
You must first establish a connection to AMQP through one of these two methods:- Add a AMQP connector to your flow. Then, in the settings pane, click Create next to the Connection drop-down list.
- Open the CData Arc Settings page, then open the Connections tab. Click Add, select AMQP, and click Next.
- The login process is only required the first time the connection is created.
- Connections to AMQP can be re-used across multiple AMQP connectors.
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Enter the connection information:
- Name — the static name of the connection.
- Type — this is always set to AMQP.
- Remote Host — the hostname or IP address of your AMQP remote host.
- Remote Port — the port for your remote host connection.
- Use TLS — whether to use TLS to encrypt the connection. Set this according to your AMQP configuration.
- Container Id — (optional) the ID value for the container in your AMQP connection that you want to access.
- Auth Scheme — the authentication scheme to use for the connection. Options are None, SASL Anonymous, and SASL Plain.
- User — the username to use when connecting to AMQP.
- Password — the password for the user.
- Click Test Connection to ensure that Arc can connect to AMQP with the provided information. If an error occurs, check all fields and try again.
- Click Add Connection to finalize the connection.
Connector Configuration
This section contains all of the configurable connector properties.Settings Tab
Configuration
AMQP Message
JSON Composite Data Value Type
One Value Type option is JSON (Composite Data). The composite data JSON schema consists oftype-value objects, which hold an AMQP typename and a value. The syntax for a type-value object is:
Typenames must be lowercase in order to be parsed correctly.
Advanced Tab
Other Settings
Proxy Settings
These are a collection of settings that identify and authenticate to the proxy through which the connection should be routed. By default, this section uses the global settings on the Proxy Settings portion of the Security Settings page. Clear the checkbox to supply settings specific to your connector.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Proxy Type | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
| Proxy Host | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
| Proxy Port | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
| Proxy User | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
| Proxy Password | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Authentication Scheme | Leave the default None or choose from one of the following authentication schemes: Basic, Digest, Proprietary, or NTLM. |
Message
Message settings determine how the connector searches for messages and manages them after processing.
Note: The settings below are deprecated and hidden by default. They appear only on connectors where they were previously enabled or configured to a non-default value. To retain copies of successfully processed files, right-click the connector in the flow, choose Show Success Path, and connect the success path to a File connector.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Save to Sent Folder (Deprecated) | Copies files processed by the connector to the Sent folder. Disabled by default. Files saved to the Sent folder are not covered by Encryption at Rest. |
| Sent Folder Scheme (Deprecated) | Groups files in the Sent folder by the selected time interval. Only relevant when Save to Sent Folder is enabled. |
Logging
Settings that govern the creation and storage of logs.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Log Level | The verbosity of logs generated by the connector. When you request support, set this to Debug. |
| Log Subfolder Scheme | Instructs the connector to group files in the Logs folder according to the selected interval. The Weekly option (which is the default) instructs the connector to create a new subfolder each week and store all logs for the week in that folder. Leaving this setting blank tells the connector to save all logs directly in the Logs folder. For connectors that process many transactions, using subfolders helps keep logs organized and improves performance. |
| Log Messages | Check this to have the log entry for a processed file include a copy of the file itself. If you disable this, you might not be able to download a copy of the file from the Transactions tab. |
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous settings are for specific use cases.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Other Settings | Enables you to configure hidden connector settings in a semicolon-separated list (for example, setting1=value1;setting2=value2). Normal connector use cases and functionality should not require the use of these settings. |
Automation Tab
Automation Settings
Settings related to the automatic processing of files by the connector.Performance
Settings related to the allocation of resources to the connector.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Max Workers | The maximum number of worker threads consumed from the threadpool to process files on this connector. If set, this overrides the default setting on the Performance Settings portion of the Advanced Settings page. |
| Max Files | The maximum number of files sent by each thread assigned to the connector. If set, this overrides the default setting on the Performance Settings portion of the Advanced Settings page. |
Alerts Tab
SLAs Tab
Logs Tab
The Logs tab lists the service logs generated by this connector. Each row represents a log file and shows its date modified, file name, size, and status. Use the search bar or the status filter to find a specific log, click a file name to preview or download it, or click Download All Logs to download all of them as a single zip file.