Oracle AS B2B - Various Features in FTP Adapter (FTPS, SFTP...)

As part of the Oracle AS B2B 10.1.2.0.2 FTP adapter offering following features are supported. FTP Protocol forms part of the Generic Exchange Plugin.

1. Basic FTP

Identification of Trading Partner Criterion is slightly different for Internal and External Delivery channel, even though identification is based on the "Name" in both of this cases.

a. For External Delivery Channel.

i. Identification of Trading Partner is based on the name of the file and the name shoud follow the patterns as nameOfTP_UniqueID.

ii.Identification of Trading Partneris based on the name of the Directory. To enable this it is required to set

oracle.tip.adapter.b2b.allTPInOneDirectory= True as part of tip.properties setting.

b. For Internal Delivery Channel.

The identification of Trading partner and the Document is based on the name of the file and should follow the pattern as
TradingPartner_DocumentType_Revision_msgType_msgId_replytoMsgID_extension.xml


2. FTPS : FTP OVer SSL

Download any of the FTP server which can be configured to FTPS such as FIlezilla. Configure FTP server for FTPS as per the FTP server documentation. The SSL configuration is driven by the value of parameter "Channel mask" , please use it accordingly.


Oracle AS B2B Configurtion:

1. Depending on the mode of data transfer i.e Active/Passive , specify the data port for Active configuration and no data port for passive mode. Control port is there for both the mode and by default B2B considers this to be 21, there is a need to
mention it for any deviation.

2. Receiver Channel Mask (Host) : Depending on whether No channel encrypted, data channel to be encrypted , Control Channel to be encrypted or Both control and Data channel to be encrypted specity none, Data, Control or Both accordingly.

2. Sender Channel Mask (Trading Partner) : Depending on whether No channel encrypted, data channel to be encrypted , Control Channel to be encrypted or Both control and Data channel to be encrypted specity none, Data, Control or Both accordingly.

Refer to the user guide for FTP Transport configuration.


3. SFTP(New Feature available as part of latest B2B patch # 6353697)

P.S If SFTP protocol is not seeded , please seed it using

%ORACLE_HOME%\jdk\bin\java oracle.tip.seed.SFTPSeedDriver

SFTP implementation has been provided for Oracle B2B 10.1.2.0.2 version. This enables B2B to send and receive payload files over SFTP (SSH FTP) protocol.

SFTP protocol support added for both external trading partners and internal applications communications. The naming conventions of the payload files are in-line with File and FTP adapters.

Proxy support provided (HTTP)

Authentication Support :
Password based authentication – username/password combination authentication

Public key authentication – authenticating the identity based on the public key

create a key pair using OpenSSL keygen tool and the Public key need to be installed in the server. and the private keys fully qualified file location has to be specified in Private Key file and the passphrase has to be provide in Prive Key Pass phrase.

If the passphrase is present in the FTP configuration, B2B engine considers the password based Authentication else key based Authentication otherwise it is key based Authentication.