Starting the Responder

When you select the Start Responder option, you can start all three MFT Platform Server Responder programs.

Prerequisites

You must have a high security level to start all three MFT Platform Server Responder programs. MFT Platform Server Responder programs server job names are:
  • CFRESP secure non-TLS server
  • CFRESPTLS secure TLS server
  • CFRESPTUN secure TLS Tunnel server

Procedure

  1. Enter the command GO CFADM on the command line.
  2. In the Administration Main Menu that opens, enter 7 on the command line.
  3. In the Responder Menu that opens, enter 1 on the command line.
    Tip: Alternatively, enter the command CFSTRRSP on the command line.
    From the Start Responder command,
    • To start only the secure non-TLS responder, set the Start TLS Responder parameter to *NO.
    • To start only the secure TLS responder, set the Start TLS Responder parameter to *YES and set the TLS Protocol Type parameter to *TLS.
    • To start only the secure TLS tunnel responder, set the Start TLS Responder parameter to *YES and set the TLS Protocol Type parameter to *TUNNEL.
    • To start both the secure TLS and secure TLS tunnel responders, set the Start TLS Responder parameter to *YES and set the TLS Protocol Type parameter to *BOTH.
    • To start both secure non-TLS and secure TLS responders, set the Start TLS Responder parameter to *BOTH and set the TLS Protocol Type parameter to *TLS.
    • To start both secure non-TLS and secure TLS tunnel responders, set the Start TLS Responder parameter to *BOTH and set the TLS Protocol Type parameter to *TUNNEL.
    • To start all three secure non-TLS and secure TLS and secure TLS tunnel responders, set the Start TLS Responder parameter to *BOTH and set the TLS Protocol Type parameter to *BOTH.

    The default secure non-TLS port is 46464. The default secure TLS port is 56565. The default secure TLS tunnel port is 58585.

    When the MFT Platform Server Responder programs are started, the Responder programs are submitted to batch in the subsystem called QSYSWRK. The job names are CFRESP secure non-TLS server, CFRESPTLS secure TLS server, and CFRESPTUN secure TLS tunnel server. And the user profile that is assigned to the programs process is MFTPLATvvv product library, where vvv denotes the version number of TIBCO MFT Platform Server for IBM i.

  4. Enter values in the parameter fields as required. For parameter descriptions, see the Start Responder Parameters section.