Configure Security Services for Replication Server

Learn what network-based security features Replication Server parameters provide.

You set default parameters in the rs_init program during system configuration. Refer to the Replication Server Configuration Guide for your platform for information about rs_init. This section describes how you set these parameters at the command line.

• Identify Replication Server Pathways
  Replication Server coordinates data replication activities for local data servers and exchanges data with Replication Servers and data servers at other sites. Learn the Replication Server pathways for which you can configure network-based security.
• Security Configuration Parameters
  Replicaton Server provides security configuration parameters generally available for all pathways.
• Plan for Compatible Settings
  When you set up network-based security, you must plan for the interaction between security settings at each end of the secured pathway. Security settings at both ends of each pathway must be compatible.
• Configure Default Values
  Use configure replication server to establish default security settings for all outgoing logins (when Replication Server acts as a client) and incoming logins (when Replication Server acts as a server).
• Configure Security for the Connection to the RSSD
  At startup, Replication Server contacts the RSSD for configuration information. Secure the pathway from Replication Server to RSSD using network-based security.
• Configure Security for Database Connections
  Use create connection or alter connection to configure security for individual connections.
• Configure Security for Routes
  Use create route or alter route to configure security for individual routes.
• Configure Security to the ID Server
  Use configure replication server to configure network-based security for the network connection from Replication Server to ID Server.
• Log in to Replication Server
  Connect to Replication Server using a client application such as isql or a custom application program you create with Open Client Client-Library.
• Replication Server Borrows Security Settings to Secure Other Pathways
  The security services you use when logging in to Replication Server from the command line not only secure the pathway between the client and the server, they may also be duplicated later on in the session when Replication Server opens other pathways.