Peer access point settings

Peer access point settings

To configure a peer access point, from the admin console, click...

Servers > Core Groups > Core group bridge settings > Access point groups > access_point_group_name > Peer access points > peer_access_point_name > Show detail
Each peer access point is used to communicate with core groups in other cells. A peer access point corresponds to a core group access point in the peer cell. The peer access point communication settings are specified using one or more peer endpoints or a proxy peer.

A peer access point must contain either peer ports or a proxy peer access point, but not both. When the peer access point is directly accessible within its access point group, specify peer ports. When the peer access point can be reached only indirectly, use a proxy peer access point. A proxy peer access point is used to identify the communication settings for the peer access point that cannot be accessed directly. The proxy peer access point specifies a peer access point that can communicate with the appropriate destination core group. The specified proxy peer access point must be a peer access point that has defined ports.

Name

Name of the peer access point. The name must be unique within the local cell.

Remote cell name

Name of the remote cell in which the peer access point resides.

This property is case sensitive. The value we specify must exactly match the name of the cell in which the peer access point resides. For example, if WASCell05 is the name of the cell containing the peer access point, specify WASCell05 as the value for this property. If we specify wascell05 as the value for this property, communication between the two core groups is not established.

Remote cell core group name

Name of the core group in the remote cell to which the peer access point belongs.

Remote cell core group access point name

Name of the core group access point that is in the remote cell.

Information Value
default defaultCoreGroupAccessPoint

Use peer ports

When selected, specifies that we are using peer ports instead of a proxy peer access point. Use peer ports when the peer access point is directly accessible within its access point group. Click Peer ports to specify the peer ports for the peer access point.

Use proxy peer access point

When selected, specifies that we are using a proxy peer access point instead of peer ports. A proxy peer is defined when the peer access point can be reached only indirectly through another peer access point. A proxy peer is used to identify the communication settings for the peer access point that cannot be accessed directly. The proxy peer specifies a peer access point that can communicate with the destination core group. The specified proxy peer must be a peer access point that has defined peer ports.

When we select this type of peer addressability, we must also select a proxy peer access point from the list of available proxy peer access points.

Cell-level access

Level of access that a server from another cell is given to the local cell when that server uses this access point to establish communication with the local cell.

Full access Enables the communicating server to read data from and write data to the local cell. This level of access is appropriate if there is no reason to restrict read or write access to the local cell.
Read only Enable the communicating server to read data from the local cell. Prevent that server from writing data to the local cell. This level of access is appropriate if applications running in other core groups need to access data contained in the local cell but we want to make sure that the data stored on the local cell is not changed.
Write only Enable the communicating server to write data to the local cell. Prevent that server from reading data from the local cell. This level of access is appropriate if applications running in other core groups need to write data to the local cell, but the data stored on the local cell is sensitive. For example, the local cell might contain customer account numbers, and we do not want applications that resides outside of the local cell to read this information.

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Full access	Enables the communicating server to read data from and write data to the local cell. This level of access is appropriate if there is no reason to restrict read or write access to the local cell.
Read only	Enable the communicating server to read data from the local cell. Prevent that server from writing data to the local cell. This level of access is appropriate if applications running in other core groups need to access data contained in the local cell but we want to make sure that the data stored on the local cell is not changed.
Write only	Enable the communicating server to write data to the local cell. Prevent that server from reading data from the local cell. This level of access is appropriate if applications running in other core groups need to write data to the local cell, but the data stored on the local cell is sensitive. For example, the local cell might contain customer account numbers, and we do not want applications that resides outside of the local cell to read this information.