Creating a client channel definition table

We can create a client channel definition table for a queue manager to make it easier to connect instances of IBM MQ Explorer to the queue manager.

When you connect IBM MQ Explorer to the queue manager using the client channel definition table, the table provides all of the connection information and we do not need to know the connection details to connect to the queue manager.

The following instructions describe how to create a client channel definition table that can be used for connections secured by Transport Layer Security (TLS). To create a client channel definition table that does not use TLS, just skip the steps about configuring TLS.

To create a client channel definition table, perform the following tasks on the computer that hosts the remote queue manager:

Procedure

1. If you want to secure connections that use the client channel definition table, configure the queue manager for using TLS-enabled connections.
2. Create a server-connection channel on the queue manager.
3. If you are using TLS, configure the server-connection channel to use TLS.
4. Create a client-connection channel, with the same name as the server-connection channel, on the queue manager.
5. If you are using TLS, configure the client-connection channel to use TLS. If we have configured the server-connection channel to use TLS, you must also configure the client-connection channel to match.
6. Move the queue manager's client channel definition table to the computer from which you want to connect to the queue manager (the computer on which IBM MQ Explorer is installed). For example, use FTP to transfer the file between the two computers.

Results