Adding Public Configurations for Custom Backends

Overview

Global public configuration items, such as variables, passwords, and certificates, can be added for a custom backend. Besides, you can quickly reference the added configuration items in the JavaScript script of a function backend.

Procedure

1. Log in to the ROMA Connect console. On the Instances page, click View Console of an instance.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose API Connect > Custom Backends. On the Configurations page, click Add Configuration.
3. In the dialog box displayed, configure related information and click OK.

   Table 1 Public reference configurations

   Parameter	Description
   Configuration Name	Enter a configuration name.
   Integration Application	Select the integration application to which the configuration belongs.
   Configuration Type	Select a configuration type. The value can be Template variable, Password, or Certificate.
   Configuration Value	This parameter is available only when Configuration Type is set to Template variable or Password. Enter the template variable or password.
   Confirm Value	This parameter is available only when Configuration Type is set to Password. Enter the password again, which must be the same as the value of Configuration Value.
   Certificate	This parameter is available only when Configuration Type is set to Certificate. Enter the certificate in PEM format.
   Private Key	This parameter is available only when Configuration Type is set to Certificate. Enter the private key of the certificate in PEM format.
   Password	This parameter is available only when Configuration Type is set to Certificate. Enter the password of the certificate private key.
   Confirm Password	This parameter is available only when Configuration Type is set to Certificate. Enter the password of the certificate private key again, which must be the same as the value of Password.
   Description	Enter a description of the configuration.

4. Reference the configuration item in a backend function script.
   For a configuration item named example, the reference format of each type of configuration is as follows:

   • Template variable: #{example}
   • Password: CipherUtils.getPlainCipherText("example")
   • Certificate: CipherUtils.getPlainCertificate("example")