Publishing Connectors

Overview

After creating a connector in ROMA Connect, you need to publish the connector so that ROMA Connect can connect to the deployed connector. ROMA Connect connects to the custom data source by a published connector instance, reading data from and writing data to the data source.

Prerequisites

• A connector has been developed and deployed offline. For details about how to develop the API for connecting a connector to ROMA Connect, see RESTful API Specifications of Connectors.
• A connector has been created in ROMA Connect, as described in Creating a Connector.

Procedure

1. Log in to the ROMA Connect console and choose Assets in the navigation pane on the left.
2. On the Connectors tab page, click Publish of the connector.
3. In the dialog box that is displayed, set related parameters and click OK.

   Table 1 Connector configuration

   Parameter	Description
   Instance Name	Enter a connector instance name. It is recommended that you enter a name based on naming rules to facilitate search.
   Connection Address	Access address of the deployed connector.
   Authentication Mode	Select the security authentication mode used for accessing the connector instance. For simplicity, select None. None: Access requests are not authenticated. AppKey: Access requests are authenticated using AppKey and AppSecret.
   AppKey	Enter the AppKey used for connector authentication.
   AppSecret	Enter the AppSecret used for connector authentication.

   

   Only connectors in the Editable state can be edited. Connectors in the Published state cannot be edited.