Compatible configurations

Compatible connection scenarios where an IBM MQ client or queue manager communicates with MQIPT. The same or a second MQIPT route is used to communicate with a destination queue manager.

Compatible configurations with a single MQIPT route

We can use a single MQIPT route to communicate with IBM MQ.

The columns in Table 1 contain the following information:

1. The protocol used between IBM MQ and the MQIPT route. The connection can be created by either an IBM MQ client or queue manager, and can use either IBM MQ Formats and Protocols (FAP) or a SSL/TLS protocol.
2. The mode in which the MQIPT route operates. The format of the communication across the Internet between MQIPT and IBM MQ, is determined by the configuration of the MQIPT route. Note that where the table mentions SSL, we can also use TLS.
3. The protocol used between the MQIPT route and the destination queue manager.

Table 1. Valid configurations with a single instance of MQIPT

1. IBM MQ source protocol	2. Mode of the MQIPT route	3. IBM MQ destination protocol
FAP	FAP-proxy (default)	FAP
	FAP-server and SSL-client	SSL/TLS
SSL/TLS	SSL-proxy	SSL/TLS
	SSL-server and FAP-client	FAP
	SSL-server and SSL-client	SSL/TLS

Compatible configurations with more than one MQIPT route

You might choose to use more than one route, on one or more instances of MQIPT, to communicate with IBM MQ.

The columns in Table 2 contain the following information:

1. The protocol used between IBM MQ and the first MQIPT route. The connection can be created by either an IBM MQ client or queue manager, and can use either IBM MQ Formats and Protocols (FAP) or a SSL/TLS protocol.
2. The mode in which the first MQIPT route operates. The format of the communication across the Internet between MQIPT and IBM MQ, is determined by the configuration of the MQIPT route. Note that where the table mentions SSL, we can also use TLS.
3. The mode in which the second MQIPT route operates.
4. The protocol used between the second MQIPT route and the destination queue manager.

Table 2. Valid configurations with multiple instances of MQIPT

1. IBM MQ source protocol	2. Mode of the first MQIPT route	3. Mode of the second MQIPT route	4. IBM MQ destination protocol
FAP (default)	FAP-proxy (default)	FAP-proxy (default)	FAP
	FAP-server and SSL-client	SSL-proxy	SSL/TLS
		SSL-server and FAP-client	FAP
		SSL-server and SSL-client	SSL/TLS
	HTTP-client	HTTP-server and SSL-client	SSL/TLS
	HTTPS-client	HTTPS-server and SSL-client	SSL/TLS
	HTTP-client	HTTP-server	FAP
	HTTPS-client	HTTPS-server	FAP
SSL/TLS	SSL-proxy	SSL-proxy	SSL/TLS
		SSL-server and FAP-client	FAP
		SSL-server and SSL-client	SSL/TLS
	HTTP-client	HTTP-server	FAP
	HTTPS-client	HTTPS-server	SSL/TLS
	HTTP-client	HTTP-server and SSL-client	FAP
	HTTPS-client	HTTPS-server and SSL-client	SSL/TLS