Testing Remote Delta Link Integrity 

Applicable to: remote delta links

Use

You can use the Remote Delta Link test to check the readiness and integrity of the remote delta link (RDL) configuration on your consumer portal. You can use the test before the content administrator consumes remote content from a producer portal or if you are experiencing problems at runtime or design time. You must run the test separately for each remote producer portal that you want to consume content from.

The test checks various aspects of RDL-related configuration and functionality. For example, it:

●      Checks the validity of the RMI-P4 communication with the remote producer

●      Checks the registration of the local consumer with the remote producer

●      Validates the trust configuration between the local consumer and the remote producer

●      Validates the SOAP configuration

●      Checks the locally defined HTTP/ HTTPS properties that reference the remote producer portal

●      Compares the proxy service properties with Java Virtual Machine (JVM) system properties

●      Tests the RDL synchronization mechanism

●      Simulates the copying of a remote object to the local consumer

Prerequisites

·        You have access to the federated portal administration tools in the standard System Admin role on your portal.

·        You have created a producer object that represents the remote system (see Adding Producers).

·        You have been assigned at least administrator read-write permission to the producer object.

The producer may inherit the permission assigned to its parent folder in the Portal Catalog. For example, the NetWeaver Content Producers folder.

·        You have defined the HTTP/ HTTPS properties of the remote producer in the producer object. This configuration is needed for the SOAP validation.

·        You have successfully tested the connection to the remote producer using the Producer Connection test (see Testing the Connection to a Producer).

Procedure

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       1.      In the consumer portal, launch the System Connection Tests tool as follows:

¡        If you are currently editing the producer object that represents the remote producer portal with which you want to test your RDL configuration, then from the Display dropdown list in the object editor toolbar, select Connection Tests.

¡        If you are not editing producer object, then do the following:

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                                                  i.       Navigate to System Administration → Federated Portal → Myself as Content Consumer → Manage My Producers.

                                                ii.       In the Portal Catalog, navigate to the producer object that represents the remote producer portal with which you want to test your RDL configuration.

                                               iii.       In the context menu of the producer object, choose Open → Connection Tests in the context menu.

The System Connection Tests tool is displayed.

       2.      In the row of the Remote Delta Link test, choose Configure test settings.

       3.      In the Configuration Settings of Remote Delta Link Test window, enter the logon credentials of an administrator on the remote producer portal.

       4.      Choose OK.

       5.      Select the checkbox of the Remote Delta Link test.

The checkbox is available only after you enter the configuration settings of the RDL test.

       6.      Choose Test.

The details of the test and the results are displayed on the screen.

If one of the checks in the Remote Delta Link test fail, then the remaining checks are not executed.