Admin Console Tasks for IIOP Listeners

• To create an IIOP listener

• To edit an IIOP listener

• To delete an IIOP listener

To create an IIOP listener

1. In the tree component, expand the Configurations node.

2. Select the instance to configure:

   • To configure a particular instance, select the instance’s config node. For example, for the default instance, server, select the server-config node.

   • To configure the default settings for future instances that use a copy of default-config, select the default-config node.

3. Expand the ORB node.

4. Select IIOP Listeners.

5. Click New.

6. Enter a name to identify the listener in the Name field.

7. Enter the network address of the listener in the Network Address field.

   This can be an IP address or a DNS resolvable host name.

8. In the Listener Port field, enter the port number upon which the listener is to listen.

9. Check the Enabled box in the Listener field to enable the listener.

10. In the Additional Properties area, provide values for properties required by applications.

11. To create a listener:

    • To create a listener that is not secure, click OK.

    • To set up a secure listener, do the following:

      1. Check the Enabled box in the Security field.

      2. To force clients to authenticate themselves to the server when using this listener, check the Enabled box in the Client Authentication field.

      3. Enter the name of an existing server key pair and certificate in the Certificate NickName field.

      4. In the SSL3/TLS section:

         1. Check the security protocol(s) to enable on the listener. Check either SSL3 or TLS, or enable both protocols.

         2. Check the cipher suite used by the protocol(s).

            To enable all cipher suites, check All Supported Cipher Suites. You can also enable individual cipher suites.

      5. Click OK.

         The listener is now listed in the Current Listeners table on the IIOP Listeners page.

Equivalent asadmin commands

create-iiop-listener and create-ssl

To edit an IIOP listener

1. In the tree component, expand the Configurations node.

2. Select the instance to configure:

   • To configure a particular instance, select the instance’s config node. For example, for the default instance, server, select the server-config node.

   • To configure the default settings for future instances that use a copy of default-config, select the default-config node.

3. Expand the ORB node.

4. Select the IIOP Listeners node.

5. Select the listener to be modified in the Current Listeners table.

6. Modify the listener’s settings.

   See To create an IIOP listener for descriptions of the fields that are modifiable.

7. If you changed the port number of the listener, restart the server.

To delete an IIOP listener

1. In the tree component, expand the Configurations node.

2. Select the instance to configure:

   • To configure a particular instance, select the instance’s config node. For example, for the default instance, server, select the server-config node.

   • To configure the default settings for future instances that use a copy of default-config, select the default-config node.

3. Expand the ORB node.

4. Select the IIOP Listeners node.

5. Check the listener(s) to be deleted in the Current Listeners table.

6. Click Delete.

Equivalent asadmin command

delete-iiop-listener