PGP (Beta) connection

Introduction

A PGP (Beta) connection, created using the PGP (Beta) connector, allows for the encryption and decryption of files in compliance with the OpenPGP encryption standard. Once a connection is configured, you can create instances of PGP (Beta) activities associated with that connection to be used either as sources (to provide data in an operation) or as targets (to consume data in an operation).

Create or edit a PGP (Beta) connection

A new PGP (Beta) connection is created using the PGP (Beta) connector from one of these locations:

• The design component palette's Project endpoints and connectors tab (see Design component palette).
• The Global Endpoints page (see Create a global endpoint in Global Endpoints).

An existing PGP (Beta) connection can be edited from these locations:

• The design component palette's Project endpoints and connectors tab (see Design Component Palette).
• The project pane's Components tab (see Component actions menu in Project pane Components tab).
• The Global Endpoints page (see Edit a global endpoint in Global Endpoints).

Configure a PGP (Beta) connection

Each user interface element of the PGP (Beta) connection configuration screen is described below.

• Connection name: Enter a name to use to identify the connection. The name must be unique for each PGP (Beta) connection and must not contain forward slashes / or colons :. This name is also used to identify the PGP (Beta) endpoint, which refers to both a specific connection and its activities.

• Test: Click to verify the connection using the specified configuration. When the connection is tested, the latest version of the connector is downloaded by the agent(s) in the agent group associated with the current environment. This connector supports suspending the download of the latest connector version by using the Disable Auto Connector Update organization policy.

• Save Changes: Click to save and close the connection configuration.

• Discard Changes: After making changes to a new or existing configuration, click to close the configuration without saving. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.

• Delete: After opening an existing connection configuration, click to permanently delete the connection from the project and close the configuration (see Component dependencies, deletion, and removal). A message asks you to confirm that you want to delete the connection.

Next steps

After a PGP (Beta) connection has been created, you place an activity type on the design canvas to create activity instances to be used either as sources (to provide data in an operation) or as targets (to consume data in an operation).

Menu actions for a connection and its activity types are accessible from the project pane and design component palette. For details, see Actions menus in Connector Basics.

These activity types are available:

• Encrypt: Encrypts files and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.

• Decrypt: Decrypts files and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.