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Once the sending and receiving SSMs are configured and running correctly (this is not yet a trivial process), the details of this process are not important. If you are sending a message, put a file in the correct outgoing directory and it will disappear. It will promptly appear in the incoming directory of the receiving SSM. | Once the sending and receiving SSMs are configured and running correctly (this is not yet a trivial process), the details of this process are not important. If you are sending a message, put a file in the correct outgoing directory and it will disappear. It will promptly appear in the incoming directory of the receiving SSM. | ||
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Revision as of 16:55, 17 December 2012
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These notes refer to SSM version 2. See APEL/SSM1Overview for notes on SSM1. Please send suggestions and queries to apel-admins@mailtalk.ac.uk.
Introduction
The Secure Stomp Messenger (SSM) is a python package designed to send arbitrary files using ActiveMQ and the STOMP protocol. Its key features are:
- It uses the underlying filesystem to store outgoing and / or incoming messages
- It sends arbitrary files from a client to a server SSM
- It can use any broker configured to use STOMP
- Files are signed and may be encrypted during transit using X509 certificates
Interface
The SSM is designed to have a simple interface, which isolates it from any other components it may be used with.
Very simplified version
- The sending and receiving SSMs are configured to communicate using a specified topic.
- A file is written to the sending SSM's 'outgoing' directory (by some other process) - see APEL/SSM2AddingFiles.
- The file disappears from outgoing directory.
- The file appears in receiving SSM's 'incoming' directory.
Once the sending and receiving SSMs are configured and running correctly (this is not yet a trivial process), the details of this process are not important. If you are sending a message, put a file in the correct outgoing directory and it will disappear. It will promptly appear in the incoming directory of the receiving SSM.