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The B2BITS FIXEdge is a server application that provides FIX connectivity for standalone client applications. Client applications communicate with FIX Edge FIXEdge via one of the supported transport protocols (e.g. such as Simple Sockets, TIBCO, CORBA). FIXEdge can also be customized to use other connectivity bridges like CMS, ISE, INET, etc.

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FIXEdge supports the following platforms:

Windows
Linux RHEL/CentOS 67
Linux RHEL/CentOS 78

In case of any questions, direct them to the Support team: SupportFIXProducts@epam.com.

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The configuration of modern computers is usually enough to build a working system. However, the choice of particular configuration of hardware and software depends on the selected deployment scheme and FIXEdge performance requirements.

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The FIXEdge's license file can be obtained upon request to the Sales team. The license has an expiration date but it is possible to generate a perpetual license. License information is stored in the ‘engine.license’ file, it expected to be placed in the FIXEdge root directory. In order to apply new license, it is enough to replace the current file with a newer one and restart FIXEdge.

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A separate license file for FIXICC and FIXICC Agent is required for FIXdge versions of before 5.11.3

Please, refer to the How to update license files article for additional information.

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Set up the Echo Configuration to make sure that all components were deployed correctly. The test consists of sending a FIX message from FIX Client Simulator (aka Simple Client) to FIXEdge server and returning the same message back to Simple Client. The tool is based on .NET technologies and can be used to Simulate FIX buy and/or sell side endpoints.

To perform the test download the FIX Client Simulator and follow the instructions from the Echo Configuration between FIXEdge and SimpleClient article.

Configuration

Configure FIX Layer

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To configure FIXEdge according to the business needs, see FIXEdge Configuration.

Configure Transport Adaptors

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See how to configure Transport Adaptors in FIXEdge Transport Adaptors.

Configure FIX Integrated Control Center

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More information about FIXICC is presented in the FIXICC User Guide.

Management

FIXEdge can be managed from FIX Integrated Control Center (see FIXICC User Guide - Server level) or with the scripts to start/stop FIXEdge as a service/daemon. Also, there are additional options for FIXEdge for Windows.

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Sessions can be configured, started or stopped from FIX Integrated Control Center, see FIXICC User Guide - Session level.

Monitoring

FIXEdge can be monitored referring to log files or from the FIXICC application. Log files for each session are stored separately in the “FIXEdge/FIXEdge1/log” folder and can be viewed using any text editor/viewer. The 'FixEdge.log' file contains information about session creation, destruction, reconnection, license expiration date, etc.

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