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Connect to Maximo
Configure IBM Maximo Application Suite 9 to publish asset, location, and work order changes to iMaintenance through Kafka.
Connect iMaintenance to Maximo
Set up the network paths between Maximo, Kafka, and iMaintenance.

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Introduction
Control network access, connect iMaintenance to SAP or Maximo, and initialize iMaintenance data and services.
Control Network Access to iMaintenance
Coordinate Innovapptive-managed inbound IP restrictions and customer-managed outbound domain access.
Connect to SAP
Prepare your SAP system, connect it to SAP BTP through Cloud Connector, and expose and secure its APIs in SAP API Management.
Connect to Maximo
Configure IBM Maximo Application Suite 9 to publish asset, location, and work order changes to iMaintenance through Kafka.
- Check Maximo Prerequisites
  Check MAS 9 integration access and collect the Kafka settings and site values needed for the deployment.
- Set Up Maximo Integration Components
  Create the Maximo objects, event channels, and Kafka configuration used by the iMaintenance integration.
- Connect iMaintenance to Maximo
  Set up the network paths between Maximo, Kafka, and iMaintenance.
- Expose and Secure Maximo APIs
  Secure the Maximo API access that iMaintenance uses with the integration user API key and object structure security.
- Verify the Maximo Connection
  Check the Maximo integration configuration and complete the connection tests supplied for the deployment.
Initialize iMaintenance
Initialize iMaintenance data, run backend data ingestion and field mapping, and prepare application services and scheduled jobs.
Troubleshoot Deployment Issues
Resolve the documented SAP OData metadata issue and trace missing Shift Handover Alerts and IMES data.

Connect iMaintenance to Maximo

Set up the network paths between Maximo, Kafka, and iMaintenance.

Path	From	To	Protocol	Credentials
Maximo events	Maximo (MAS)	`<bootstrap-server>:<port>`	Kafka over TLS (`SASL_SSL`, `SCRAM-SHA-512`)	Kafka user and certificate from the Innovapptive infrastructure team
Maximo API calls	iMaintenance	`<maximo-base-url>`	HTTPS	Maximo API key of the integration user

Allow the Kafka connection from Maximo to the bootstrap server and port in the customer network. This is a TCP connection; the AWS WAF IP allowlisting in Control Network Access to iMaintenance applies to HTTPS traffic to iMaintenance.