This page provides an introduction to peering's core concepts which are relevant to Peer Manager.
Peer connections
The building block of peering, peer connections between two spaces define the type and security requirements of data peered as well as the connection's directionality.
Data types
Peer connections support the import and export of Foundry objects, object sets configured in Object Explorer, and Artifacts. When creating a peer connection, platform administrators set the data types and directionality enabled by the connection.
Security
Users can only view and manage a peer connection if they can view and manage the associated local space. A peer connection's security protects the data peered via the connection, as only data which satisfies the peer connection's security requirements may peer using that connection.
Systems
Each space exists as part of a system, which is an instance of Foundry. You can establish peer connections between spaces on the same system to form a local connection or between spaces on separate systems to form a remote connection.
Peering jobs
Peer Manager sends data between systems via peering jobs. Each job corresponds to a specific data type sent in a particular direction. Peer Manager enumerates all jobs for a given connection in the connection's Overview page.