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Establishing a PPSR government to business connection

What you need to know

If you have purchased a generic ‘off the shelf’ product from a third party software provider, then these steps below are not required. All testing of the application has already been completed by the third party provider. If you have any questions in relation to this, then please contact your software provider for further information or email technical.support@g2b.govt.nz.

Development of your Government to Business system

The PPSR Government to Business Specifications detail the technical requirements for the development of your Government to Business (G2B) system. Your software needs to meet these technical standards, in particular that it supports an HTTP connection via SSL using digital client certificates.

If you have any queries during your development, or would like to report any problems or suggestions for improvement, please contact our technical support team.

Testing your Government to Business system

A few weeks before you are ready for testing, contact our technical support team to obtain the necessary technical information on how to communicate with our test environment and set up a test account.

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Connecting your Government to Business system

You must have the expertise to support HTTP connections via SSL using client certificates.

When you connect to the production database, it will be necessary to enter into a connection agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development (MED), which will indicate acceptance of the Ministry’s connection security policy, standards and procedures.

Each user will have to apply for a SSL client certificate from the Ministry. The certificate will be uniquely identified by its email address. The Ministry will supply users with details each time they access the G2B system via HTTP.

Arranging setup of your test account

Email technical.support@g2b.govt.nz requesting access to our PPSR test environment. (In order to gain access to this environment you must have completed a confidentiality agreement with the Ministry when you obtained the specification documents).
Our technical support team will set up your test G2B account for you.
Our technical support team will create a test digital certificate for you to use when accessing the test G2B system.
A confirmation email will be sent to you, containing information on how to access the test G2B system and the digital certificate created for you. An MED technical support person will contact you to inform you of the password for the digital certificate. You will then be able to start testing your G2B software.