In case you do not have a connector yet, please review the options in the page >> How to Get a Connector
Step 1: Open "Connector Registration"
In the navigation section “Technical Setup”
Step 2: Click on "Register Connector"
Step 3: Select connector type
Select the connector type (default „Own company connector“. Managed Connector (CaaS) is only needed for service providers of managed EDC Connectors.)
Step 4: Enter the connector details
Select the option "Connect an already existing technical user" – select via the dropdown the previously created tech user and proceed with adding the Connector Name, Connector URL and Location.
⚠️ Before you submit: the Connector URL you enter must be the exact base path at which your connector exposes its DSP version metadata. You can verify this yourself before registering by appending /.well-known/dspace-version to your intended URL and checking the response:
curl -i {registered connector URL}/.well-known/dspace-versionA correctly configured connector returns HTTP 200/201 with a body listing supported protocol versions, e.g.:
json
{ "protocolVersions": [ { "version": "2025-1", "path": "/2025-1", "binding": "HTTPS" } ] }If this returns a 404 or times out, your connector isn't exposing the endpoint at that path yet and registering it as-is will leave you undiscoverable to other participants even though the registration itself succeeds. Resolve this on your connector side first, then proceed with registration.
You can refer to the standards here >> https://catenax-ev.github.io/docs/next/standards/CX-0018-DataspaceConnectivity#27-protocol-version-handling
(Most clients run the Tractus-X EDC reference implementation, where this base path is /api/v1/dsp as shown above. If you're running a different connector product, for example one built on an integration platform, your base path may differ. What matters is that the URL you register, with /.well-known/dspace-version appended, resolves successfully; the exact path is implementation-specific.)
Click on „Confirm“ & verify that the connector is ACTIVE. This may take up to 6 minutes; while the activation is running the connector will be in PENDING state.
For any questions, feel free to reach out to support@cofinity-x.com.
For more information about the EDC, please refer to our FAQ.
Other important steps to get successfully started: