To establish a new Digital Server Connection from UX Studio to a B2C Commerce sandbox, a developer must provide three key pieces of information. First, the Instance Hostname (e.g., devxx-eu01-dw.demandware.net) is required to identify and locate the server. Second, the Instance Version is crucial for ensuring compatibility between UX Studio and the B2C Commerce platform APIs. Third, connections to sandboxes require client-side certificate authentication for security. The developer's client certificate is stored in a keystore file, which is password-protected. Therefore, the Keystore Password is mandatory to unlock the certificate and authenticate the connection.

1. Salesforce B2C Commerce Infocenter

"Set Up a Server Connection in UX Studio": This official documentation outlines the required fields in the "New Server Connection" dialog. It explicitly states

"When you connect to a sandbox

you must use a client certificate for authentication

" and lists "Host Name

" "Version

" and "Keystore Password" as required fields in this context.

2. Salesforce B2C Commerce Developer Documentation

"Get Started with B2C Commerce Development": This guide details the initial setup for developers. In the section on configuring UX Studio

it emphasizes the necessity of obtaining a client certificate and using it to connect to a sandbox instance

reinforcing the requirement for the keystore and its associated password. (Reference: Get Started on the Commerce Cloud Platform Trailhead Module

"Set Up Your Local Workspace" unit).