In the WebSphere Application Server, each application server has a copy of the ws-security.xml file, which defines the default binding information for Web services security. The following list contains the defaults defined in the ws-security.xml file:
If the Web services security constraints specified in the deployment descriptors and the required bindings are not defined in the bindings file, the default constraints in the ws-security.xml file are used.
When you use the addNode command, the ws-security.xml file is added with the server configuration to the new cell. The following figure shows the activity when you use the addNode command.