Policies applied settings

Use this pane to view and change whether the policy configuration of a WebSphere® Application Server service client is configured dynamically, based on the policies supported by its service provider. You can view or change how the client obtains the policy of the service provider; the client can use an HTTP Get request or a Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange) request. You can specify a policy set and binding to provide message-level security for WS-MetadataExchange.

To view this administrative console page for an application or service, complete the following steps. The application must be a Web services service client.
  1. Click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications > service_client_application_name > [Web Services Properties] Service client policy sets and bindings .
  2. Select the link in the Policies Applied column for the application or service you require.
To view this administrative console page for a service, complete the following steps:
  1. Click Services > Service clients > service_name.
  2. Select the link in the Policies Applied column for the service. The link is available if the service or the parent application has a policy set attached.

Depending on your assigned security role when security is enabled, you might not have access to text entry fields or buttons to create or edit configuration data. Review the administrative roles documentation to learn more about the valid roles for the application server.

Apply the following policies

Specifies whether the client policy is based on the policy of the service provider, and how that policy is used.

Select from the following options:

HTTP GET request

Click HTTP GET request to obtain the policy of the service provider by using an HTTP Get request. The policy configuration must be in WS-PolicyAttachments format in the WSDL of the service provider.

This option is available when Apply the following policies is set to Client and provider policy or Provider policy only.

By default, the HTTP Get request is targeted at the URL for each service endpoint followed by ?WSDL.

Use the default request target

When you apply a policy to a service, click Use the default request target to target the HTTP Get request at the URL for each service endpoint followed by ?WSDL.

This option is available when HTTP GET request is selected and you apply a policy to a service.

When you apply a policy to an application, this option is not available.

Specify request target

When you apply a policy to a service, click Specify request target to change the target for acquiring provider policy using an HTTP Get request. Enter the URL for the location of the provider policy in the field.

This option is available when HTTP GET request is selected and you apply a policy to a service.

When you apply a policy to an application, this option is not available.

WS-MetadataExchange request

Click WS-MetadataExchange to obtain the policy of the service provider by using a WS-MetadataExchange GetMetadata request. The policy configuration must be in WS-PolicyAttachments format in the WSDL of the service provider.

This option is available when Apply the following policies is set to Client and provider policy or Provider policy only.

Attach a system policy set to the WS-MetadataExchange

Select Attach a system policy set to the WS-MetadataExchange to set message-level security for the WS-MetadataExchange request. By default, this option is not selected and the transport policy of the application is used. This option is available when WS-MetadataExchange is selected.

When Attach a system policy set to the WS-MetadataExchange is selected, the Policy set and Binding lists are available. If you select Attach a system policy set to the WS-MetadataExchange, you must also select a policy set and a binding.

Policy set

Select the policy set you require from the list to provide message-level security for the WS-MetadataExchange request. You can select from system policy sets that contain only WS-Security policies, only WS-Addressing policies, or both. The default policy set is SystemWSSecurityDefault.

System policy sets are used for system messages that are not business-related, for example, messages that apply qualities of service (QoS), including the messages that are defined in the WS-MetadataExchange protocol.

Note that any transport policy of the application is always used.

This option is available when Attach a system policy set to the WS-MetadataExchange is selected.

Binding

Select the binding you require from the list to provide message level security for the WS-MetadataExchange request. You can select from general bindings that are scoped to the global domain or scoped to the security domain of this service.

This option is available when Attach a system policy set to the WS-MetadataExchange is selected.




Related concepts
Web service clients and policy configuration to use the service provider policy
Related tasks
Configuring system policy sets using the administrative console
Defining and managing service client or provider bindings
Configuring the client policy to use a service provider policy
Related reference
Service client policy set and bindings collection
Service client settings
Policy sharing settings
Administrative console buttons
Administrative console preference settings
Administrative roles
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