Use this panel to create and manage policy sets. A policy set is a named collection of policies. System policy sets, or assertions about how services are defined, are used to configure access to the trust service.
There are two main types of policy sets; application policy sets and system policy sets. Application policy sets are used for business-related assertions. These assertions are related to the business operations that are defined in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file. System policy sets, on the other hand, are used for non-business-related system messages. These messages are defined in other specifications which apply qualities of service (QoS). Examples of QoS are the request security token (RST) messages that are defined in WS-Trust, the create sequence messages that are defined in WS-Reliable Messaging, and the metadata exchange messages defined by WS-MetadataExchange.
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.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.
Provides a check box next to the name of an existing system policy set that you want to select for further actions.
To manage existing system policy sets, select the check box for a system policy set and then select one of the following actions:
Actions | Description |
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Delete | Removes one or more selected system policy sets. |
Copy | Opens a new panel where you can create a copy of the selected existing policy set. Provide a unique name and, optionally, a description for the copied policy set. You must also specify whether to transfer the attachment and binding from the original version to the copy. You can select only one policy set to be copied at one time. |
Import | Imports a policy set. This is a menu item with the option of importing a policy set from a default repository or a selected location. You can select and import the default policy sets from the default repository. The default repository for the import function in the administrative console is the directory which contains the default policy sets. The administrative console also displays the default policy sets in a list which includes descriptions, to allow you to select the desired policy set that you want to import. |
Export | Opens a new panel where you can export the selected policy set. You can select only one policy set to be exported at one time. |
Specifies to create and define a custom system policy set.
Provides a list of available system policy sets.
All custom system policy sets are also displayed in the list. Click the system policy set name to view additional details about the selected policy set.
Data type: | String |
Defaults: | TrustServiceSecurityDefault, TrustServiceSymmetricDefault or SystemWSSecurityDefault |
Provides information as to whether the system policy set can be edited.
Data type: | String |
Default: | Not editable |
Provides brief descriptions of the system policy sets that currently exist.
This column provides a brief description of the policy sets that are available. You cannot edit information for the default system policy sets. For custom policy sets that you create, you can create the description when you create the policy set. Or, you can edit any custom policy set and modify the description on the details panel at any time. The description field is optional.