Configure additional HTTP transport properties using the JVM custom property panel in the console

 

This topic explains how to configure additional HTTP transport properties with the JVM custom properties panel in the console.

 

Overview

This task is one of three ways that you can configure additional HTTP transport properties for a Web Service acting as a client to another Web service. You can also configure the additional HTTP transport properties in the following ways:

• Configure the properties with an assembly tool

• Configure the properties using the wsadmin command-line tool

To programmatically configure the properties using the Java API XML-based Remote Procedure Call (JAX-RPC) programming model, review the JAX-RPC specification that is available through Web services: Resources for learning. See Additional HTTP transport properties for Web services applications for more information about the following properties that you can configure:

• com.ibm.websphere.webservices.http.requestContentEncoding

• com.ibm.websphere.webservices.http.responseContentEncoding

• com.ibm.websphere.webservices.http.connectionKeepAlive

• com.ibm.websphere.webservices.http.requestResendEnabled

• http.proxyHost

• http.proxyPort

• https.proxyHost

• https.proxyPort

These additional properties are configured for Web services applications that use the HTTP protocol. The properties affect the content encoding of the message in the HTTP request, the HTTP response, the HTTP connection persistence and the behavior of an HTTP request that is resent after a java.net.ConnectException error occurs when there is a read time-out.

Configure the additional HTTP properties with the console with the following steps provided in this task section:

 

Procedure

1. Open the console.

   1. Click Servers > Application Servers > server > Java and Process Management > Process Definition > Java Virtual Machine > Custom Properties.

2. (Optional) If the property is not listed, create a new property name.

3. Enter the name and value.

4. (Optional) Accept the redirection of the HTTP request to a different URI in HTTPS. A redirection of the HTTP request to a different URI in HTTPS can occur if the transport guarantee of CONFIDENTIAL or INTEGRAL is configured in the application. To accept the redirection, you can do either of the following tasks:

   • Set the com.ibm.ws.webservices.HttpRedirectEnabled Java system property to true.

   • Programmatically set the com.ibm.wsspi.webservices.Constants.HTTP_REDIRECT_ENABLED property to true in the stub or call object before invoking the service.

 

Results

You have configured HTTP transport properties for a Web services application.

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