Set service client or provider bindings
Overview
Service client or provider bindings can be reused across policy set attachments.
We can assign a binding to a service provider resource that...
- Hase a policy set
- Does not have an inherited attachment
To assign a binding to such a service provider resource, first attach a policy set to the resource.
We cannot assign a binding to a service client resource that does not have an effective policy configuration or has an inherited policy attachment.
To assign a binding to such a service client resource, first attach a policy set or specify the use of the provider policy.
In V7.0, there are two types of bindings...
- Application specific binding
We can create application specific bindings only at a policy set attachment point. These bindings are specific to and defined by the characteristics of the policy. Application specific bindings are capable of providing configuration for advanced policy requirements, such as multiple signatures; however, these bindings are only reusable within an application. Furthermore, application specific bindings have limited reuse across policy sets.
By creating an application specific binding for a policy set attachment, the binding begins in an unconfigured state. You must add each policy, such as WS-Security or HTTP transport, to override the default binding and fully configure the bindings for each policy that we have added.
For WS-Security policy, some high level configuration attributes such as TokenConsumer, TokenGenerator, SigningInfo, or EncryptionInfo might be obtained from the default bindings if they are not configured in the application specific bindings.
For service providers, we can only create application specific bindings by selecting...
Assign Binding | New | Application Specific Binding for service provider
Resources that have an attached policy set. Similarly, for service clients, we can only create application specific bindings by selecting...
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Assign Binding | New Application Specific Binding
...for service client resources that have an attached policy set.
- General bindings
General bindings are new for V7.0. These bindings can be configured to be used across a range of policy sets and can be reused across applications and for trust service attachments. Though general bindings are highly reusable, they do not provide configuration for advanced policy requirements, such as multiple signatures.
There are two types of general bindings:
- General provider policy set bindings
- General client policy set bindings
The general bindings that are included with WAS are provider and client sample bindings. Do not use these bindings in their current state in a production environment. However, if they were modified to contain non-sample data, they could be used in a production environment.
Depending on the assigned security role when security is enabled, we 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 appserver.
Define general client or provider policy set bindings
- To create a new general client or provider policy set binding or to manage the binding configuration from the admin console, click...
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Services | Policy sets | General client policy set bindings | New
...or...
Services | Policy sets | General provider policy set bindings | New
Use the resulting detail panel to create a new client or provider policy set binding.
- To copy a specific policy set binding, select the binding name from the table and click Copy.
- To import a client or provider policy set binding, click Import.
Use the importing policy set bindings using the admin console to complete the import task that you select.
- To export a client or provider policy set binding, select the binding name from the table, and click Export.
- To delete a policy set binding, select the binding name from the table, and click Delete.
Related tasks
Service client or provider policy set bindings collection
Create new or configuring existing general binding settings
Attach a policy set to a service artifact
Importing policy set bindings
Set policy set bindings
Export policy sets bindings settings
Copy policy set binding settings
Delete policy set bindings
Administrative roles