Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Administer applications and their environment > Administer web services (generally applicable) > Manage web services policy sets
Export policy sets
We can export policy sets between a client and a provider or between servers . Before you begin this task, select the policy set to be exported. Read about the application policy sets collection and exporting policy sets to client or server environments using wsadmin. Static export is used in development environment to exchange a policy sets between a client and a provider. We can also export between servers. The exported format is a .zip file.
Procedure
- From the administrative console navigation, click Services > Policy sets > Application policy sets or Services > Policy sets > System policy sets. The Application policy sets collection page displays a listing of the custom and default policy sets. Custom policy sets are displayed only if we have created them. If we have not created a custom policy set, then only the default policy sets are displayed.
- From the Application policy sets panel, select a policy set and click Export.
- Locate the export archive file. From the Export policy set archive file settings panel, click the archive file to export.
- Choose a location to export the file. Do not export the file to a browser.
Results
When you finish this task, the policy set archive file has been exported to the location you specified.
Example
If we have a policy set, ABC_ps and you want to move it from ServerA to ClientA, you can use the export function. The export policy set can be used by importing it into another application server. Read about the command task for importing an exported policy set compression file.
What to do next
We can import the policy set to reuse it.
Import and exporting policy sets to client or server environments using wsadmin.sh
Manage policy sets
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Application policy sets collection