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Export policy sets using the administrative console

We can export policy sets between a client and a provider or between servers using the administrative console.

Before beginning 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 .

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.

  1. 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.

  2. From the Application policy sets panel, select a policy set and click Export.

  3. Locate the export archive file. From the Export policy set archive file settings panel, click the archive file to export.

  4. 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 specified.


Example

If we have a policy set, ABC_ps and to move it from ServerA to ClientA, we 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.


Related tasks

  • Import and exporting policy sets to client or server environments

  • Application policy sets collection