Import and exporting policy sets to client or server environments

Use wsadmin.sh, which supports the Jython and Jacl scripting languages, to export and import application or system policy sets for web services. The exportPolicySet command creates an archive file based on the policy set configuration, and the importPolicySet command imports a default policy set or policy set from an archive file.

When administrative security is enabled, verify that you use the correct administrative role, as the following table describes:

administrative roles and associated authorization when administrative

Administrative role	Authorization
Administrator	The Administrator role must have cell-wide access to import and export policy sets.
Configurator	The Configurator role cannot import and export policy sets.
Deployer	The Deployer role cannot import and export policy sets.
Operator	The Operator role cannot import and export policy sets.
Monitor	The Monitor role cannot import and export policy sets.

Use the exportPolicySet and importPolicySet commands to exchange system or application policy sets between servers or between a client and a provider. To reuse a policy set on a new server or client, export the policy set to an archive file, then import the archive file on the destination server or client. Examples for exporting a policy set, importing a policy set from an archive file, and importing a default policy set are provided.

• Export an application or system policy set to an archive file.

  Use the exportPolicySet command to create an archive file for the policy set of interest. For example, the following command creates the customSC.zip archive file in the C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\PolicySets\ directory for the customSecureConversation policy set:

  AdminTask.exportPolicySet('[-policySet customSecureConversation -pathName C:/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/PolicySets/customSC.zip]')

• Move the policy set archive file to the destination environment.

  If we are exporting the policy set to a client environment, then place the archive file on the classpath of the client.

• Import a policy set from an archive file or import a default policy set.

  Use the importPolicySet command to import the archive file containing the policy set configuration of interest to the destination environment. We cannot import a policy set onto a server or client environment if the policy set already exists in the destination environment.

  For example, the following command creates a customSecureConversation policy set from the customSC.zip archive file:

  AdminTask.importPolicySet('[-importFile C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin\customSC.zip]')

  Additionally, we can also use the importPolicySet command to import a default policy set onto a server environment:

  AdminTask.importPolicySet('[-defaultPolicySet SecureConversation -policySet copyOfdefaultSC]')

• Save the configuration changes.

  Save the changes:

  AdminConfig.save()

Related tasks

Export policy sets using the administrative console

Configure application and system policy sets for web services

Delete policy sets

PolicySetManagement (AdminTask)

Use wsadmin scripting with Jython