Caller collection

The caller specifies the token or message part to use for authentication. Use this administrative console page to access, view and configure the caller settings for message parts.

To configure general bindings for tokens and message parts required by the policy set...

1. To access and configure the general bindings, click Services > Policy sets > General provider policy set bindings. The caller settings are available only for the service provider policy sets and bindings. The caller settings are not available for service client policy sets and bindings.

2. Click the WS-Security policy in the Policies table.

3. Click the Caller link in the Main message security policy bindings section.

To view and configure application specific bindings for tokens and message parts required by a policy set...

1. Click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications.

2. Select an application containing web services. The application must contain a service provider.

3. Click the Service provider policy sets and bindings link in the Web Services Properties section. The caller settings are available only for the service provider policy sets and bindings. The caller settings are not available for service client policy sets and bindings.

4. Select a binding. We must have previously attached a policy set and assigned an application specific binding.

5. Click the WS-Security policy in the Policies table.

6. Click the Caller link in the Main message security policy bindings section.

This administrative console page applies only to JAX-WS applications.

Depending on the assigned security role when security is enabled, you 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 application server.

Name

Name of the caller to use for authentication. Select a caller name from this field.

The following actions are available to work with callers.

Button	Resulting Action
New	Opens the Caller settings page, which you use to add a caller.
Delete	Removes the selected caller.

Order

This number specifies the order of preference for the configured callers. If multiple caller tokens are found in an incoming message, the caller used for authentication will be the one with highest priority, based on decreasing order of preference.

We can change the order of preference using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

Button	Resulting Action
Move Up	Moves the selected caller up in the order of preference, switching positions with the immediately preceding caller. The selected caller is now preferred over the caller that you demoted in the list.
Move Down	Moves the selected caller lower in the order of preference, switching positions with the caller following it. The demoted caller is now lower in preference than the caller that was previously below it.

Caller Identity Local Part

Local identity part of the caller to use for authentication.

Caller Identity URI

Uniform resource identifier (URI) of the caller to use for authentication.

Related tasks

Define and manage policy set bindings

Manage policy sets using the administrative console

Caller settings

Administrative roles