WAS v8.5 > Administer applications and their environment > Welcome to administering Mail, URLs, and other Java EE resourcesAdminister URLs
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- URL provider page
Use this page to view existing URL providers, which supply the implementation classes necessary for WebSphere Application Server to access a URL through a specific protocol. The default URL provider provides connectivity through protocols that are supported by the IBM Developer Kit for the Java™ Platform, compatible with the Java 2 Standard Edition Platform 1.3.1. These protocols include HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which work for must URLs.- URL provider settings
Use this page to configure URL providers, which support WAS connections to a URL over a specific protocol.- URL configurations page
Use this page to view existing Uniform Resource Locator (URL) configurations, which are sets of properties that define WAS connections to URLs. URLs are location names that represent electronically accessible resources, such as a directory file on a machine in a network or a document stored in a database.- URL configuration settings
Use this page to define connections to Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), which are location names that represent electronically accessible resources. A collection of URL connection properties is often called a URL configuration in the WAS environment. The targeted resources are remote to your Application Server installation.