Load access control policy data

If we make policy changes by working directly with the XML files, we must load the changed XML files back into the databases.

About this task

It is important to maintain consistency between the XML files and the access control information in the databases for several reasons:

• When creating an instance of WebSphere Commerce, the policy and access group definitions are loaded from the XML files.

• To implement the same access control policies in a second instance of WebSphere Commerce, we can do so by copying the XML files to the appropriate directory before creating the second instance.

• The XML files offer a convenient way to directly view and edit your policies and their component parts, so keeping the files up-to-date is essential.

The loading process reads the XML files containing the access control policy information and access group definitions and loads them into the appropriate databases. The policy and access group information contained in the XML files is loaded at installation, however, we must reload the files if we make changes to them.

See

• Loading access groups
  

• Loading access control policy definitions and other policy-related elements
  

• Loading policy display names and descriptions
  

Related concepts
Relationships between role-based and resource-level policies