Provide a portlet as a WSRP service

As a WSRP Producer we can provide portlets as WSRP services to Consumers. Consumers can then integrate these portlets into their portal remotely and use them.

To provide a portlet as a WSRP service for use by Consumer portals:

1. In the list of portlets, locate the portlet to provide.

2. Click the Provide portlet icon in the row for the portlet to provide. A prompt appears and asks you to confirm the Provide action.

3. Click OK at the prompt to provide the portlet as a Web service, or click Cancel to quit. If you click OK, a check mark appears in the Provided column for the portlet, and the Provide portlet icon for the portlet changes to the Withdraw portlet icon.

The portlet is provided as a WSRP service. It can now be consumed as a remote portlet by Consumer portals.

When a Producer provides a portlet, the portlet itself is provided, not an instance of it. Therefore only settings made in the Configure mode of the portlet are available at the consumed remote portlet. Adding a remote portlet to a page on the Consumer side creates a new instance of the provided portlet on the Producer side. But this instance can only be modified on the Consumer and is not visible on the Producer portal.

Parent: Use the Manage Portlets portlet to provide WSRP services as a Producer