Overview of configuration services

The following table lists the configuration services:

1. The first column gives the names of the services and provides links to the respective topics for those services we can configure in the WAS console.

2. The second column gives the name of each services by which we can access it in the WAS console.

3. The third column lists the related properties files.

The configuration for each service is stored in the WAS console. We can change the configuration only there.

WebSphere Portal service	Service name in the WAS console	WebSphere Portal properties file
Administrator Unique Names Mapping Service	WP AdminUniqueNamesMappingService	AdminUniqueNamesMappingService.properties
Cache Manager Service	WP CacheManagerService	CacheManagerService.properties
Common Component Configuration Service	WP CommonComponentConfigService	CommonComponentConfigService.properties
Configuration Service	WP ConfigService	ConfigService.properties
CP Configuration Service for tagging and rating	WP CPConfigurationService	CPConfigurationService.properties
Content Access Service	WP PortletServiceRegistryService	PortletServiceRegistryService.properties
Data Store Service	WP DataStoreService	DataStoreService.properties
Deployment Service	WP DeploymentService	DeploymentService.properties
HTTP Client Service	WP HTTPClientService	HTTPClientService.properties
Live Object Service	WP LiveObjectService	LiveObjectService.properties
Loader Service	WP LoaderService	LoaderService.properties
Localizer Service	WP LocalizerService	LocalizerService.properties
Model WebDAV Service	WP ModelWebDAVService	ModelWebDAVService.properties
Navigator Service	WP NavigatorService	NavigatorService.properties
Portlet Container Service.	WP PortletContainerService	PortletContainerService.properties
Project Identification Service	WP ProjectIdentificationService	ProjectIdentificationService.properties
Registry Service	WP RegistryService	RegistryService.properties
State Manager Service See also URL normalization for search of portal pages by external search engines	WP StateManagerService	StateManagerService.properties
Virtual Portal Configuration Service	WP VirtualPortalConfigService	VirtualPortalConfigService.properties

WebSphere Portal security service	Service name in the WAS console	WebSphere Portal properties file
Authentication Service	WP AuthenticationService	AuthenticationService.properties
Credential Vault Service	WP VaultService	VaultService.properties
Portal Access Control Services
Access Control Data Management Service	WP AccessControlDataManagementService	AccessControlDataManagementService.properties
External Access Control Service	WP ExternalAccessControlService	ExternalAccessControlService.properties
Auditing Service	WP AuditService	AuditService.properties
Access Control Service	WP AccessControlService	AccessControlService.properties
Access Control WarmUp Service	WP AccessControlWarmUpService	AccessControlWarmUpService.properties
PAC Group Management Service	WP PACGroupManagementService	PACGroupManagementService.properties
Puma Store and Validation Services
Puma Store Service	WP PumaStoreService	PumaStoreService.properties
Puma Validation Service	WP ValidationService	ValidationService.properties

WebSphere Portal service	Service name in the WAS console	WebSphere Portal properties file
Credential Type Registry Service	WP CredentialTypeRegistryService	CredentialTypeRegistryService.properties
Dynamic UI Manager Factory Service	WP DynamicUIManagerFactoryService	DynamicUIManagerFactoryService.properties
Identification	WP Identification	Identification.properties
Plugin Manager Service	WP PluginManagerService	PluginManagerService.properties
Portal Filter Service	WP PortalFilterService	PortalFilterService.properties
PortletFilterService	WP PortletFilterService	PortletFilterService.properties
Site Analyzer Log Service	WP SiteAnalyzerLogService	SiteAnalyzerLogService.properties
Virtual Portal Identification Service	WP VirtualPortalIdentificationService	VirtualPortalIdentificationService.properties
WSRP Web Service Security	WP WSRPWebServiceSecurity	WSRPWebServiceSecurity.properties
Web Content Service	WP WebContentService	WebContentService.properties
Work Manager Service	WP WorkManagerService	WorkManagerService.properties

Web Content Manager service	Service name in the WAS console	Properties file
Configuration Service	WCM_WCMConfigService	WCMConfigService.properties
Messaging Service	WCM_MessagingService	MessagingService.properties
Prerendering Srvice	WCM_PrerenderService	PrerenderService.properties
Search Service	WCM_SearchService	SearchService.properties

There is a number of other WCM configuration services. The Web Content Manager properties files are located in...

WP_PROFILE/PortalServer/wcm/shared/app/config/wcmservices

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