As a producer, provide information to Consumers of the WSRP services so that they can prepare for consuming them as remote portlets. Depending on the configuration, we might also need information from the Consumer.
WSRP service description
WSRP consumers need information about how to bind to the WSRP services the Producer provides. This information is described in the WSDL document of the Producer. The consumer can use the information in the WSDL document to bind to the producer and retrieve the producer's service description.
The WSDL document provides...
- WSRP services the Producer provides
- End-point addresses of the WSRP services
As a Producer we can customize the content of the WSDL service document provided to consumer portals.
WSRP services configuration
The producer provides information about the configuration of the WSRP web services to the consumer. For example, the producer configures web service security using LTPA V2 tokens for WSRP services. If the consumer sends messages that are secured by a different mechanism, or not secured at all, the Producer cannot accept the messages. A security mechanism may require a user repository that is shared between the consumer and producer portals. Other security mechanisms can can require an exchange of certificates or public keys. See: Web Services Security.
Information about portal users
If the Producer portal has security for its WSRP services set up, the administrator of the Producer portal must assign access permissions to the users of the Consumer portal using Portal Access Control. In this case, the Producer must obtain the required user information from the Consumer.
Registration information
If the Producer requires registration by the Consumer portal, the Producer must provide the required registration information to the Consumer.
See also
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