Producer checklist for exchanging information with a Consumer

Information that a Producer provides to a Consumer

Mandatory information:

• The WSDL documents containing the WSRP service description of the Producer.

  Information that can be required. This depends on the setup of the Producer portal.

  • The security setup of the Producer portal.

  • The user registry information.

    The Consumer needs this in most cases if the Producer has configured security using WS-Security token forwarding.

  • The SSL server certificate.

    The Consumer needs this if the Producer portal has security set up with SSL client certificate authentication.

  • Registration information.

    The Consumer needs this if the Producer requires registration.

  • Group IDs and handles of portlets.

    The Consumer needs these if the Consumer administrator consumes a WSRP service from a Producer portal using xmlaccess.sh.

  Optional information:

  • The two optional WSRP interfaces Portlet Management and Registration.

    They are contained in the WSDL document listed under the mandatary information paragraph.

  
  

  Information that a Producer obtains from a Consumer

  Information that can be required. This depends on the security setup of the Producer portal.

  • User information about users of the Consumer portal who will use the remote portlets.

    If the Producer portal has security configured, the Producer needs this information to give the users of the Consumer portal access permission to the provided WSRP services.

  • The SSL client certificate.

    The Producer needs this if the Producer portal has security set up with SSL client certificate authentication.

  
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