You can use the administrative console to either create a policy
set by specifying all the necessary information or by copying an existing
policy set that you rename. You can use policy sets, or assertions that define
services, to simplify your Web services configuration because policy sets
group security and other Web services settings into reusable units.
Before you begin
To create a new policy set, you can either specify the information
to create a new policy set or you can copy and rename an existing policy set.
Using either method, you need basic information about the policy set that
you want to create, such as the name, description, policies to include, policy
details, attachments, and binding configurations. If you are creating a policy
set by copying an existing policy set, then you should also view the existing
policy sets to choose one with properties that are most similar to the one
you plan to create.
About this task
Whether you choose to create a new policy set or copy and rename
an existing one, start from the Applications policy sets collection in the
administrative console.
Procedure
- From the administrative console, click Services > Policy sets
> Application policy sets.
- If the policy set you are creating is:
- a new policy set, then click New.
- an existing policy set to be copied and renamed, click the Select box
beside the name of the policy set to be copied (in the Name column of the
table on the Application policy sets collection) and click Copy.
Using either method, this action opens the Policy set settings view
to specify the required information about the policy set being created.
- Enter the name of the policy set you want to create in the Policy
Set Name field. If you are creating a new policy set, this
field is blank. If you are copying a policy set, the name is provided but
can be changed.
- Enter (or edit the existing) brief description of the policy set
in the Description field. This is the description that displays in
the Application Policy Sets collection so it must be meaningful to you and
other potential users of this policy set.
- Optional: Edit the policy information. You
can include, exclude, add or delete policies for this policy set.
Results
You have provided the basic information to create a policy set.
Example
After you have looked at your Web services, you might decide that
the RAMP default policy set most closely meets your needs. You would go to
the administrative console and click Services > Policy Sets > Application
Policy Sets to access the Application Policy Sets collection. Locate the
RAMP default in the Name column of the table and click the box beside it (in
the Select column). Click the Copy button. This opens the Policy Set
settings window. You might want to name your policy set by your company or
division so you could provide a name like ABC RAMP in the Name field. Because
you know others in your organization might access and use it, you've chosen
a name that is meaningful to those people too. You want to be sure everyone
knows exactly what this copy of the RAMP policy is used for, so you add a
description in the Description field describing it. Now you want to customize
the policy set so you edit the policy information by clicking the name of
a policy to edit it.
When you identify the requirements of your web
service, you might decide that none of the default policy sets meet your needs
closely enough to use them as a template so you might decide to create your
own policy set. You would first create the policy set with the name you choose
to give it. As if you were reusing an existing template, you would go to the
administrative console and click Services > Policy Sets > Application Policy
Sets and click the New button. The Policy set settings window opens
but note that the Policy set name field is blank and there are not yet any
associated policies in the table. Enter the name and add any policies necessary.
Note: The
policies, initially, are set to their default values. You can then edit the
policies to modify any attribute values that need to be changed and save the
settings.
What to do next
If you are creating a new policy set without copying an existing
policy set, you need to specify the policy information. If you are copying
an existing policy set, you can either accept the default policies associated
with the policy set or you can change the policies.