ProcedureCreating a Message Security Provider

To configure create a new message security provider, follow these steps:

  1. In the Admin Console tree component, expand the Configuration node.

  2. Expand the Security node.

  3. Expand the Message Security node.

  4. Select the SOAP node.

  5. Select the Providers tab.

  6. On the Provider Configuration page, click New.

    The New Provider Configuration page appears.

  7. In the Provider Configuration section, enter the following:

  8. Specify the request policy, if desired.

    The request policy determines the request processing that the authentication provider performs. The following properties are optional, but if not specified, the authentication provider does not authenticate request messages. The Request Policy section contains these fields:

    For a description of the actions performed by the SOAP message security providers, see Request and Response Policy Configurations.

  9. Specify the response policy, if desired.

    The response policy determines the response processing that the authentication provider performs. These properties are optional, but if not specified, no authentication is applied to response messages.

    For a description of the actions performed by the SOAP message security providers as a result of the following message protection policies see Request and Response Policy Configurations.

  10. Add additional properties by clicking the Add Property button.

    The provider shipped with Application Server supports the following property: server.config - The directory and file name of an XML file that contains the server configuration information. For example, domain-dir/config/wss-server-config.xml.

    If you are using another other provider, refer to its documentation for more information on properties and valid values.

  11. Click OK to save this configuration, or click Cancel to quit without saving.

More Information
Equivalent asadmin command

create-message-security-provider

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